BLUES LEGENDS

TO BUFFALO - SUMMER '26!

This July, history is being made in the city as two of the greatest living blues musicians will perform in intimate Buffalo, NY venues.

Celebrate the roots of Blues Music with BUDDY GUY & TAJ MAHAL,

part of the bedrock culture of everything around them, including folk,

early country and 1950s rock and roll.

When you trace back to the beginning you discover that Black American Blues & Jazz are the foundation of all contemporary Western Music.

Tickets at: babevillebuffalo.com & kleinhansbuffalo.org

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Brought to you proudly, as always, by Soul of Buffalo ✌︎︎

THIS TUESDAY JULY 7! CELEBRATE 5+ DECADES OF TOURING w/ TAJ MAHAL & Phantom Blues Band

wsg Buffalo's Grace Lougen & Bryan Williams!

More than 53 years after his earliest documented Buffalo performance — at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in November 1973, followed by shows at UB’s Clark Gymnasium and the New Century Theatre in 1975 — Taj Mahal returns to Western New York in historic fashion. Now celebrating over six decades of musical innovation, he brings his singular artistry to Buffalo on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.

Taj’s accolades are as vast as his influence: five Grammy Awards, sixteen nominations, induction into the Blues Hall of Fame, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association, and recognition as a 2025 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree. His recent Grammy wins — Get On Board with Ry Cooder (2022) and Swingin’ Live at the Church Studio in Tulsa — reaffirm his enduring relevance more than fifty years after his 1967 solo debut. Taj remains motivated by an unending pursuit of discovery, self‑understanding, and the cultural lineage embedded in the music he makes.

LIVING LEGEND & MOVIE STAR ("SINNERS," with Hailee Steinfeld & Michael B. Jordan) BUDDY GUY PLAYS KLEINHANS FOR HIS 90th BIRTHDAY

wsg The Blood Bros, featuring Buffalo, NY drummer Ray Hangen!

More than 57 years after his first known appearance in Buffalo, NY - at blues guitarist James Paterson's Governor's Inn at 621 Sycamore St. in March, 1969 - and then again during the 1969 Buffalo Blues Festival, July 11-13, 1969, when he was just 33 years old - with co-headliners Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, James Cotton Blues Band, Luthor Allison and Junior Wells - Living Blues Legend BUDDY GUY celebrates his 90th birthday 12 days early in historic fashion at KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL, Buffalo, NY on Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 7pm.

Buddy Guy stands as one of the most influential guitarists in American music. As a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and a pioneer of Chicago’s explosive West Side sound, he has been a guiding force for generations of rock & blues legends.

The nine-time GRAMMY winner has also earned a Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY, 38 Blues Music Awards, the Billboard Century Award, the Presidential National Medal of Arts, and the Kennedy Center Honor. Rolling Stone ranks him #23 on “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”

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