Win Tickets ($134): True West Presents Tab Benoit w/ Ghalia Volt – Soul of the Swamp Tour @ Aladdin Theater | Blues, Rock

We are giving away a pair of tickets to Tab Benoit w/ Ghalia Volt – Soul of the Swamp Tour on June 10. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed June 8.

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Tab Benoit w/ Ghalia Volt – Soul of the Swamp Tour
June 10, 2026
7PM doors, 8 PM show | $45.93-62.62| All ages
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Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR 97202

Tab Benoit is a 4x Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and guitarist who has built a remarkable 30+ year career on the foundation of his gritty and soulful Delta swamp blues, acquiring a devoted legion of fans along the way, as well as 5 Blues Music Awards, including BB King Entertainer of the Year (twice) and an induction into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.  After a 13-year hiatus, Tab is back with his latest effort, I Hear Thunder, on his own label, Whiskey Bayou Records. The new album was his first #1 in the Billboard charts in over 30 years. Read more about it in Billboard here.. Benoit’s 2013 release, Medicine, was co-produced with Anders Osborne for Concord International, and garnered three Blues Music Awards. Following this notable success, Benoit took a step away from music, taking a 13-year sabbatical from recording and entering a period of creative exile. 

Tab’s accomplishments as a musician are matched only by his devotion to the environmental health of his native Louisiana wetlands. The notoriety achieved by his success provided him with a mouthpiece to promote his growing concern for the Louisiana Wetlands and coastal erosion from the region he calls home. Benoit is the founder and driving force behind Voice of the Wetlands, an organization working to preserve the coastal waters of his home state. In 2010, he received the Governor’s Award for Conservationist of the Year from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation. Benoit has also starred in the iMax motion picture Hurricane on the Bayou, a documentary of Hurricane Katrina’s effects and a call to protect and restore the Wetlands.

Ghalia Volt: One Woman Band
A powerhouse performer with grit, soul, and serious chops, Ghalia Volt brings a magnetic, high-voltage presence to the stage—armed with just a guitar, foot-drums, and raw talent. Born in Belgium and raised on the streets of Brussels, she carved her path busking before diving deep into the American South’s blues tradition. Her latest album Shout Sister Shout!hit #2 on the Billboard Blues Chart, marking her third straight Top 3 release.   Whether tearing it up at festivals like New Orleans’ Jazz Fest and Telluride Blues & Brews,captivating60 Minutes producers in Clarksdale, or sharing bills with the likes of Tab Benoit, Devon Allmanand Buddy Guy, Ghalia’s One Woman Band is pure, unfiltered blues energy. No band. No pretense. Just one woman channeling the ghosts of the Delta with a global fire all her own.