🗓️ FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2026 | 8:00 PM
📍 OGDEN AMPHITHEATER
“Sir Duke.” “Isn’t She Lovely.” “I Wish.” “As.” The Blind Boys of Alabama bring these songs to Ogden Amphitheater this summer, reimagined through the gospel sound that’s been moving people for over 75 years. Songs in the Key of Life: A Celebration of Stevie Wonder marks the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest albums ever recorded. The Blind Boys aren’t just covering it. They’re transforming every note with sacred soul, turning familiar melodies into something that hits differently when five-time Grammy winners are behind the microphone.
The Blind Boys have been at this since the 1930s, starting as students at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind. Five Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award, collaborations with Tom Waits, Ben Harper, and Peter Gabriel. Their version of “Amazing Grace” set to “House of the Rising Sun” became an American standard. Their take on Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” soundtracked HBO’s The Wire. They don’t just play gospel. They’ve spent a lifetime proving it can hold anything.
Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in 1976 and spent thirteen weeks at the top. It won the Grammy for Album of the Year and has landed on nearly every greatest-albums list since. Fifty years later, there may be no group better suited to honor it than a band that’s been redefining what gospel can do for close to a century. These are songs most people already know by heart. In the hands of the Blind Boys, they become something sacred.
This is a warm evening under open skies with food trucks, full bars, and music worth clearing your calendar for. Whether you’ve loved Stevie Wonder since 1976 or you discovered the Blind Boys through The Wire, this is the kind of night that reminds you why live music matters. The Blind Boys of Alabama at Ogden Amphitheater. Friday, June 26 at 8 PM.
