Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival returns for its seventh edition September 26-27 at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, celebrating the 28th anniversary of the Crossroads Centre Antigua addiction recovery center. Clapton performs both nights alongside a lineup that brings together returning Crossroads veterans Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, John Mayer, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Jimmie Vaughan with first-timers Trey Anastasio, Tommy Emmanuel, Julian Lage, and Pete Townshend. The full roster spans blues, jazz, bluegrass, country, and rock in a way that only this festival consistently delivers.
Beyond the main stage performances and all-star collaborations, Guitar Center’s onsite Guitar Center Experience opens two hours before showtime daily, featuring a Legends Collection exhibit showcasing Clapton’s own 1956 Fender Stratocaster and 1964 Gibson ES-335, the latter played during his time with Cream. Guitar Center will also induct a yet-to-be-announced artist into its RockWalk during the festival weekend. Moody Center SVP of Entertainment Michael Owens calls it plainly: “Out of the more than 380 concerts we’ve hosted since opening in 2022, this is poised to be one of the most iconic events ever to take place in our arena.”
Previous editions of Crossroads have taken place in New York, Dallas, and Los Angeles. Austin’s Moody Center, located in the self-proclaimed Live Music Capital of the World, is a natural home for a festival of this scale and significance. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 3 at 10am local time.
Full Lineup (alphabetical):
Trey Anastasio, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Tommy Emmanuel, Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Ben Haggard, Sierra Hull, Marcus King, Sonny Landreth, Julian Lage, Taj Mahal, Pedro Martins, John Mayer, Del McCoury Band, John McLaughlin, Keb’ Mo’, Dirk Powell, Robert Randolph, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Daniel Santiago, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Pete Townshend, Jimmie Vaughan, Bradley Walker & Brothers of the Heart