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Ryan Smagalski
Tuesday, July 21. Black & Gold Wash & Fold (2533 Carondelet Street). 9PM. $10.
Laundry & Jokes. "5 comedians will compete for your vote to win $100. Entrance fee includes 1st load of laundry. Get ready to mix chores with chuckles at our super fun in-person event. Bring your laundry and your sense of humor – we’re spinning tales and teasing out laughs while you sort the socks. Comedians should register now to get added to the lineup on this page so we can sell more tickets. Refunds will be made if we do not get 5 comedians to register more than 7 days before the event." 9 - midnight.

Wombo | Shower Curtain
Tuesday, July 21. Gasa Gasa. 8PM.

Conan | Pale Misery | Father Rust
Wednesday, July 22. Freetown Boom Boom Room (300 McKinley Street, Lafayette). 8PM. $20 (advance), $25 (door).
Metal. Presented by Nanotear. 18+. https://facebook.com/events/962937403134758

Conan | Fauns
Thursday, July 23. Siberia. 9PM.

The Debtors
Friday, July 24. Acadiana Center for the Arts (Moncus Theater) (101 West Vermilion Street, Lafayette). 7:30PM. $30.
"Hailing from Lafayette, The Debtors bring a distinctly Southern charm to their shimmering blend of indie rock, nostalgia, and storytelling. With their 2024 album Everyone Is Alright, the five-piece band delivers a dreamy, heartfelt soundtrack for uncertain times — equal parts escapism and reflection. Their music drifts effortlessly from beachy grooves to waltzing ballads, anchored by poetic lyrics and melodies that linger like memory." All ages. 7:30 - 9:30.

Ceed | Critical Failure | Nuwma
Friday, July 24. Bear's (1401 Fairfield Avenue, Shreveport). 9PM.
Ceed is Shreveport grunge metal / rap rock like it's 1998, down to the curiously spelled name. Critical Failure is Bossier City "hard rock / nerd metal... with an edge & discernible, strong melodies"; a music video for "Corpocracy" will be filmed. Nuwma is Shreveport heavy metal. Flyer & band links: https://facebook.com/events/2198006970951609

A Winter's Remorse | Amorance | In the Crimson | Pushinupdaisies
Friday, July 24. Midcity Ballroom. 8PM. $15 ($10 advance).
A Winter's Remorse is Houston "OG Deathcore / Melodic Death Metal straight outta the Riff Dungeon." Amorance is NOLA "cybergrind" w/ upcoming LP titled A Debt Owed to Lying Tongues. In the Crimson is "St. Tammany Metalcore." Pushinupdaisies is NOLA artsy screamcore with songs like "girl in blue killed by train." All ages. Flyer: https://s3.amazonaws.com/geotix-production-uploads/uploads/1b79a5ad-4f0f-4dec-8a45-428fdd612eec.jpg

Gatsu | Fen Magus | Brethren Hogg
Friday, July 24. Siberia. 8:30PM. $10.
Gatsu "Hymns from the Abyss" EP release show.

X Games New Orleans
Friday, July 24. Superdome (1500 Poydras Street). 3:30PM. $85 (3-day pass).
"X Games New Orleans 2026 will be the first championship event of the new Moonpay X Games League (XGL) 2026 Summer Season where for the first time in action sports history, clubs and individual athletes will be able to rack up points for a chance at the championship. The event is set to take place from July 24 – 26, 2026." Be a part of history, skater! Boy, has this event grown. Remember when the '97 X Games tryouts were held by the Riverwalk during the second weekend of Jazz Fest, with an amazing free concert by edgy Sub Pop goth / grunge / glam rock trio Plexi right outside the Aquarium? As for your D.I.Y. SKATEPUNK attire choices in the middle of summer, keep in mind the Dome is kept at about 70°. 5:30 - 10:15. https://www.caesarssuperdome.com/events/detail/xgames

