Houston Blues Events

Branford Marsalis & Joey Calderazzo Duo

Friday, Mar 23 8:00p
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston
Nine-time Grammy(c) Award-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis and pianist Joey Calderazzo have mesmerized audiences with their passionate and profound collaboration since they took the stage together at the N

John Egan

Sunday, Feb 19 6:00p
McGonigel's Mucky Duck, Houston
Egan was born in Hartford, Conn., but his family moved to Houston when he was 5. His father, also John Egan, ended his playing career in the NBA with the Houston Rockets and then coached the team for four seaso

California Guitar Trio

Friday, Mar 9 7:00p
McGonigel's Mucky Duck, Houston
The California Guitar Trio can play the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, minus the voices but with pretty much everything else intact, on three guitars and nothing else.

Will Kimbrough

Thursday, Apr 12 7:30p
McGonigel's Mucky Duck, Houston
Kimbrough's body of work reflects a lifetime of performing, writing and collaborating from more angles than Da Vinci's protractor.

Dave Alvin and The Guilty Ones

Friday, June 1 7:00p
McGonigel's Mucky Duck, Houston
He’s old and battered and records unfashionable blues and hillbilly songs for a small label, but Dave Alvin is as good a lyricist as any these days.

Hamilton Loomis

Sunday, Mar 4 6:00p
McGonigel's Mucky Duck, Houston
“If blues, soul, and rock can be said to form a triangle, you’ll find Hamilton Loomis right in the center of it”, says Guitar Player Magazine.

A Private Peek at the Blues with Ezra Charles

Sunday, June 10 5:00p
Shoeshine Charley's Big Top Lounge, Houston
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Houston Blues Master Ezra Charles will present a very special private concert on the history of “boogie woogie” at the Big Top Lounge (expect surprises!