Blues legend Buddy Guy to return to Coronado Theatre in Rockford

February 6, 2025|By Kevin Haas|In Things to Do, Rock River Current, Music/concerts, 815 News, Rockford, Trending
Blue guitarist Buddy Guy will perform Friday, June 27, 2025, at Coronado Theatre in Rockford. (Photo provided by ASM Rockford)
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ROCKFORD — Chicago Blues legend and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Buddy Guy will return to Coronado Theatre this summer as part of The Damn Right Encore Tour.

The 87-year-old eight-time Grammy winner is slated to perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 27, at the Coronado, 314 N. Main St.

Tickets Go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Presale tickets are available now.

Guy, who received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2015, has been credited with influencing other rock and roll icons such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He has 38 Blues Music Awards, which is the most of any artist, and has been honored with the Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement, a Kennedy Center Honor and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him No. 23 in its list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”

Tickets will be available on Ticketmaster.com, by calling 815-968-5222, or visiting the BMO Center or Coronado Theatre box offices in person.

The BMO Center box office, 300 Elm St., is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.  The Coronado Theatre box office is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday.