New Orleans Area DIY Events and Shows

Last Updated August 27, 8:13 PM :: This list is an events calendar of [loosely] DIY activities in New Orleans.  This calendar includes music shows, independent theater, activist and other types of meetings, etc. You will not find a listing for the House of Blues.  The only way we can keep this list accurate and up-to-date is if you keep us informed.  We can't spend every waking hour searching the internet and looking for flyers.  Tell us what's going on! Submit your show to get it listed.

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Wednesday, August 27
Gravity A
Wednesday, August 27. Banks Street Bar. 10PM.
Black Belt | Smiley with a Knife | Alias:Orion
Wednesday, August 27. Blue Nile. 10PM.
First Black Belt show after their time in the studio.
Paramaya | The Chi Chis | Amendment 1st
Wednesday, August 27. North Gate Tavern. 10PM. Booking
White Denim | Big Rock Candy Mountain | Restaurant
Wednesday, August 27. Republic. 10PM. $10. Infectious Publicity
Thursday, August 28
Cosmic Sweat Society
Thursday, August 28. Banks Street Bar. 10PM.
Ambush | Woodhaven | Wake into the Nightmare | Nightmare in Magnolia
Thursday, August 28. Darkroom. 7PM. $8. Darkroom/Beatdown Productions
Fisher Cat | Gas Explode | Franz Debriss | Skin Shit
Thursday, August 28. Ducbo. 8PM. FREE.
An evening of primordial sludge, hot beats, pedal tweaking, and general freaky improvisation from four very new, very good New Orleans outfits. All in the idyllic backyard splendor of the ducbo warehouse at 1616 St. Ferdinand street, all for free.
Arts Street Trio
Thursday, August 28. Fair Grinds Coffee House. 6:30PM. FREE.
Jonno and his family play eclectic mix including Louisiana, classical and popular pieces.
Brian Coogan & the Stick-Figure Superband
Thursday, August 28. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10:44PM. Scatterjazz
The Stick-Figure Superband unites for one-night only to save the world: BRIAN COOGAN on keyboards and piano + HELEN GILLET on cello + REX GREGORY on saxophones, clarinets and electronics + JUSTIN PEAKE (aka "the Crown Prince of Freaky Percussion of Frenchmen Street" --Gambit Weekly) on drums and software environments. Dirty music to clean up the streets, some improvised, some composed specifically for this unit. Do come.
Oh Sleeper | War of Ages | Agraceful | In Fear and Faith
Thursday, August 28. High Ground. 7PM. $10. Incision Records
Grayson Capps
Thursday, August 28. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
David Loti | Waiting For Brantley | 3rd Alley | Josh Fischel
Thursday, August 28. North Gate Tavern. 10PM. Booking
Strangelove
Thursday, August 28. Saint.
Pasta the DJ and friends hand pick vinyl while Drew Stubbs mixes visuals.
Jonathan Freilich with Tim Green + David Torkanowsky + Doug Garrison
Thursday, August 28. Snug Harbor. 8PM + 10PM (two sets).
A special edition of Naked on the Floor.
Mos Def | Sunni Patterson | Truth Universal | Sess 4-5 | Gabrilla Ballard | Elegguae
Thursday, August 28. Tipitina's. 10PM. $25.
Friday, August 29
Egg Yolk Jubilee
Friday, August 29. Banks Street Bar. 10PM.
Trick Bag | Machine Made Slave
Friday, August 29. Bar, The. 10PM.
Angry Banana | Stereohype | Further Reasoning | Ta-Ta Destroyers | Regabomb | Autum's Aftermath
Friday, August 29. Big Top. 6PM. $6. Three Ring Circus
Back to school ska punk show.
The Burning Castles | Save vs Spell | Canvas Red
Friday, August 29. Checkpoint Charlie's. 9PM.
Club of the Sons | Canon Blue | Pepper Rabbit
Friday, August 29. Circle Bar.
Eve and Vince
Friday, August 29. Fair Grinds Coffee House. 6PM. FREE. Booking
Jazzy duo play favorites. These are the two songwriters from Eve's Lucky Planet Band. Awesome!
The Good Guys | Happy Talk Band
Friday, August 29. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM.
Cities Killed Starlight | Painting the Seconds | Kookabaca Radio | Miles and Minutes
Friday, August 29. High Ground. 7PM. $7. Incision Records
Bag of Donuts | Brah
Friday, August 29. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
August Critical Mass
Friday, August 29. Jackson Square. 6PM.
Come out for our monthly celebration of that wonderful invention that is the bicycle.
Cold Turkey
Friday, August 29. Keystone's Lounge. 9PM.
Big Blue Marble
Friday, August 29. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
The Silent Cinema
Friday, August 29. Mimi's in the Marigny.
Andrew Duhon | Michael Gordon
Friday, August 29. North Gate Tavern. 10PM. Booking
Crowbar | Eyehategod | Hellkontroll
Friday, August 29. One Eyed Jack's. 10PM. $15.
Innermost
Friday, August 29. Saturn Bar. 10PM. Booking
We Landed on the Moon | Bones | Hi- Five
Friday, August 29. Spanish Moon. 10PM. Bullhorn Bandits
Saturday, August 30
Russell Batiste & Friends | Jason Neville
Saturday, August 30. Banks Street Bar. 10PM.
People on the Side | Runoft
Saturday, August 30. Bar, The. 10PM.
