The Champaign Park District has announced that blues legend BUDDY GUY will perform at the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 7:00 P.M. Reserved seating tickets are $79.50 to $109.50 plus an additional per-ticket processing fee of $8.00-11.00 and go on sale Friday, February 7, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. at the Virginia Theatre Box Office, online at thevirginia.org, or charge by phone at (217) 356-9063.

Back by popular demand, GRAMMY® Award-winning blues legend Buddy Guy is giving fans another chance to experience his electrifying live show with the newly announced Damn Right Encore tour, extending his historic farewell run into the summer of 2025 with headline dates across the U.S.

At age 87, Buddy Guy is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound, and a living link to the city’s halcyon days of electric blues.

Buddy Guy has received 8 GRAMMY® Awards, a 2015 Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, 38 Blues Music Awards (the most any artist has received), 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 #23 in its “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”

A true pioneer of the Chicago blues sound, Buddy Guy has been hailed as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. With a career spanning over seven decades, Guy’s blistering guitar work and passionate vocals have earned him multiple GRAMMY® Awards, a spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and a National Medal of Arts. His influence can be heard in rock, blues, and beyond, cementing his place as a living legend.

For more information, visit:

https://www.buddyguy.net

https://thevirginia.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=1005

Opening for Buddy Guy at the Virginia Theatre will be 15-year-old Australian blues guitar prodigy, Taj Farrant. For more, visit https://www.tajfarrant.com/.

For media inquiries, photos, and interview requests, please contact Mitch Marlow at

mitch.marlow@champaignparks.org or (217) 819-3936.