Bonnie Raitt: Live 2026

An older caucasian woman with red, curly hair, lounges on a blue velvet couch. She is wearing black clothing and boots and loosely holds an electric guitar that is leaning against the couch.

Tuesday, August 25

7:30pm

Overture Hall

$91.32 - $161.88

Bonnie Raitt returns to Overture Center with her acclaimed tour “Bonnie Raitt: Live 2026,” bringing one of the most celebrated voices in American music back to Madison. 

After 20 years as a cult favorite, she broke through in the early ’90s with her Grammy award-winning albums “Nick of Time” and “Luck of the Draw,” featuring hits such as “Something to Talk About” and “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” A 13-time Grammy winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Raitt has earned continued acclaim in recent years with her album “Just Like That …,” which topped multiple Billboard charts and earned three Grammy Awards in 2023. Known as much for her slide guitar mastery as her powerful songwriting, Raitt continues to tour internationally, bringing her timeless sound and celebrated catalog to audiences around the world. 

  • Tue, Aug 25, 2026

    7:30 PM

Photos

  • Photo courtesy Austin PBS/Austin City Limits. Photo by Scott Newton.

Meet the Artist

Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt is a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose unique style blends blues, R&B, rock and pop. After 20 years as a cult favorite, she broke through to the top in the early ‘90s with her Grammy award-winning albums “Nick of Time” and “Luck of the Draw,” which featured hits such as “Something To Talk About” and “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” among others. The 13-time Grammy winner was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, and Rolling Stone named the slide guitar ace one of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” and “100 Greatest Singers of All Time.” 

The past few years have been very busy for Raitt. In 2022, Raitt embarked on a 75-date headlining U.S. tour and released her critically acclaimed 21st album, “Just Like That…,” the third release on her independent label, Redwing Records. The album debuted at No. 1 on six Billboard charts the week of its release and was perched at No. 1 on the Americana Radio Album Chart for 10 consecutive weeks. The album’s first single, “Made Up Mind,” remained in the top three spots on the Americana Radio Singles Chart for 17 weeks. Raitt also received the Icon Award at the Billboard Women in Music Awards, was recognized by the Recording Academy with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and saw her breakthrough album, “Nick of Time,” added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry.  

The momentum rolled into 2023 with Raitt earning three Grammy Awards at the 65th annual ceremony: Song of the Year and Best American Roots Song for the title track of “Just Like That…” and Best Americana Performance for “Made Up Mind.” She then embarked on a busy year of touring not just in the U.S. but with stops in Australia, Canada, Ireland and the UK. In 2024, Raitt returned to the U.S. and performed over 60 shows spanning coast to coast. As the year came to a close, Raitt received another incredible accolade being recognized for her lifetime of artistic achievement as part of the Kennedy Center's 47th Class of Honorees in Washington, D.C. In 2025, Raitt and her band played over 60 concerts together to audiences across the U.S., Ireland, the UK and Europe. 

Raitt is as well known for her lifelong commitment to social activism as she is for her music and has long been involved with the environmental movement, performing concerts around oil, nuclear power, mining, water and forest protection since the mid-‘70s. She was a founding member of MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy), which produced the historic concerts, album and film “No Nukes” (1979), as well as a founding member of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation, which works for royalty reform and recognition of generations of pioneer R&B artists. She continues to work on safe energy issues in addition to environmental protection, social justice, Native American and human rights, as well as artist's rights and music education. 

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