The second Crossroads Guitar Festival takes place July 28 at Toyota Park in Chicago. Profits from the event will benefit The Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for chemically dependent persons.

Clapton’s vision for the Crossroads Guitar Festival has been to create an event where his friends and contemporaries can have fun and jam together for the benefit of a good cause.

This year’s hootenanny will feature a full day of musical performances with once-in-a- blue-moon guitar collaborations. The roster of artists spans dozens of artists old and new, from B.B. King to John Mayer, Vince Gill to Los Lobos.

The first Crossroads Guitar Festival went down in June 2004 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

“The Crossroads Festival is the realization of a dream for me, to gather a group of amazingly talented musicians to perform on one stage,” said Clapton. “The Crossroads performers are all musicians I admire and respect.”

Additional artists and elements to be announced shortly.

Tickets for the show will go on sale to the public on Saturday, March 31 at 10am Central time via Ticketmaster.

Both reserved and general admission tickets will be available for this event. All tickets will be priced at $90 plus applicable ticketing/service charges. The ticket price includes parking for the day and the concert begins at noon.