January Blues Festival: CURTIS SALGADO & GILES ROBSON at 229 – London, United Kingdom

Get your tickets to see January Blues Festival: CURTIS SALGADO & GILES ROBSON in London, United Kingdom. Happening on Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 229. Doors open at 7:00 PM.

January Blues Festival 2026 presents CURTIS SALGADO with GILES ROBSON & his Band+ support: ROBBIN KAPSALIS+ Host/DJ: SNOWBOY

We are thrilled to welcome award-winning vocalist, instrumentalist and songwriter Curtis Salgado, direct from the USA, peforming with Giles Robson & his band.

Born in 1954, Curtis Salgado grew up in Eugene, Oregon with music all around him. Curtis Salgado joined forces with his friend Robert Cray and began playing together as The Robert Cray Band. After Salgado and Cray parted ways in 1982, Curtis went on to front Roomful Of Blues, between 1984-1986. Curtis Salgado also briefly fronted Santana.
In 1977, comedian/actor John Belushi was filming Animal House. During downtime from production, Belushi caught a typically ferocious Curtis Salgado performance and introduced himself during a break. Salgado spent hours playing old records for Belushi, teaching him about blues and R&B. Belushi used his new awareness to portray “Joliet” Jake Blues in The Blues Brothers, first as a skit on Saturday Night Live, then a best-selling record album (which was dedicated to Curtis) and finally as a major motion picture.

Curtis Salgado has also shared stages with many of his heroes, including Muddy Waters, Bobby Bland, Albert Collins and Bonnie Raitt.

Giles Robson is a multi award winning blues harmonica virtuoso and is the only European artist to sign with Chicago’s Alligator Records. He is only one of THREE UK blues artists alongside Eric Clapton and Peter Green to win a coveted Blues Music Award in Memphis.

Host and DJ for this incredible line up is Snowboy playing Chicago Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Blues Rock and more.

For the full line up of January Blues Festival concerts please head to januarybluesfestival.seetickets.com
If you have accessibility requirements and need a seat, or use a wheelchair, please see 229’s Access Policy here: https://229.london/access/ 

To better accommodate your needs, 229 has requested that all Accessible Ticketing requests be solicited only through their representatives. Please contact a 229 representative for further help with your ticket purchase.* Advance ticket purchase may be required. * Box office information is subject to change. 229 promotes equality of opportunity for people with disabilities and we are proud to work with Attitude is Everything, undertaking the necessary steps to meet their requirements. Getting inside the venue There is a doorway, which gives you access to a lift, which can take you into the basement venue. Please make yourself known to Security at the Venue entrance and they will arrange for you to be escorted into the premises. Anyone with a disability will be offered priority entry. Inside 229 We do not have a designated viewing area, however, we do prefer to position wheelchair users directly in front of the mixing desk, which is positioned to one side. The stage is high and therefore viewing is good and there are great sight lines to the stage from any position in the venue. It is important that wheelchair users do not block any fire exits or public walkways. Accessible Toilet & Bar We have disabled toilets for both Venue 1 and Venue 2 on the same level as the main viewing areas. The bars are also on the same level. We also have a public bar on the ground level with another accessible toilet near the smoking area.

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