Acath | Drive, Doctor! Drive! | Hijack the Float | Not Milk
Friday, July 24. The Loose Caboose (201 McKinley Street, Lafayette). 7:30PM. $10.
Some baffling bands names here... Just pull up and ask questions later, folks. You know that the relentlessly gigging Acath are your local dreamgaze / shoepop saviors of the Current Year. DD!D! are Lafayette emotional rock. HTF are "south louisiana art rock." Are post-hardcore "zoomergaze" grungers Not Milk related to fellow Lafayette rockers Dairy Free or NOLA DJ Rotten Milk? Nope, they're "The Kings of Leon County" (Tallahassee). Flyer: https://facebook.com/theloosecabooselafayette/photos/1725477432919088

Dead Media Market
Saturday, July 25. Chelsea's Live (1010 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge). 1PM. FREE.
VHSes, LPs, CASSETTEs, COMICs, CARDs, TOYs, CDs, DVDs, SHIRTs, STICKERs... 1 until probably 5 PM... but 5 - 5:30 is when the best deals get made. Absolutely NO live music permitted in this live music venue with "LIVE" in its name, just a mediocre Spotify '80s hits playlist. (Complain about this to the apathetic club / organizers.) 18+.

Trauma from Texas | Davs of Grief | Tanto | Onehorsetown | Rosemary in The Campfire
Saturday, July 25. Neutral Ground Coffee House ( 9000 Hickory Street). 7PM. $10. Booking
This is an all ages space, no alcohol allowed. $10 is the suggested donation but no one is turned away otherwise.

Puppy Mill/Swiss | Pain God | Moral Disorder | Teratoma
Monday, July 27. Holy Diver (1200 St. Bernard Avenue). 8PM. $15. Booking
The Big Boss is back again to deliver another banger of a show at Holy Diver. Coming through this time we have an insane trio of Texas Powerviolence here to absolutely blow you away and melt your fucking face. Returning from their New Orleans debut at Mardi Grind Fest 3, we have the insane Powerviolence from Dallas, Puppy Mill followed by Austin, Texas' finest Powerviolence, Swiss, and Pain God. Being backed up by newest New Orleans Grind act, Moral Disorder made up of members of Dremm and a surprise appearance by mysterious Mississippi Doom Lords, @teratomafrontman. Be there!!!

Sciryn
Wednesday, July 29. 30/90 (520 Frenchmen Street). 6PM.
"All-female power trio featuring Jamie Lynn Vessels, Kennedy Kuntz & Ana De Ferreira."

TV Star | Pope | New Fools
Wednesday, July 29. Saturn Bar. 9PM. $10.
TV Star's new LP is "[a] quilt of jangly-psych, garage grit, and soft-focus depth; these songs glow from the inside with a commanding originality. In an era when so much music dissolves into algorithmic sameness, TV Star sounds defiantly human. The band sharpens the instincts they've been honing – folding together timeless pop sensibilities, psych-leaning jangle in the lineage of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, punk-economy rhythm sections, and vocals that drift with Mojave 3-level warmth, to create something distinctly their own. Forming in 2020 over a shared admiration of '90s psych, classic shoegaze and alt-country underdogs, their inception occurred when someone pulled the Butthole Surfers' 1996 Electriclarryland tape off the wall and pointed to the track 'TV Star.'" Breathy female vocals provide further timeless flair. Two consummate local quirk rock bands open. 21+. Flyer: https://dice-media.imgix.net/attachments/2026-06-28/50e6ccc1-f620-439b-8d9c-137c32015cd8.jpg

Jeffrey Nothing | October Noir
Wednesday, July 29. Southport Hall. 7PM. $17.
Jeffrey Nothing became the lead singer of NOLA metal band White Heat (f.k.a. Onyx) in '82. He relocated to his Cleveland hometown and co-founded thrashy metal bands Purgatory in '84 & Hatrix in '89, before co-founding horror-themed metal collective Mushroomhead there in '93. Discogs: "The band is known for their avant-garde sound which includes influence from metal, art rock and electro-industrial, and their imagery which features masks and costumes, as well as their unique live shows." Slipknot formed on essentially this recipe two years later & became much bigger stars, leading to a long-simmering feud. (Though both presumably acknowledge GWAR & Green Jellö predating them.) Read about his successful defeat of cancer w/ alt treatments at https://www.facebook.com/jeffreynothing/photos/hallelujah-i-had-a-ct-petscan-this-morning-1030-at-uh-cleveland-medical-center-s/1247568433483928. Speaking of musical inspirations, if you draw the curtains and listen to Pensacola's October Noir, you'd swear they were Type O Negative reincarnated. Wikipedia: "The band's sound is influenced by gothic metal pioneers Type O Negative, from whom they also derive much of their aesthetic and lyrical inspiration, as well as from bands like The Cure, Def Leppard, My Dying Bride, Tool, and The Cult." They have covered Type O's touching "Love You To Death." Remember when P-cola was known mainly for FOLK PUNKs This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb?

