Tab Benoit and Duane Betts bring the Southern Gentlemen Tour to Capitol Theatre on Feb. 19

The Louisiana bluesman and Dickey Betts's son, with Palmetto Motel, stop in Macon on a February run across the Deep South.

Two winters ago, Duane Betts came to Macon to put together a concert honoring his late father, Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts. This February he's back in town on a different kind of trip, sharing a bill with Tab Benoit at the Capitol Theatre.

Tab Benoit plays the Capitol Theatre in Macon on Friday, February 19, 2027, with Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel. The date was announced on October 27. Tickets are through the Capitol Theatre, which holds 650.

The Macon date is part of the Southern Gentlemen Tour 2027, which JamBase reported will open February 5 at Tipitina's in New Orleans and end February 25 in Philadelphia, Mississippi, with stops in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia along the way. The night before Macon, the tour is at the Georgia Theatre in Athens. General on-sale was Friday, October 30, so tickets are already moving.

Both acts arrive with recent records. Benoit's latest is Blues Masters Live, a live album that includes a previously unreleased 2002 performance, as JamBase noted with the tour news. Betts released Isle of Hope on Sun Records in June, his second solo album after 2023's Wild & Precious Life. Garden & Gun and Guitar World both covered it. Dave Cobb produced the record at his studio in Savannah, and Betts made it shortly after his father's death in 2024, which made it his most personal work yet, per Dan's Papers.

Dickey Betts's son, back in Macon two years after the tribute he organized here.

Macon is not just another stop for him. In February 2025, Duane organized a concert in Macon honoring Dickey Betts, which GPB reported reunited members of the Allman Brothers Band. GPB had earlier quoted him on what he hoped the night would capture: the freewheeling spirit of his father's guitar playing. Premier Guitar has traced his path from co-founding The Allman Betts Band with Devon Allman to leading Palmetto Motel.

For a Friday night in Macon, that history makes this more than a blues bill. A 650-capacity theater keeps it close, and two guitar-led acts on one stage means a full night of playing.

Tickets are on sale now through the Capitol Theatre's site. With a room this size and a tour this short, waiting until February is a gamble.

Some shows are just good nights out. This one has a little Macon history riding along with it.

Sources: JamBase: Tab Benoit at Capitol Theatre Macon (jambase.com); Capitol Theatre Macon (hargraycapitoltheatre.com); JamBase: Tab Benoit & Duane Betts Announce Southern Gentlemen Tour 2027 (jambase.com); JamBase: Tab Benoit at Georgia Theatre (jambase.com); Garden & Gun: Isle of Hope, Duane Betts (gardenandgun.com); Guitar World: Duane Betts, Isle of Hope (guitarworld.com); Dan's Papers: Duane Betts Lands On the Isle of Hope with New Album (danspapers.com); dickeybetts.com: Isle of Hope (dickeybetts.com); GPB: Macon concert reunites Allman Brothers Band members to celebrate Dickey Betts (gpb.org); GPB: 'For my dad': Duane Betts plans tribute to Dickey Betts (gpb.org); Premier Guitar: Duane Betts, Rising Son (premierguitar.com)