October 26, 2022 – Savannah Music Festival (SMF) announced that Grammy Award-winning blues icon Buddy Guy will perform live on March 25 and Sunday, March 26 on the Outdoor Main Stage at Trustees Gardens located at 660E in Savannah as part of the opening weekend of the 2023 Savannah Music Festival. , Bratton St. in Ga.
General admission and VIP tickets for Buddy Guy’s performance in Savannah are on sale now. Tickets are available online at savannahmusicfestival.org, in person at 216 E. Broughton St. at the Savannah box office or by calling 912.525.5050. The full 2023 Savannah Music Festival schedule and artist line-up will be announced on Thursday, November 17, 2022.
“We are thrilled to bring Buddy Guy to Savannah for two unforgettable live performances in 2023 as part of his final farewell tour,” said Savannah Music Festival Executive Director Gene Dobbs Bradford. “We invite local residents and visitors to get their tickets as soon as possible, as we expect these shows to sell out quickly.”
Both of Guy’s high-energy performances will take place outside the main stage at Trustees Gardens in downtown Savannah and will feature food trucks, lawn seating, a cash bar and more. On March 25 at 5 p.m., King Solomon Hicks and Eric Gales will play separate sets for Guy’s performance as special guests. On March 26 at 4 p.m., Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Jontavis Willis will perform as special guests before Buddy Guy.
“Buddy Guy is one of the last surviving connections to a truly historic era in American music,” said Savannah Music Festival Artistic Director Ryan McMaken. “We are incredibly honored that he will serve as a featured performer at the 2023 Savannah Music Festival.”
At 86, Guy is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans from Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton, a promoter of Chicago’s West Side sound and a living link to the city’s halcyon days of electric blues. Guy has received eight Grammy Awards, a 2015 Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award, 38 Blues Music Awards (the most by an artist), a Billboard Magazine Century Award, Kennedy Center Honors, and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #23 on its “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”.
Guy’s “Damn Right Farewell” tour will feature The Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award winner performing hits from throughout his career in addition to his new Billboard #1 album, “The Blues Don’t Lie,” which was released Sept. 30. , 2022.