Landon Strause | Sierra Carvalho
Thursday, July 30. Marigny Opera House. 8PM. $33.
You Have No Idea How Far I’ll Go (day 1 of 4). July 30 - Aug. 2; 8 PM nightly. "Eight dancers accompanied by live and electronic compositions by Landon Strause and Sierra Carvalho investigate light, sound, and movement. A new performance by Calvin Rowe and Dancers. Performed by an ensemble of eight dancers and accompanied by an original live and electronic score, the premiere of You Have No Idea How Far I’ll Go is a haunting dance-noir exploration of light, sound, and movement. Inspired by the mythology of Orpheus’ journey into the underworld. Blending atmospheric electronic composition with live performance, this new work invites audiences into a world where myth and modern movement collide. Featuring Performances By: Cameron Gibson, Cullen Barrilleaux, Sierra Carvalho, Ma'Kayla Parker, Natalie Sunseri, Leah Logsdon, Arden McKee, Calvin Rowe." IG: youhavenoideahowfarillgo. sierracarvalho.com.

Smokey Mirror | Fen Magus
Thursday, July 30. No Dice. 8PM. $10.
Fuzz psych rock from Texas and local doom.

Woorms | Gatsu | Weeping Hour | Fen Magus
Friday, July 31. Midcity Ballroom. 8PM. $10.

Eleni Mandell | Willem McCormick | Ben & DC Bipolaroid
Friday, July 31. NOLA 'Nacular Studio & Gallery (1172 Magazine Street at Erato). 7PM. $25. Turducken Productions
advance tickets at https://www.handstamp.com/nola_nacular Eleni Mandell is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter known for her smoky vocals, sharp lyrical storytelling, and genre-blending style that spans jazz, folk, pop, and indie rock. A longtime favorite of discerning music fans, she’s been compared to artists like Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, and Lucinda Williams — but her voice and sensibility are uniquely her own as she focuses on small stories and intricacies of everyday life, romance, heartbreak and family in the vast landscape of Los Angeles.

Vacillator | Pale Shelter | Everstatic
Friday, July 31. The Crypt (1301 St. Bernard Avenue). 7PM. Booking

In the Shadows | The Radio Broadcast | Come to Ruin | DJ Scotland | DJ Beautato
Friday, July 31. The Loose Caboose (201 McKinley Street, Lafayette). 7PM. $10.
Goth Night. In the Shadows is "Houston's Goth/Horror/Darkwave/Synthwave Band." The Radio Broadcast is Houston dancetastic synthwave. They cover Crystal Castles' "Suffocation." Come to Ruin is NOLA turbo deathrock / campy goth rock. Flyer: https://facebook.com/theloosecabooselafayette/photos/1732379055562259

Christworm | Fauns | Swampgrave | Glacial Coffin
Saturday, August 1. Chelsea's Live (1010 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge). 7PM. $20.

