Dallas: Boz Scaggs at the Majestic Theatre

Blue-eyed soul veteran Boz Scaggs plays the Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas on Sunday, October 4, with tickets starting at $93.

Scaggs got his start playing in Steve Miller’s band before launching a solo career that peaked commercially with 1976’s “Silk Degrees,” a smooth blend of soul, R&B, and yacht rock that produced hits including “Lowdown,” “Lido Shuffle,” and “It’s Over.” That album alone sold multiple millions of copies and helped define the polished, studio-musician-driven sound of mid-1970s West Coast pop. Now in his eighth decade, Scaggs continues to tour behind both his classic catalog and later, more roots-oriented records, backed by a full band capable of reproducing the horn-and-rhythm arrangements that made his biggest hits distinctive.

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The Majestic Theatre has anchored downtown Dallas since it opened in April 1921, a Renaissance Revival vaudeville palace designed by architect John Eberson for showman Karl Hoblitzelle, complete with an atmospheric ceiling meant to evoke a starlit sky. It closed as a movie house in 1973, was donated to the City of Dallas in 1976, and reopened after restoration in 1983 as a performing-arts venue that the city still owns and operates today. The 1,570-seat theater keeps its five-story marble lobby and ornate cage elevator intact. Read more on its Texas Music Map venue page. Being a fully seated theater, every ticket here comes with an actual seat rather than standing room.

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Expect a set heavy on “Silk Degrees” staples alongside deeper catalog cuts, delivered in the kind of polished, band-forward arrangement that made Scaggs a defining voice of the era before his songs became soft-rock radio standards.

Doors typically open about an hour ahead of the show, with downtown Dallas parking garages within easy walking distance. Given the popularity of this tour, arriving with plenty of time to find parking and get settled before the opening act is a good idea.