Frode Gjerstad + Paal Nilssen Love Duo | Donald Miller | Rob Cambre | DJ Beautiful Bells
Saturday, August 30. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM. $10. Anxious Sounds
Anxious Sound celebrates 11years of bringing adventurous music to New Orleans with a special concert featuring the amazing Norwegian duo of FRODE GJERSTAD (saxophones + clarinets) and PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE (drums) plus sets by NOLA torch-bearers Donald Miller, Rob Cambre, and DJ Beautiful Bells. Gjerstad and Nilssen-Love have worked with a who's-who of international luminaries, including Ken Vandermark, Peter Brotzmann, Han Bennink, William Parker, Hamid Drake, Thurston Moore, The EX, Guy Piccioto, Sabir Mateen, Mats Gustafsson and many more. Together they are one of the most ferociously intense sax-drum duos currently huffing oxygen. Not to be missed!!!
Ambience for a Dream | Redrum Showdown | Chronic Brutality | Mutilate the Willing
Saturday, August 30. High Ground. 7PM. $7. Incision Records
Southern Whiskey Rebellion | Parabellum | Hammer On | Dry Socket | Big Frank
Saturday, August 30. Howlin Wolf. 9PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
Innermost | Rougarou | Black Market Halos | Built To Destroy | Severed Mass
Saturday, August 30. Keystone's Lounge. 9PM. $6. Booking
Joe Krown Organ Combo | Walter Wolfman Washington
Saturday, August 30. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Super Villain
Saturday, August 30. North Gate Tavern. 10PM. FREE. Booking
Tailgate party.
Disaster Channel | Edge Set Mary | am540
Saturday, August 30. One Eyed Jack's. 10PM. $10. Booking
Mod Dance Party
Saturday, August 30. Saturn Bar. 11PM.
Mod Dance Party celebrates 8 years.
Pretty & Nice | Club of the Sons
Saturday, August 30. Spanish Moon. 10PM. Bullhorn Bandits
Southern Decadence
Saturday, August 30. X/O Studios. 5-10PM. FREE.
Opening for R.Scott.M "Out of the Closet." Sculpture and works on paper. Plus live music.
Sunday, August 31
Rose Funeral | Red I Flight | Years Spent Cold | The Breathing Process
Sunday, August 31. Darkroom. 7PM. $12. Darkroom/Beatdown Productions
Phobia | Impaled | Illogicist | Malignancy | Maruta
Sunday, August 31. Hi-Ho Lounge. 8PM EARLY SHOW. $10. Noxious Noize
WILLOWTIP RECORDS TOUR: all grindcore / brutal death, and local thrashers Hellkontroll get you warmed up with their manic wall of fucking noise... lineup includes Illogicist (Italy), Phobia (CA), Impaled (CA), Malignancy (NY, member of Mortician), Maruta (FL) & Hellkontroll (LA / TX).
ActionActionReaction | The Noisician Coalition
Sunday, August 31. One Eyed Jack's. 10PM. FREE. Booking
Monday, September 1
DJ Chrischarge
Monday, September 1. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Noxious Noize
Punk & Metal Monday
Justin Peake's Acoustic Trio
Monday, September 1. Dragon's Den. 8PM (early show). FREE. Booking
Blue Grass Pickin Party
Monday, September 1. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM.
Tuesday, September 2
The Deadly Four
Tuesday, September 2. Banks Street Bar. 10PM.
Johnny Woodstock | Cosmic Oasis
Tuesday, September 2. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Downstairs. Fusion.
Burning Castles
Tuesday, September 2. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs. Indie rock.
Iwrestledabearonce | Duck Duck Goose | Pacifist | Amongst the Dead
Tuesday, September 2. High Ground. 7PM. $10. Incision Records
WTUL Apprentice Meeting
Tuesday, September 2. Lavin Bernick Center on Tulane's Campus. 7PM. FREE. Booking
Interested in becoming a DJ for WTUL? This meeting is meant for you. It will be held in 203 Stibbs in the LBC on Tulane's campus. Please e-mail wtulapp@gmail.com with any questions.
Wednesday, September 3
Gravity A
Wednesday, September 3. Banks Street Bar. 10PM.
DJ T-Roy Presents Dancehall Classics
Wednesday, September 3. Dragon's Den. 10PM. $5. Booking
Both floors full of dancehall and reggae.
Ceremony | Poverty Bay Saints | Time to Die | Jabberjaw
Wednesday, September 3. High Ground. 7PM. $8. Incision Records
Thursday, September 4
Cosmic Sweat
Thursday, September 4. Banks Street Bar. 10PM.
DJ Proppa Bear hosts Bassbin Safari
Thursday, September 4. Dragon's Den. 10PM. FREE. Booking
Downstairs. Dark drum n bass.
Jealous Monk
Thursday, September 4. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs. Funk / hip hop.
The Soul Rebels
Thursday, September 4. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Friday, September 5
The Devil & the Sea | Jonbenet | Collapsar
Friday, September 5. Cafe Cottage. 9PM.
Assisting the Escape | Smiley with a Knife | Jean-Claude Seagal
Friday, September 5. Darkroom. 7PM. $5. Darkroom/Beatdown Productions
DJ Josh Sense | DJ Paul B | DJ Bryan Smith | DJ SiO2
Friday, September 5. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Downstairs. Electronic PUSH night.