Baton Rouge Irish Film Festival
Saturday, August 1. Manship Theatre (100 Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge). 10AM-10PM.
16th annual. One day only. "Documentaries, shorts, a reception with food, music and Irish Dancers, a cash bar and closing with a feature film. Tickets will be available for all-inclusive or separately for each showing. The Baton Rouge Irish Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Irish culture, music, dance, and history." batonrougeirishfilmfestival.com

Blue Monday: A Tribute to New Wave
Saturday, August 1. Southport Hall. 9PM. $18.90.
"Featuring Kyle Thomas [Exhorder, Penalty a.k.a. Floodgate, Pitts vs. Preps, Alabama Thunderpussy, Heavy As Texas, Roadrunner United, Trouble, Aortha], Miguel Rincon [Flesh Parade, Hawg Jaw, The Detrimentz, Paralysis, Woorms], Sam Poitevent [Near Life Experience, Lillian Axe], Aaron Polk [Woorms], and David Polk [Very Cherry (sax!)] performing your favorite new wave anthems." Can metal lifers blind you with new wave science? Iron Maiden's synthtastic classic "Stranger In A Strange Land" answered that question 40 years ago. That same year, New Order's frenzied, metallic "Shellshock" answered it too, but in the reverse way. Try to keep up. 18+. Flyer: https://southporthall.com/__l5e/assets-v1/a05fef7b-69e9-4b6a-b537-98f6ea092ca6/event-blue-monday.jpg

The Body | Big Brave
Sunday, August 2. Gasa Gasa. 8PM.

Greg Mendez | Maria BC | Rui Gabriel
Sunday, August 2. Siberia. 9PM.

Cazayoux | Dwight James and The Royals
Friday, August 7. Blue Moon Saloon (215 E. Convent Street, Lafayette). 9PM.
"CAZAYOUX is a collective music project created in Austin in 2021 by Forest Cazayoux, an adventurous drummer, composer, and bandleader born and raised in New Roads, Louisiana. The obvious groove-driven, exploratory approach roots back to Forest’s early childhood of falling in love with drumming through Mardi Gras and marching band traditions. The project embodies a deep connection to rhythm, improvisation, and collective interplay, drawing from funk, Afrobeat, and jazz traditions." "Dwight James, lead vocalist and guitarist of Dwight James & the Royals, channels the spirit of classic soul, blues, and R&B. Need Your Loving, James' debut EP, received notable acclaim, earning airplay on BBC Radio 6 and a spot on Bandcamp.com’s Best Soul Albums of 2018."

Abby and the Arsonists | Atomic Broad | Collections | Molly's Lips
Friday, August 7. Siberia. 8:30PM. $10.
Join us in saying farewell to Collections and Molly's Lips, with performances from Abby and the Arsonists, Atomic Broad, Collections, and Molly's Lips in their final show in New Orleans!

Deluseur | Chesticle | Offal Lettuce
Sunday, August 9. Poor Boys. 8PM. $10. Booking
The Big Boss is back again to deliver another banger of a show at his base of operations Poorboys. This time coming all the way from West Virginia was superb Slam band Deluseur. Being backed up by the Big Boss' most loyal soldiers, Baton Rouge's finest, Chesticle. And the insanity of the Offal Lettuce, legendary one man Goregrinder. You don't want to miss this one!!!!

Chess | Beau Anderson | My Beloved
Thursday, August 13. No Dice. 9PM. $15 ($10 advance).
Chess offers "an explosive and immersive experience featuring Indie rock grit, pop-punk drive, experimental textures and heavy rap cadences." 311 2.0 from the 504? Atlanta's Beau Anderson & grungy band cover the Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog," albeit not as scarily as Sonic Youth did on their '83 LP. MB are NOLA gothy rock upstarts. 21+. Flyer: https://i.ticketweb.com/i/00/12/95/46/54_Original.jpg

The Junior League | Chill Buddy
Saturday, August 15. Banks Street Bar. 9PM.

That's Hot: A Y2K Burlesque Love Letter
Saturday, August 15. Ogden Museum. 7PM. $10-$15 (sliding scale).
A Neo classical burlesque revue featuring nerdlesque and tribute acts to classics of the Y2K Era! Doors open for 7pm, with live performances starting at 8pm at the historic The Original Nite Cap speakeasy venue in the 7th Ward. Starring Pepper Pouts, Amity Deville, and more! https://www.ubme.com/event/996d0ba5-ded3-4f00-be3d-9b25d4694a01

The Consortium of Genius (COG) | Joystick
Saturday, August 15. Southport Hall. 9PM. $10.
30th Anniversary geektacular. "A night of scientifically calibrated musical stupidity unlike any other!" This will be the band's 251st "lecture" (concert). Thus there will finally be more C.O.G. lectures than years in America's age after the fog machine is clicked off at the end of this one. Study setlists / pics / summaries of the previous 250 by pressing the History button at https://www.consortiumofgenius.com. 18+. Flyer @ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1993427069025

Soft Palms
Sunday, August 16. Siberia. 9PM.

