Buddy Guy at 90: A Living Blues Legend Takes Dreyfoos Hall This Saturday

# Buddy Guy at 90: A Living Blues Legend Takes Dreyfoos Hall This Saturday Some concerts are a fun night out. This one is history, live on stage. **Buddy Guy** brings his **Buddy Guy 90** tour to **Dreyfoos Hall at the Kravis Center** in West Palm Beach this **Saturday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m.** — and if you love guitar music in any form, you owe it to yourself to be in that room. At 90, Guy is one of the last living architects of the electric blues tradition, still touring, still playing with the fire that reshaped rock music itself. ## Why This Show Matters The Kravis Center's own billing says it plainly: Buddy Guy stands as one of the most influential guitarists in American music. The receipts back it up: - **Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee** and a pioneer of Chicago's explosive West Side sound - **Nine-time GRAMMY® winner**, including a Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY® and a 2019 win for *The Blues Is Alive and Well* - **38 Blues Music Awards**, the Billboard Century Award, the **Presidential National Medal of Arts**, and a **Kennedy Center Honor** - **#23 on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"** Born in 1936 to a sharecropper's family in rural Louisiana, Guy arrived in Chicago in 1957 and went on to reshape the sound of the electric guitar through groundbreaking work with Chess Records and influential recordings of his own. Generations of rock and blues legends learned at his feet — when you hear that searing, singing guitar tone, you're hearing a language Guy helped invent. His story was told in the acclaimed PBS American Masters documentary *Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away* — but a documentary is no substitute for the real thing, in person, while you still can. ## Special Guest: Selwyn Birchwood Opening the night is **Selwyn Birchwood**, an award-winning Florida blues guitarist praised as one of the most exciting voices in contemporary blues, delivering powerful vocals, fiery guitar work and unforgettable live performances. A Florida blues star warming up a Chicago blues legend — that's a double bill worth arriving on time for. Do not treat the opener as background music on this one. ## The Details - **What:** Buddy Guy 90, with special guest Selwyn Birchwood - **When:** Saturday, October 24, 2026 — 7:30 p.m. - **Where:** Dreyfoos Hall, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401 - **Tickets:** From $80 in our verified listing — current SeatGeek listings for this date start in the high $80s, with balcony seats around $97.50 and up. Buy through the Kravis Center's official site (kravis.org) whenever you can — the venue warns that unauthorized brokers often charge double or triple, with no customer-service or refund protection. - **Box office:** (561) 832-7469 ## Insider Tips 1. **Buy official, buy now.** This is a one-night-only South Florida date on a short Florida run (Melbourne Oct. 22, Daytona Beach Oct. 23, West Palm Beach Oct. 24), and a 90th-year tour by a living legend does not sit unsold. The Kravis warning about unauthorized resellers is real — start at kravis.org. 2. **Rain plan: you don't need one.** Saturday's forecast carries showers around the area, but Dreyfoos Hall is fully indoors — this is exactly the kind of big Saturday night that weather can't touch. Come early, stay dry, enjoy the show. 3. **Parking is the easy part.** On-site parking is available at the Kravis Center, complimentary for most performances, with valet offered for select events. Still, downtown West Palm Beach fills up on a Saturday night — arrive 45 minutes early and make a night of it on Clematis Street or at CityPlace before or after. 4. **Don't skip the opener.** Selwyn Birchwood is a headliner-caliber Florida bluesman in his own right. Doors-to-showtime grazing in the lobby means missing half the story of the night. 5. **Dress the room, not the beach.** Dreyfoos Hall leans business-casual for evening concerts, no outside food or drinks are allowed, and photography/recording is prohibited during the performance — put the phone away and just listen. At 90, every solo Buddy Guy plays is a gift. ## The Bottom Line South Florida gets plenty of good concerts. It does not get many chances to sit in a beautiful hall and watch a 90-year-old Kennedy Center honoree who literally helped invent electric blues do it live, one more time. Saturday night at the Kravis Center is that chance. **[Get tickets and event details](https://www.sflcoolevents.com/events/buddy-guy-90-kravis-center-2026)**