Soul Rebels Brass Band
Friday, September 5. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs. Hometown heroes.
Tom Marron and Daron Douglas
Friday, September 5. Fair Grinds Coffee House. 6:30PM. FREE.
Talented duo with guitar, violin and harmonica renditions of great celtic, popular, bluegrass and blues tunes. Sometimes Pickle the singing dog joins in too. A pleasure to watch the interactions of these two musical geniuses.
Country Fried | Tawney Ellis
Friday, September 5. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM.
There for Tomorrow | Inaviate | The Bigger Lights | Landings
Friday, September 5. High Ground. 7PM. $8. Incision Records
Casa Samba Brazilian Independence Day Celebration
Friday, September 5. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
Egg Yolk Jubilee
Friday, September 5. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Zydepunks | Los Skarnales | Felix
Friday, September 5. One Eyed Jack's. 10PM. $10. Booking
Zydepunks CD release party.
Theresa Andersson
Friday, September 5. Republic. 10PM. $5. Infectious Publicity
CD release party.
Rhinosaur | Jude Fawley
Friday, September 5. Spanish Moon. 10PM. Bounce Booking
Saturday, September 6
Know the Score | Wake into the Nightmare | Jabberjaw
Saturday, September 6. Darkroom. 7PM. $10. Darkroom/Beatdown Productions
Isabella | Pharmacist Always On Duty | Glasgow
Saturday, September 6. Dragon's Den. 10PM. $5. Booking
Upstairs. Indie rock.
Truth Universal | Soul Movement
Saturday, September 6. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Downstairs. Hip hop.
Fatter Than Albert | Royal City Riot | Skarnales
Saturday, September 6. Dragon's Den. 7PM (early show!). $5. Booking
Upstairs. All ages ska show.
Happy Talk Band | Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes
Saturday, September 6. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM.
Big Easy Roller Girls pin-up calendar party.
The Dead and the Postponed | Horizon | Ataventure
Saturday, September 6. High Ground. 7PM. $7. Incision Records
The City Life | Part Bear | The Other Planets
Saturday, September 6. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
Anders Osbourne
Saturday, September 6. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Weedeater
Saturday, September 6. One Eyed Jack's. 10PM. Booking
Sunday, September 7
Angry Banana | Downtown Fiasco | Royal City Riot
Sunday, September 7. Darkroom. 3PM. $8. Darkroom/Beatdown Productions
Martin Krusche
Sunday, September 7. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs. Experimental jazz.
DDT.Rex
Sunday, September 7. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10:47PM. Scatterjazz
That's right: Poison jazz for a sonic colonic. David Torkanowsky on some sort of keyboard, and his accordion and I-phone, Rick Trolsen on trombone and mutes, Rex Gregory on saxes, clarinets and effects, Doug Garrison sticking it together with Iguana-glue on the drumkit. One nite only improvising all-star band. Don't miss, do come!!
Horse the Band | Heavy Heavy Low Low | So Many Dynamos | Further Reasoning
Sunday, September 7. High Ground. 7PM. $12. Incision Records
Fleur de Tease Burlesque
Sunday, September 7. One Eyed Jack's. 8PM + 10PM. $15. Booking
Monday, September 8
Justin Peake's Acoustic Trio
Monday, September 8. Dragon's Den. 8PM (early show). FREE. Booking
Tarik Hassan Trio
Monday, September 8. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs. Experimental jazz.
Blue Grass Pickin Party
Monday, September 8. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM.
Psyopus | War from a Harlots Mouth | Fuck the Facts | Left to Vanish
Monday, September 8. High Ground. 7PM. $10. Incision Records
Tuesday, September 9
The Deadly Four
Tuesday, September 9. Banks Street Bar. 10PM.
Rougarou | Full Gospel Gun Show
Tuesday, September 9. Circle Bar. 10PM. Booking
Smoke weed.
Chappy
Tuesday, September 9. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs.
Wednesday, September 10
Gravity A
Wednesday, September 10. Banks Street Bar. 10PM.
DJ T-Roy Presents Dancehall Classics
Wednesday, September 10. Dragon's Den. 10PM. $5. Booking
Both floors full of dancehall and reggae.
Delta Spirit | Antenna Inn
Wednesday, September 10. Republic. 8:30PM. $10. Infectious Publicity
Aquarium Drunkard presents.
Thursday, September 11
DJ Proppa Bear hosts Bassbin Safari
Thursday, September 11. Dragon's Den. 10PM. FREE. Booking
Downstairs. Dark drum n bass.
Free Jazz, Brah
Thursday, September 11. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs. Free jazz.
Love Hog | Ad Hoc
Thursday, September 11. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM.
Soul Rebels
Thursday, September 11. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Friday, September 12
Smiley with a Knife | Man Plus Building | White Horse Tabernacle | Good Day for an Airstrike
Friday, September 12. Big Top. 7PM. Three Ring Circus
White Bitch
Friday, September 12. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Downstairs. Avant garde pop music.
Shadow Gallery
Friday, September 12. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs. Goth.
Sebastian
Friday, September 12. Fair Grinds Coffee House. 7PM. FREE.
Returning to play again for his fans. Guitar and voice. "Comfort Music," he plays the greats.
3NOW4 | James Singleton
Friday, September 12. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM.
Dodging Cathrine | FivenNO | Autumn’s Aftermath | A Blank Mind
Friday, September 12. High Ground. 7PM. $7. Incision Records
Grisley
Friday, September 12. Keystone's Lounge. 9PM.