Bored Shortz | Mr. Scientist | More Than Grit
Wednesday, August 19. The Howlin Wolf. 7PM. $5.
Ska-Punk band Mr. Scientist from Cincinnati plays Howlin’ Wolf with local support from More Than Grit (post hardcore, melodic 00’s punk trio) and headliner Bored Shortz (Erich Goodyear of PEARS & his new outfit of fast, melodic, everything goes trio). Don’t miss this 18+ weeknight gig, and your chance to catch two of the newest, original & local punk trios with 2 of the best female punk rock musicians in New Orleans sharing the Howlin’ Wolf stage.

Pallbearer | Slowhole | Whether
Thursday, August 20. Bear's (1401 Fairfield Avenue, Shreveport). 9PM. $20 ($15 advance).
Yuge metal show for the proggers as well as the sludgeheads. Pallbearer is Dapper Little Rock quartet "navigating the space between disquiet and serenity with a singular intensity." Slowhole is NOLA feedback-laden sludgepocalypse with motivational tattoo-worthy lyrics like "Die now, live forever" & "I am fire." WhetheR is a five piece "heavy noise from Shreveport." Let the big dogs eat. 21+. Flyer: https://facebook.com/BearsShreveport/photos/1617797470349991

Personal Space
Friday, August 21. Les Bon Toups Roule. 11PM. $10.
"Drawing inspiration from artists like The Headhunters, The Meters, and the Robert Glasper Experiment, the band treats each performance as a conversation, balancing structure with risk, and groove with freedom."

Outta Pocket | Fragmentation | Lower Class | Course of Action | By Any Means
Friday, August 21. Midcity Ballroom. 8PM. $20.
Presented by Louisiana Hardcore. All ages. Your headliners are metallic / beatdown "BAY AREA HARDCORE." Rate their sense of merch humor at https://x.com/OUTTAPOCKETHC/status/1557427287431081984. COW & BAM's début shows. 60% of these bands have "hc" at the ends of their Insta handles. To see which ones, partake in the flyer: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaQviDbCQWS

One Bad Day
Saturday, August 22. Huckleberry Brewing Co. (4724 Sterkx Road, Alexandria).
One Bad Day performs Alice In Chains Unplugged. All ages.

Sincere Engineer
Sunday, August 23. Siberia. 9PM.

Goldpine
Thursday, August 27. Lobby Lounge (100 Harbor Center Boulevard, Slidell). 7PM. $27.
Nashville "Americana act Goldpine was built by married couple Benjamin and Kassie Wilson. Goldpine has been offering their own brand of raw Americana to audiences large and small." "Goldpine is folksy and falls within the Americana genre but their musical arrangements are very innovative and eclectic." "Once a month, the lobby of the Harbor Center is transformed into an intimate venue with a unique bohemian vibe." 7 - 9:30.

Baton Rouge Underground Film Festival
Thursday, August 27. Manship Theatre (100 Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge). 5PM. $30 (day pass), $75 (full event pass). Student discounts available..
"The Baton Rouge Underground Film Festival is a four-day annual event that celebrates the artistic and cultural value of the incredible indie and genre-focused talent that flows to and from the city of Baton Rouge while also fostering a vibrant, interconnected independent film community. Full Festival Pass: This all-access pass gets you inside everything for all four days. The opening night gala, every film screening, every panel, every workshop, and the after-hours scene. Full access to the festival’s best moments, from start to finish. Day Passes for all access for one day at a time. Individual films and workshops to be announced." https://www.manshiptheatre.org/comingsoon/batonrougeundergroundfilmfest-er67h-pptxj-5aeyc

