Guitarist

Gary Clark Jr.’s “thunderous blues [sounds] like the music of tomorrow” (Rolling Stone), delivering silky-smooth vocals and explosive, experimental guitar work at every show. The Austin-born rocker spans genres, from the classic blues of Blak and Blu to the Hip Hop and hard rock of 2024’s JPEG Raw. Four Grammys in, Clark is also a frequent collaborator with artists like Alicia Keys, the Foo Fighters, and Stevie Wonder. Now, he brings heavy hitters like “Bright Lights” and “This Land” back to Wolf Trap. Mississippi blues guitar virtuoso Christone “Kingfish” Ingram opens the show.

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Gary Clark Jr.

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

Since bursting onto the music scene in 2019, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram “has already made his mark as one of the best, and undoubtedly most exciting, blues guitarists in the world” (Guitar World). Compared to B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, and Prince by Rolling Stone, Ingram’s jaw-dropping guitar playing and reach-out-and-grab-you-by-the-collar vocals have solidified him as the defining blues voice of his generation. “Ingram plays guitar with dramatic, searing tone and sure-handed authority. And that’s just in the studio,” said NPR Music—he’s even better live. To see the young singer-songwriter in person—performing fan favorites like “Out of This Town,” “Been Here Before,” and “662”—is to witness the creation of musical magic in real time.

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram

The John Anson Ford Theatre

Christone “kingfish” Ingram

The Opera House

Growing up near Clarksdale, Mississippi, just 10 miles from the legendary crossroads of Highways 61 and 49, kids in Christone Ingram’s hometown weren’t into the blues. “In my town, every kid wanted to be a rapper,” he said. “I wanted to do something no one else was doing.”

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

Lyric Theatre

The blues-rock star who's brought the sweet sounds of Chicago to the world makes his Hollywood Bowl return with his Damn Right Farewell tour! Buddy Guy is an eight-time Grammy winner and a guitar slinger whose slick take on the rough-and-ready style of the Windy City has made him one of the most beloved blues musicians of all time. As The New York Times recently said, "any opportunity to spend [time] in the company of Buddy Guy is an opportunity not to be missed," and we couldn’t agree more. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram kicks off the night.

Buddy Guy

Hollywood Bowl

Grammy Award-winning guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has quickly become the defining blues voice of his generation. From his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi to stages around the globe, the young blues star has already headlined multiple U.S. and European tours. Selected in summer 2022 to open for The Rolling Stones in London’s Hyde Park, Kingfish has also performed and toured with friends including Vampire Weekend, Jason Isbell, Steve Miller and Buddy Guy, a mentor of his, with whom he appeared on Austin City Limits and at the 2023 Savannah Music Festival at Trustees’ Garden. Don’t miss his first headlining show at SMF! 

Guitarist

Christone Ingram

Events

Upcoming events

Aug 29, 2026

Buddy Guy Blues Festival · The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Past events

Jun 6, 2026

Gary Clark Jr. · Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts

Oct 16, 2025

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram · The Ford

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