Good Enough for Good Times
Friday, September 12. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Witchcraft | Graveyard | T.K. Webb and The Visions
Friday, September 12. One Eyed Jack's. 10PM. $12. Booking
Throwback | The City Life
Friday, September 12. Republic. 10PM. $5. Infectious Publicity
Throwback one year anniversary.
Saturday, September 13
Killolo | The Action Design | Safe and Easy Action | Norcio
Saturday, September 13. Darkroom. 7PM. $7. Darkroom/Beatdown Productions
Racebannon | Light Yourself on Fire | Wrench in the Works | The Devil and the Sea
Saturday, September 13. Dragon's Den. 9PM. $8. Noxious Noize
Racebannon (IN), LYOF (FL) & TDATS (BR, LA). all bands play fucking metal. WRENCH IN THE WORKS is from CT play metallic HC. Just added! More fun. More punk.
Truth Universal
Saturday, September 13. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Downstairs. Hip hop.
Eve's Lucky Planet | Higher Heights
Saturday, September 13. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM.
Bury Your Dead | It Dies Today | The Ghost Inside
Saturday, September 13. High Ground. 7PM. $12. Incision Records
The Vettes | My Name is John Michael | Flow Tribe | Dodging Catherine
Saturday, September 13. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
SpunTv.com Launch Party.
In Tomorrows Shadow | Cardinale | This Is The Enemy
Saturday, September 13. Keystone's Lounge. 9PM.
Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue
Saturday, September 13. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
James McMurtry
Saturday, September 13. One Eyed Jack's. 10PM. $12. Booking
Death Vessel | Micah Blue Smaldone
Saturday, September 13. Spanish Moon. 10PM. $10. Bullhorn Bandits
Sunday, September 14
Private Pile
Sunday, September 14. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Downstairs. Hip hop.
Tim Green + Brian Coogan + Doug Garrison Trio
Sunday, September 14. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10:45PM. Scatterjazz
What more can you say?? These three master musicians have been talking about doing a gig in this specific trio format for a while now, so we are very pleased to present it at the Good ole Hi Ho Lounge. Tim Green on saxophones, Brian Coogan on keyboards and piano and checked cap, Doug Garrison on trap drums making music for one nite and one nite only. Do come.
Monday, September 15
Justin Peake's Acoustic Trio
Monday, September 15. Dragon's Den. 8PM (early show). FREE. Booking
Voice & Organs | Good day For an Air Strike | Mom
Monday, September 15. Dragon's Den. 10PM. $3. Booking
Upstairs. Voice & Organs (Sweedish Turbo-Folk) / Good day For an Air Strike (Nola Punk) / Mom.
Samothrace | Barghest | Pussyhawk
Monday, September 15. Fletcher's House. 7PM. $5. Andy Gibbs
Metal.
Blue Grass Pickin Party
Monday, September 15. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM.
Da Hawney Troof | Quintron & Miss Pussycat | Tire Fire | Peppermint Pony
Monday, September 15. Spellcaster Lodge.
QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT (98th ward), Tire Fire (Matt Muscle Metal - New Orleans), Da Hawney Troof (Oakland, ca), Peppermint Pony (Harahan).
Tuesday, September 16
The Deadly Four
Tuesday, September 16. Banks Street Bar. 10PM.
The Melters | Man Plus Building
Tuesday, September 16. Circle Bar. 9PM.
The Melters are a punk-influenced power-pop trio from BR. M+B is indie rock from members of Thou.
Samothrace | Pussyhawk | Mars
Tuesday, September 16. Dragon's Den. 10PM. FREE.
Last Pussyhawk show.
Living Legends Brass Band
Tuesday, September 16. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Downstairs.
Poetry Event
Tuesday, September 16. Fair Grinds Coffee House. 6PM. FREE.
THIRD TUESDAY Poetry Event. First hour for young people up to high school. From 7pm adult poetry reading. Features and topics. Chris Fontenot hosts.
Finch | Scary Kids Scaring Kids | From First to Last | Tickle Me Pink | Our Last Night
Tuesday, September 16. High Ground. 7PM. $17. Incision Records
The Sword | Collapsar | The High Cost of Living
Tuesday, September 16. One Eyed Jack's. 10PM. $12. Booking
Wednesday, September 17
Gravity A
Wednesday, September 17. Banks Street Bar. 10PM.
DJ T-Roy Presents Dancehall Classics
Wednesday, September 17. Dragon's Den. 10PM. $5. Booking
Both floors full of dancehall and reggae.
Paul Baribeau | Good Luck | Secret Annexe
Wednesday, September 17. Fletcher's House. 7PM. $5. Andy Gibbs
Plan-it-X pop punk invasion, with Baton Rouge indie-folkies Secret Annexe rounding out the bill.
Silver Jews | James Jackson Toth
Wednesday, September 17. One Eyed Jack's. 10PM. $12. Booking
Thursday, September 18
DJ Proppa Bear hosts Bassbin Safari
Thursday, September 18. Dragon's Den. 10PM. FREE. Booking
Downstairs. Dark drum n bass.
Dough Stackin Up All-Stars
Thursday, September 18. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs. Hip hop.
Ratty Scurvics | My Graveyard Jaw | Hobo Love
Thursday, September 18. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM.