Grey Areas | Porcelain Dolls | Headlock | Until I Feel Nothing
Friday, August 28. Panorama Music House (331 Broad Street, Lake Charles). 7PM. $10.
De Ridder's Grey Areas are a "four piece mix of Thrash, Metalcore, and Heavy Metal." Longville's Porcelain Dolls are "SWLA Blackened Sludge." It's good to see musical genres now being colloquially given the capitalization usually reserved for historically significant entities / events / proper names, because they are. All ages. Flyer: https://facebook.com/PorcelainDollsLA/photos/122127859143224926

Cheekface | Catbite
Monday, August 31. Gasa Gasa. 8PM.

Circle Jerks | Negative Approach | Upchuck
Tuesday, September 1. Tipitina's. 8PM. $45.71 ($35.00 + $10.71 fees & tax).
Circle Jerks boast two original ('79) members, incl. a founder of Panic / Black Flag, plus a bassist who joined in '84, and a new drummer who pounded in Wasted Youth, Danzig, & Queens of the Stone Age. Negative Approach's "brand of hardcore was savage and nihilistic, exuding frustration, pessimism, and rage. This was personified in vocalist Brannon, an intimidating and intense young man with a shaved head, piercing stare, and belligerent attitude." - Wikipedia. He is the band's sole original member. 18+.

Call Of Cthulhu Live
Wednesday, September 2. Toulouse Theatre (615 Toulouse Street). 8PM. $22 (advance).
"In 2026, the Glass Cannon Network will unleash a nationwide tour soaked in full-blown Lovecraftian dread. Keeper Troy Lavallee helms a shifting roster of GCN icons and special guests – including Joe O’Brien, Skid Maher, Matthew Capodicasa, Jared Logan, Ross Bryant, Rob Kerkovich, Sydney Amanuel, Noura Ibrahim, Mary Lou, and more – as they descend into brand-new, standalone tales of modern-era cosmic horror. Each chapter stands alone, yet all spiral around a secretive organization desperately trying to hold back forces humanity was never meant to comprehend. Expect wild comedy, slow-creeping terror, and the delicious chaos only a GCN live show can conjure." 18+.

Suicide Machines | Bad Operation | Mugger
Saturday, September 5. The Broadside (600 North Broad Street).

Burris | Mikayla Braun | Stephen Bohnstengel
Tuesday, September 8. Audubon Clubhouse (6975 Magazine Street). 4:30PM.

Sevendust | Theory of a Deadman | Return to Dust
Tuesday, September 8. The Fillmore (6 Canal Street). 7PM. $53+.
All ages; alt metal.

2001: A Space Odyssey
Sunday, September 13. Manship Theatre (100 Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge). 2PM. $5.
"An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future in this enigmatic adaptation of a short story by revered sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. When Dr. Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship's computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behavior, leading up to a tense showdown between man and machine that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time." Stanley Kubrick's most acclaimed & important film. He died 666 days before the first day of the year in its title.

Nitzer Ebb
Tuesday, September 15. The Crypt (1301 St. Bernard Avenue). 8PM. $30 (advance).
(It's pronounced "NITE-zur," not "NIT-zur.") Like any influential industrial / post-punk / alt-dance band formed in the '80s, you know they'll have a devout following of some size. The Ebb opened for multiple Depeche Mode arena / stadium tours in the late '80s & early '90s, and again in 2010, so they're on a different level of fame & name recognition from their historic contemporaries & current indie competitors. You could think of them as the chaotic Beavis to Depeche's aloof Butt-head. Yes, their charismatic (watch the "Join In The Chant" music vid) frontman Douglas McCarthy passed away last year, but the band has soldiered on with his blessing. Any critics of this should be silenced upon learning the current Ebbtet consists of members who joined in 1982, 1982, 1983, & 1992. Let your body learn from 8 - midnight. Almost sold out in early June. nitzerebbprodukt.com. Psst: Check out the brilliant "Nitzer Swift" mashup "Join The Shake." Flyer: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYFc-AbRKs9

