Blues Guitar Superstar Jonny Lang at The Ridgefield Playhouse This Thursday!

*Southwest cafe is offering 10% off entire bill or a free margarita with your dinner when you show your Jonny Lang ticket before the show!

Known as a wunderkind in blues circles, Jonny Lang started playing guitar at 12 and is now considered a blues legend. This Grammy® award-winning artist will return to The Ridgefield Playhouse on Thursday, July 21, at 8 p.m. His first album was Smokin’ (multi-Platinum) followed by Lie to Me. He has toured with the finest musicians including the Rolling Stones and B. B. King. Jonny Lang will headline at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Thursday, July 21, at 8 p.m. Sponsors are Route 7 Music, Brookfield, CT and Southwest Café, Ridgefield, where ticket holders can take 10% off their total bill the day of the event. An AllShows.com VIP Party Pass ($50 additional per person) is available from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and includes VIP parking, a pre-show cocktail party catered by Ancona’s Market and an open bar; seating upgrades and meet and greet with the artist are also sometimes available.   Call the Playhouse at 203-438-5795.

Jonny Lang started playing guitar at 12 and formed his own band at 14. He released “Smokin” when he was 15 and went multi-Platinum with his second album Lie To Me at 16 in 1997. By the ripe old age of 17, his next album, Wander this World, came out in 1998 and earned a Grammy® nomination, and as his sound evolved, Lang released a gospel-influenced Turn Around album which earned him a Grammy® award.

Lang has toured with the Rolling Stones, Buddy Guy, Aerosmith, B.B. King, Blues Traveler, Jeff Beck and Sting. He’s been to the White House to play for President and Mrs. Clinton, made a cameo appearance in the film “Blues Brothers 2000” and in 2004, Eric Clapton asked Lang to play at the Crossroads Guitar Festival. At age 30, Lang is a blues legend who plays to standing- room- only audiences.

For tickets ($90) and more information about The Ridgefield Playhouse, call the box office (203) 438-5795, or buy tickets online at ridgefieldplayhouse.org. The Ridgefield Playhouse is a not-for-profit performing arts center located at 80 East Ridge, parallel to Main St., Ridgefield, CT.