Soul Rebels
Thursday, September 18. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Happy Talk Band | Luke Allen Band
Thursday, September 18. Mimi's in the Marigny (Royal at Franklin). 9PM.
The Silent Cinema | Jana Hunter | Lesser Gonzales Alverez | Never Ever
Thursday, September 18. Saturn Bar.
The Pallbearers | Sons of Marvin Hirsch | Mike Williams
Thursday, September 18. Zeitgeist. 7PM. $6 general/$5 students/$4 members. Booking
Tribute to Patti Smith and The Germs Concert. Tribute musicians include The Pallbearers, Sons of Marvin Hirsch and Mike Williams of EYEHATEGOD. We will also be showing a home video of The Germs last concert.
Friday, September 19
Man Plus Building | We Landed on the Moon
Friday, September 19. Cafe Cottage. 10PM.
Bring The Noize! Fest afterparty show
Friday, September 19. Dragon's Den. After the fest PM. Noxious Noize
Secret surprise lineup... you'll just have to wait and see!!!
Triple Ave | DJ True Justice | Soapbox
Friday, September 19. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Downstairs. Hip hop presented by Truth Universal
Fred Clark
Friday, September 19. Fair Grinds Coffee House. 7PM. FREE.
Houma's folk singer/composer presents Music and Musings. Expect the smooth and lyrical celtic sounds, (maybe even some Gaelic!).
GaBrilla Ballard
Friday, September 19. Fair Grinds Coffee House. 8PM. FREE.
Voltaire
Friday, September 19. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM.
From Legends to Nancy | Roseline | The Unwilling Commencement | Monsters on Maple Street
Friday, September 19. High Ground. 7PM. $7. Incision Records
The Revivalists | Big Rock Candy Mountain
Friday, September 19. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
Trevelyan
Friday, September 19. Keystone's Lounge. 9PM.
Billy Iuso & the Restless Natives
Friday, September 19. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Consortium of Genius | Clockwork Elvis
Friday, September 19. One Eyed Jack's. 10PM. Booking
Kakistocracy | Parasytic | Appalachian Terror Unit | The Cooters | The Skuds | Dissystema | Rysahti | Mega Minge | Nu-kle-ar Blast Suntan
Friday, September 19. Republic. 3PM. $15 a day, $35 for all 3. Noxious Noize
Bring The Noize! Fest (Day 1). DAY 1 MUST END BY 10PM!!!!!
The Kenmores | Run Run Run | Una Halo
Friday, September 19. Spanish Moon. 10PM. Bullhorn Bandits
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE by Steven Sebring | THE GERMS: WHAT WE DO IS SECRET by Rodger Grossman
Friday, September 19. Zeitgeist. 7:30PM Patti Smith, 9:30PM The Germs. $7 general/$6 students/$5 members. Booking
Saturday, September 20
Man Plus Building
Saturday, September 20. 3523 Ivanhoe St. (Baton Rouge). 8PM.
Ivanhoe Fest ’08.
Folsom | Lose None | Jabberjaw | Wake into the Nightmare | The Blindfolded War Routine
Saturday, September 20. Darkroom. 7PM. $10. Darkroom/Beatdown Productions
Two Floors of Drum N Bass
Saturday, September 20. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs. Rave.
Bring The Noize! Fest afterparty show
Saturday, September 20. Hi-Ho Lounge. After the fest PM. Noxious Noize
Secret surprise lineup... you'll just have to wait and see!!!
Seguenon Kone Ivory Spectacle
Saturday, September 20. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM. Hi Ho Lounge Booking
Papafrog presents.
Angry Banana | Taj Motel Trio | The After School Special | Shoot the Daily Edit
Saturday, September 20. High Ground. 7PM. $7. Incision Records
Behind Enemy Lines | Cop on Fire | Coaccion | Tierra de Nadie | American Cheeseburger | We Need to Talk | Trash | Social Neglect | Society Distort
Saturday, September 20. Howlin Wolf. 4PM. $15 ($35 for all three days). Noxious Noize
Bring the Noize Fest day two.
Joe Krown Organ Combo | Walter Wolfman Washington
Saturday, September 20. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Metronome the City | I,Octopus | A Living Soundtrack
Saturday, September 20. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. $10.
CD release show for Metronome the City / I,Octopus split! Don't Miss It!
Mod Dance Party vs. Atlanta's Fringe Factory presents HOT DAMN! part deaux
Saturday, September 20. Saturn Bar. 11pm.
Mod Dance Party New Orleans and Atlanta's Fringe Factory DJ's Vikki V and Suzy Q meet again for HOT DAMN! Part Deaux. Special guest DJ Lingerie and S. Smif
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE by Steven Sebring | THE GERMS: WHAT WE DO IS SECRET by Rodger Grossman
Saturday, September 20. Zeitgeist. 7:30PM Patti Smith, 9:30PM The Germs. $7 general/$6 students/$5 members. Booking
Sunday, September 21
Saaraba
Sunday, September 21. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Downstairs. Jam it out.
Martin Kursche
Sunday, September 21. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs. Experimental jazz.