International Dance Festival NOLA
Wednesday, September 16. Acadiana Center For The Arts - Moncus Theater (101 West Vermilion Street, Lafayette). 7:30PM. $35.
"A dynamic evening of movement and creativity featuring selected artists from the 2026 International Dance Festival New Orleans. Cutting-edge choreographers and performers bring their original works to the Spotlight Series, creating a rich intermingling of local spirit and global contemporary dance. Expect a program full of bold physicality, cross-cultural exchange, and imaginative stagecraft, each piece an invitation to witness movement that defies borders and invites connection." All ages; 7:30 - 9:30. Flyer @ simpletix.com/e/244743

"Weird Al" Yankovic | Puddles Pity Party
Wednesday, September 23. Raising Canes River Center (275 South River Road, Baton Rouge). 7:30PM. $55+.
"'Weird Al' brings his legendary full-production multimedia comedy rock show back to the concert stage with the BIGGER & WEIRDER 2026 Tour, playing his iconic hits as well as some never-performed-live-before fan favorites. Al's long-time band is joined by four additional players to create a super-sized concert experience." The super-sizing extends to PPP, a 6'8" clown from Atlanta. Wikipedia: "His shows include a mix of silent prop comedy, mime, and audience participation, with songs interplayed throughout creating a narrative structure. His first performance as an independent act was an experiment for Aqua Teen Hunger Force's 2010 tour."

The Consortium of Genius (COG)
Friday, October 16. WYES-TV studio (916 Navarre Avenue next to Delgado Univ.). 7PM-10PM. $50; $1200 (VIP table).
Morgus Madness party. Check for more info soon at https://www.wyes.org/events. Early generic flyer: https://www.wyes.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/morgus-cake-1536x864.png

Rou-Ga-Con
Sunday, October 18. Houma Civic Center (346 Civic Center, Houma). 12PM. FREE.
The strange moniker derives from the fact that it's a prelude to the following weekend's huge Rougarou [Werewolf] Fest here. "Get ready for a fang-tastic time at Rou-Ga-Con, a comic con packed with everything fans love — video games, comics, trading cards, collectibles, and more! This FREE, all-ages event is hosted by Gamer’s Collecting Club, LLC, and features thrills for every kind of fan. Don’t miss the epic COSPLAY CONTEST at 2PM, where creatures and characters come to life! From costumes to community, Rou-Ga-Con is where fandom meets folklore. Come dressed. Come ready. Come howl with us!" 12 - 8. https://rougaroufest.org/rou-ga-con. Perhaps skip the silly costuming and watch the tense 1981 film Southern Comfort, often described as a Louisiana swamp version of Deliverance, to prepare. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhuheuyD9Zs

Osees featuring Brigid Dawson | Traps PS
Thursday, October 29. Civic Theatre. 8PM. $34.

Dinosaur Jr | Stef Chura
Saturday, November 7. Tipitina's. 8PM. $42.50 (+ $12.18 fees).

Largest gathering of Jason Voorhees EVER!!
Friday, November 13. The Howlin Wolf. 1:13PM. FREE (must register).
"Attempting to set a World Record of having the most people dressed as Jason. Participate size: 350. CRITERIA FOR ATTENDANCE : must be in costume. COSTUME: any mask depcited in [Friday The 13th] movies. Any outfit Jason wore in movies. A photo will be taken as proof of criteria being met for record." 1:13 - 1:45. Doors at 12:43. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1984201683649

Torsofuck | Mysteryxmeat | Fupa Goddess | Dungeon Filth | Teratoma
Monday, November 16. Poor Boys. 8PM. $20. Booking
The Big Boss is back again and extremely proud to announce this absolute banger of a show at his base of operations Poorboys. Happening for the first time EVER in the south, I bring to you all the way from Finland, none other than the legendary Goregrind Torsofuck being backed up by Goregrind heavyweights from Htown USA, Mysteryxmeat , Virginia Gorenoise lords ,Fupa Goddess, Atlanta's finest Grind act, the ever brutal , Dungeon Filth, Appalachian Cybergrind lords , Teratoma from Delirium Psychosis Productions. This is something you do not want to miss!! No cowards!! No posers!!!

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