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Photo: Tab Benoit by Jean Frank

DENVER, CO) – AEG and 103.5 The Fox present renowned blues guitarist Tab Benoit in concert at Sculpture Park, 1400 Curtis St., Friday, July 2. Showtime: 7pm (doors 6pm).  Tickets: $47.50 (advance); gate/day of show, $55.00. Info:1400 Curtis St., Denver. Purchase tickets here  Opening for Benoit for the entire tour: exciting new Whiskey Bayou Records recording artist Alastair Greene, whose debut disc, The New World Blues, was released in late 2020 to critical acclaim. Otis Taylor also performs.

Benoit’s recent “Chicago Takeover” featured the Louisiana-based musician performing for six evenings at City Winery earlier this month. “Tab Benoit residency helps usher in the return of live music in Chicago,” writes the Chicago Sun-Times, who also interviewed Benoit. Read the entire interview, here. Benoit continues to add new dates to the tour, including four consecutive nights at the Big Blues Bender in Las Vegas, September 9-12 (updated itinerary below).

Benoit and guitarist Samantha Fish teamed up to perform together last November at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium for a live concert streamed worldwide. See Rock & Blues Muse review here. 

The Grammy-nominated Benoit was selected a “30 Best Blues Guitarist In The World Today” by Guitar World  in 2020 and also co-authored recently-released book, Blues Therapy, about the blues and mental illness.

Benoit, who throughout his thirty-plus career has always been known for his environmental activism,  performed two nights in his hometown of Houma at the memorable 16th Annual Voice of the Wetlands Festival.  He also appears prominently in the IMax motion picture Hurricane on the Bayou, a documentary of Hurricane Katrina’s effects and a call to protect and restore the Wetlands, and produced a CD to help restore that state’s Coastal Wetlands. Benoit was inducted into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists in the Spring of 2020.

Whiskey Bayou Records is a partnership between Benoit and his  partner and manager, Rueben Williams. The label has thus far released albums by such established and up-and-coming artists as Eric McFadden, JP Soars, Alastair Greene, Damon Fowler, Eric Johanson, Jeff McCarty, and Dash Rip Rock.

TAB BENOIT & THE WHISKEY BAYOU REVUE ON TOUR!  

June 25 (Fri)      JEAN LAFITTE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL            Lafitte LA
June 26 (Sat)     FIRST FINANCIAL MUSIC HALL                  El Dorado AR
June 29 (Tue)     STARGAZERS THEATER                         Colorado SprgsCO
June 30 (Wed)    STARGAZERS THEATER                          Colorado SprgsCO
July 1 (Thur)       AGGIE THEATER                                     Fort Collins CO
July 2 (Fri)          SCULPTURE PARK                                  Denver CO
July 3 (Sat)         AVON PERFORMANCE PAVILION              Avon CO
July 4 (Sun)        MESA THEATER                                       Grand JunctionCO
July 6 (Tues)      LOVE FIELD                                             Bozeman MT
July 8 (Thur)      PERFORMING ARTS CENTER                     Rapid City SD
July 10 (Sat)       THE HALL AT FARGO BREWING                Fargo ND
July 11 (Sun)      THE DISTRICT                                         Sioux Falls SD
July 14 (Wed)     ROSE PARK@ ROSE MUSIC HALL              Columbia, MO
July 15 (Thur)     BOURBON THEATER                                Lincoln NE
July 16 (Fri)        WOOLY’S                                                Des Moines IA
July 17 (Sat)       OUTLAND BALLROOM                             Springfield MO
July 20 (Sun)      SAM’S BURGER JOINT                               San Antonio TX
July 21 (Mon)     THE KESSLER                                           Dallas, TX
July 22 (Tues)     STANLEY’S FAMOUS PIT BBQ                   Tyler TX
July 23 (Fri)        THE 04 CENTER                                      Austin TX
July 24 (Sat)       THE HEIGHTS THEATER                           Houston TX
Aug 7 (Sat)         THREE CAVES                                         Huntsville AL
Aug 11 (Wed)      BARRYMORE THEATER                           Madison WI
Aug 12 (Thur)     RHYTHM CITY CASINO RESORT              Davenport IA
Aug 14 (Sat)       BAYFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL                    Duluth MN
Aug 17 (Tues)     THE ACORN                                           Three Oaks MI
Aug 19 (Thur)     RIVER CITY CASINO                                St. Louis MO
Aug 21 (Sat)        MADISON RIBBERFEST BBQ                     Madison IN
Aug 22 (Sun)       THE KENT STAGE                                   Kent OH
Aug 24 (Tues)      BEACHLAND BALLROOM                       Cleveland OH
Aug 25 (Wed)       JERGELS RHYTHM GRILLE                      Warrendale, PA
Aug 26 (Thur)      LEESBURG THEATER                              Leesburg VA
Aug 28 (Sat)         MICHAEL ARNONES CRAWFISH FEST     Augusta NJ
Sept. 9/10/11/12   BIG BLUES BENDER                               Las Vegas NV
Sept 14 (Tues)      RHYTHM ROOM                                   Phoenix AZ
Sept 15 (Wed)       RHYTHM ROOM                                   Phoenix AZ
Sept 16 (Thur)       BELLY UP TAVERN                               Solana Beach CA
Sept 17 (Fri)          WORLD RECORDS                                Bakersfield CA
Sept 22 (Wed)       FELTON MUSIC HALL                           Felton CA
Sept 23 (Thur)       CORNERSTONE                                   Berkeley CA
Sept 25 (Sat)          MYSTIC THEATER                               Petaluma CA
Oct 19 (Tues)        RAMS HEAD ON STAGE                       Annapolis MD
Oct 20 (Wed)         RAMS HEAD ON STAGE                       Annapolis MD
Oct 21 (Thur)        THE BIRCHMERE                                  Alexandria VA
Oct 22 (Fri)           ELEVATION 27                                    Virginia Bch VA
Oct 24 (Sun)         PARAMOUNT BRISTOL                          Bristol TN
Oct 26 (Tues)       SELLERSVILLE THEATER                        Sellersville PA
Oct 28 (Thur)        COHOES MUSIC HALL                          Cohoes PA
Oct 29 (Fri)           INFINITY MUSIC HALL                          Hartford CT
Oct 30 (Sat)          CENTER FOR THE ARTS                        Natick MA
Nov 2 (Tues)         CITY WINERY                                       Boston MA
Nov 3 (Wed)          BULL RUN                                           Shirley MA
Nov 4 (Thur)         SPIRE CENTER/PERFORMING ARTS       Plymouth MA
Nov 6 (Sat)            BEACON THEATER                              Hopewell VA
Nov 11 (Thur)        MARTIN’S                                           Jackson MS
Nov 12 (Fri)           SATURN                                             Birmingham AL
Nov 14 (Sun)         TAFT THEATER                                   Cincinnati OH

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