Kylesa | Bludwulf | Religious as Fuck | Thou | Evil Army | No Fucker | Hellkontroll | The Skuds | Shitfucker | Haarp | Gravebound
Sunday, September 21. Howlin Wolf. 4PM. $15 ($35 for all three days). Noxious Noize
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE by Steven Sebring | THE GERMS: WHAT WE DO IS SECRET by Rodger Grossman
Sunday, September 21. Zeitgeist. 7:30PM Patti Smith, 9:30PM The Germs. $7 general/$6 students/$5 members. Booking
Monday, September 22
Justin Peake's Acoustic Trio
Monday, September 22. Dragon's Den. 8PM (early show). FREE. Booking
Blue Grass Pickin Party
Monday, September 22. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM.
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE by Steven Sebring | THE GERMS: WHAT WE DO IS SECRET by Rodger Grossman
Monday, September 22. Zeitgeist. 7:30PM Patti Smith, 9:30PM The Germs. $7 general/$6 students/$5 members. Booking
Tuesday, September 23
The Deadly Four
Tuesday, September 23. Banks Street Bar. 10PM.
Blameshift | And Then There Was You | Run Doris Run | The Material | The Final Rise
Tuesday, September 23. Darkroom. 7PM. $10. Darkroom/Beatdown Productions
Lymbyc System | This Will Destroy You
Tuesday, September 23. Spanish Moon. 10PM. Bullhorn Bandits
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE by Steven Sebring | THE GERMS: WHAT WE DO IS SECRET by Rodger Grossman
Tuesday, September 23. Zeitgeist. 7:30PM Patti Smith, 9:30PM The Germs. $7 general/$6 students/$5 members. Booking
Wednesday, September 24
Gravity A
Wednesday, September 24. Banks Street Bar. 10PM.
DJ T-Roy Presents Dancehall Classics
Wednesday, September 24. Dragon's Den. 10PM. $5. Booking
Both floors full of dancehall and reggae.
The Juan MacLean
Wednesday, September 24. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. $12. Booking
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE by Steven Sebring | THE GERMS: WHAT WE DO IS SECRET by Rodger Grossman
Wednesday, September 24. Zeitgeist. 7:30PM Patti Smith, 9:30PM The Germs. $7 general/$6 students/$5 members. Booking
Thursday, September 25
DJ Proppa Bear hosts Bassbin Safari
Thursday, September 25. Dragon's Den. 10PM. FREE. Booking
Downstairs. Dark drum n bass.
Other Planets
Thursday, September 25. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs. Experimental jazz.
The Burning Castles | The Sidewalk Band | Socrates Johnson
Thursday, September 25. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM. Hi Ho Lounge Booking
Silent Cinema | Isabella | Hi Five
Thursday, September 25. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
Soul Rebels
Thursday, September 25. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE by Steven Sebring | THE GERMS: WHAT WE DO IS SECRET by Rodger Grossman
Thursday, September 25. Zeitgeist. 7:30PM Patti Smith, 9:30PM The Germs. $7 general/$6 students/$5 members. Booking
Friday, September 26
The Calm Blue Sea | Meadow Flow | Hat Talk
Friday, September 26. Banks Street Bar. 10PM. $5.
The Calm Blue Sea is experimental Rock from Austin, TX.
The Blue Eclipse
Friday, September 26. Bar, The. 10PM.
Maruta | Nightmare in Magnolia | Jean-Claude Seagal
Friday, September 26. Darkroom. 7PM. $8. Darkroom/Beatdown Productions
Wendol | Think Fast | Raum
Friday, September 26. Dragon's Den. 8PM. $5. Noxious Noize
Wendol play anarchist black metal. From CA. Think Fast are thrash from AZ. Raum dish out the sludge and the grind.
Reverend Spooky Lestrange's Church of Burlesque
Friday, September 26. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM. Hi Ho Lounge Booking
Rebirth Brass Band
Friday, September 26. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
Juice
Friday, September 26. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Black Car | Rock City Morgue
Friday, September 26. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. Booking
Throwback | G-Eazy
Friday, September 26. Republic. 10PM. $5. Infectious Publicity
Sunset Rubdown
Friday, September 26. Spanish Moon. 10PM. Bullhorn Bandits
Saturday, September 27
Love Zombie | Big Baby | Party Time
Saturday, September 27. Banks Street Bar. 10PM. FREE.
Southern Whiskey Rebellion
Saturday, September 27. Bar, The. 10PM.
White Colla Crimes
Saturday, September 27. Circle Bar. 10PM.
Dropping Bombs III
Saturday, September 27. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs. Drum n bass.
Gal Holiday | The Unnaturals
Saturday, September 27. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM. Hi Ho Lounge Booking
Think Fast
Saturday, September 27. Insomkneeacks. 7PM.
Hardcore.
Miles Hunt | Wayne Hussey
Saturday, September 27. Keystone's Lounge. 9PM.
Irene Sage
Saturday, September 27. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Ballzack
Saturday, September 27. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. Booking
Sunday, September 28
Saaraba
Sunday, September 28. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Downstairs. Jam it out.
Human Host | The Buoyant Sea
Sunday, September 28. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs. Experimental indie electro folk.
The Claw | Devil and the Sea | Fat Stupid Ugly People | Mars
Sunday, September 28. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM. Noxious Noize
Fleet Foxes | Frank Fairfield
Sunday, September 28. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
Monday, September 29
Justin Peake's Acoustic Trio
Monday, September 29. Dragon's Den. 8PM (early show). FREE. Booking
Simon Lott
Monday, September 29. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Upstairs. Experimental jazz.
Blue Grass Pickin Party
Monday, September 29. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM.
Beneath the Massacre | The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza | Abacabb | Architect | Stray from the Path
Monday, September 29. High Ground. 7PM. $10. Incision Records
Tuesday, September 30
The Deadly Four
Tuesday, September 30. Banks Street Bar. 10PM.
Okkervil River | Crooked Fingers | Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Tuesday, September 30. Republic. 8:30PM. $10 Advance | $12 Door. Infectious Publicity
Presented by Aquarium Drunkard.
Wednesday, October 1
DJ T-Roy Presents Dancehall Classics
Wednesday, October 1. Dragon's Den. 10PM. $5. Booking
Both floors full of dancehall and reggae.
Yip Yip
Wednesday, October 1. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM. Hi Ho Lounge Booking
Thursday, October 2
Theresa Andersson | The City Life | Big Blue Marble
Thursday, October 2. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. $5. Booking
Presented by the New Orleans Indie Rock Collective. Free sampler each night of the fest.
Soul Rebels
Thursday, October 2. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Friday, October 3
Light Up District
Friday, October 3. Bar, The. 10PM.
The Bad Off | Charmed I'm Sure
Friday, October 3. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM. Hi Ho Lounge Booking
Rotary Downs | MyNameIsJohnMichael
Friday, October 3. Republic. 10PM. $5. Infectious Publicity
Indie rock fest day 2.
Saturday, October 4
Earthbound
Saturday, October 4. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Antenna Inn | The Revivalists | The Other Planets
Saturday, October 4. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. $5. Booking
Presented by the New Orleans Indie Rock Collective Free sampler CD each night of the festival.
Man Plus Building | Smiley With A Knife
Saturday, October 4. Spanish Moon. 10PM.
Sunday, October 5
Fleur de Tease Burlesque
Sunday, October 5. One Eyed Jack's. 8PM + 10PM. $15. Booking
Monday, October 6
Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? | Nick Jaina
Monday, October 6. Dragon's Den. 10PM. Booking
Tuesday, October 7
Sourvein | Zoroaster | DSB | Hellkontroll | Thou
Tuesday, October 7. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM. Noxious Noize
Defiance Of Shit Bastards (D.S.B.) hail from Japan & play mofuckin\' intense burning spirits HC. Zoroaster, Thou, and Sourvein bring the doom, and Hellkontroll's blistering HC does you in. Bring earplugs...
Wednesday, October 8
Elysium | Consumed | Sisera | Raum
Wednesday, October 8. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM. Noxious Noize
Saviours | Thou
Wednesday, October 8. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. Booking
Ex-members of Yaphet Kotto doing stoner metal on Level Plane.
The Walkmen | The City Life
Wednesday, October 8. Republic. 8PM. $12 Advance | $14 Door. Infectious Publicity
Presented by Aquarium Drunkard.
Thursday, October 9
Soul Rebels
Thursday, October 9. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Friday, October 10
I, Octopus | Meadow Flow | Smiley With A Knife | Tony Italiano
Friday, October 10. Dragon's Den. 9PM. $5. Booking
Touching The Absolute | Surrender The Fall | Falls From Grace
Friday, October 10. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
Dead Kenny G's
Friday, October 10. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
DJ Soul Sister’s Prince Vs. Michael Jackson Party
Friday, October 10. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. Booking
Say Hi (formly Say Hi to your Mom)
Friday, October 10. Spanish Moon. 10PM. Bullhorn Bandits
Saturday, October 11
The Pallbearers | Switchblade Combs | All Rise | Blanks 77
Saturday, October 11. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM. Hi Ho Lounge Booking
Country Fried
Saturday, October 11. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Monotonix
Saturday, October 11. Spanish Moon. 10PM. Bullhorn Bandits
Grave Discoveries
Saturday, October 11. X/O Studios. 5-10PM. FREE.
New work by AMIE DAVIS "Grave Discoveries." Artist featured this year at Voodoo Fest with NooMoon Collective. Hand printed and hand colored photography of local grave discoveries. Live music and BBQ 5-10 pm.
Thursday, October 16
A Place to Bury Strangers
Thursday, October 16. Chelseas Café. 10PM. Bullhorn Bandits
The Higher | Just Surrender | White Tie Affair | The Morning Of
Thursday, October 16. High Ground. 7PM. $12. Incision Records
Soul Rebels
Thursday, October 16. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Friday, October 17
John Papa Gros
Friday, October 17. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Mike Relm | The Sideshow
Friday, October 17. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. Booking
Octopus Project
Friday, October 17. Spanish Moon. 10PM. Bullhorn Bandits
Saturday, October 18
Mike Relm
Saturday, October 18. Spanish Moon. 10PM. Bullhorn Bandits
Tuesday, October 21
Born Ruffians | Plants & Animals
Tuesday, October 21. Spanish Moon. 10PM. Bullhorn Bandits
Thursday, October 23
Happy Talk Band
Thursday, October 23. DBA. 10PM.
Soul Rebels
Thursday, October 23. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Friday, October 24
Turboslut | Spring Break Shark Attack | Thou
Friday, October 24. Fletcher's House. 7PM. $5. Andy Gibbs
Saturday, October 25
Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? | Japanther | Killer Dreamer | Turboslut
Saturday, October 25. Heavy Metal Parking Lot. 8PM. $5 - 7 (sliding scale). Kid Twist
Big Ship record release show. Plus Alley Cat Bike Race after party event.
Runoft | We’re Only In It For The Honey
Saturday, October 25. Keystone's Lounge. 9PM.
Anders Osbourne
Saturday, October 25. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Reverend Horton Heat | Nashville Pussy | Reckless Kelly
Saturday, October 25. Spanish Moon. 10PM. Bullhorn Bandits
Sunday, October 26
Watain | Withered | Book of Black Earth | Ritual Killer
Sunday, October 26. Dragon's Den. 8PM. $15.
Black metal invasion from Sweden, Georgia & Louisiana, respectively.
Cruxshadows | Aryia | I:Scintilla
Sunday, October 26. Hi-Ho Lounge. 10PM. Hi Ho Lounge Booking
Monday, October 27
Pierced Arrows (formerly Dead Moon)
Monday, October 27. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. $8. Booking
Wednesday, October 29
The Screaming Females | Olehole | Pumpkin
Wednesday, October 29. NOLA venue TBA. 7PM. $5. An Idea Like No Other
Screaming Females are an amazing female-fronted, garage rock/pop punk from New Brunswick. Olehole is from Oakland with ex-members of Burial Year.
Thursday, October 30
Soul Rebels
Thursday, October 30. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Friday, October 31
Krewe of MOM's Halloween Ball
Friday, October 31. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
Quintron and Miss Pussycat | Golden Triangle | Wizard Sleeve
Friday, October 31. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. $12. Booking
Saturday, November 1
Outlaw Nation | Ritual Killer | Hostile Apostle | Flesh Parade
Saturday, November 1. Howlin Wolf. 9PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
Raise the Dead Fest 3.
The New Orleans Bingo! Show
Saturday, November 1. Le Chat Noir. 8PM.
Mike Dillon’s Go Go Jungle
Saturday, November 1. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Mod Dance Party | The Pharmacy
Saturday, November 1. Saturn Bar. 11PM.
Sunday, November 2
Ghastly City Sleep | Hurray for the Riff Raff
Sunday, November 2. Dragon's Den. 11PM. $5. An Idea Like No Other
This show will be starting immediately after the Day of the Dead Parade. So come out for that at dusk, march around the bleak city streets, and then strut your stuff on the dance floor. Anyone who comes to this show in costume gets in for three bucks.
Mike Dillon
Sunday, November 2. Dragon's Den. 9PM. Booking
Upstairs. Mike is a free-jazz percussionist madman genius
The New Orleans Bingo! Show
Sunday, November 2. Le Chat Noir. 8PM.
Monday, November 3
Ghastly City Sleep | Lake | Desolation Wilderness | Man Plus Building
Monday, November 3. Fletcher's House. 7PM. $5. Andy Gibbs
Ghastly City Sleep are on Robotic Empire and sound like a mix between Sigur Ros and Godspeed! You Black Emperor. Lake and Desolation Wilderness are on K Records. And Man Plus Building are local BR heartthrobs.
The Mountain Goats | Kaki King
Monday, November 3. Republic. 8PM. $16. Infectious Publicity
Wednesday, November 5
Buckethead | That One Guy
Wednesday, November 5. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
Thursday, November 6
L.A. Cross | Big Baby| Rougarou
Thursday, November 6. Dragon's Den. 8PM SHARP. $5. Booking
New Orleans Stoners VS. New York Hipsters.
Soul Rebels
Thursday, November 6. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Friday, November 7
Bright Black Morning Light
Friday, November 7. Spanish Moon. 10PM. Bullhorn Bandits
Saturday, November 8
Smiley With A Knife | A Living Soundtrack | Man Plus Building
Saturday, November 8. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
Bright Black Morning Light
Saturday, November 8. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. Booking
Sunday, November 9
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster | A Static Lullaby | Showbread | Attack Attack | Confide
Sunday, November 9. High Ground. 7PM. $10. Incision Records
Tuesday, November 11
Of Montreal | Icy Demons
Tuesday, November 11. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
Wednesday, November 12
Happy Talk Band | Missy Gossip and the Secret Keepers | Secret Bear
Wednesday, November 12. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. Booking
Thursday, November 13
The Kyle Sowashes | Nebraska
Thursday, November 13. Circle Bar. 10PM. Booking
Ohio popness and Springsteen cover band.
Soul Rebels
Thursday, November 13. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Saturday, November 15
Electric Six
Saturday, November 15. Spanish Moon. 10PM. Bullhorn Bandits
Monday, November 17
The Unit Breed
Monday, November 17. Fletcher's House. 7PM. $5. Andy Gibbs
Tim Reynolds | Paul Sanchez
Monday, November 17. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking
Tuesday, November 18
King Khan and the BBQ Show
Tuesday, November 18. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. Booking
Thursday, November 20
Soul Rebels
Thursday, November 20. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Friday, November 21
The Duppies | The Stellaphonics | Maddie Ruthless and the Champagne Players
Friday, November 21. Dragon's Den. 8PM. $5. Booking
The Duppies (huge trad ska band from Gainesville with massive energy), The Stellaphonics (our old rocksteady pals from Baton Rouge!), Maddie Ruthless and the Champagne Players (a skalebration inna murder style!).
Thursday, November 27
Soul Rebels
Thursday, November 27. Les Bon Temps Roule. 11PM.
Friday, December 19
Benjy Davis Project | Big Blue Marble
Friday, December 19. Howlin Wolf. 10PM. Howlin Wolf Booking