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Mardi

June 18th

101 Drummers

Maple Leaf (8:00PM)

Feel the Mardi Gras Indian beat with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

 

Christian Bradford and Jamison Ross

Gasa Gasa (9:00PM)

More live music on Freret, with Ross on the drums

 

Cody Blaine, Jayson Wayne Knox

Siberia (9:00PM)

Singer/Songwriter showcase also features Sneaky Pete, Nervous Dwayne, and Gardenia Moon, followed by open mic 

 

Rebirth Brass Band
Maple Leaf Bar (10:00 PM)
2 sets by the Grammy-winning brass band

 

Crescent City Farmers Market
Broadway St Market (9:00AM-1:00PM)
Weekly Tues Gig- Uptown edition of the city's prime local market

 

Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns
Spotted Cat (10:00PM)
Weekly Tues Gig- Booming swing and a voice that will make you melt. A lindy hoppers' delight.

 

Albinas Prizgintas

Trinity Episcopal Church (6:00PM)

Free organ every Tuesday night from one of the city’s premiere classical musicians

 

Charlie Miller

Little Gem Saloon (5:00PM)

Happy hour with a New Orleans trumpeter, no cover charge

Mercredi

June 19th

Walter Wolfman Washington

d.b.a. (10:00 PM)

Fiery blues on Frenchmen - every week

 

 

Curren$y's Jet Lounge

Blue Nile (10:00 PM)

The NOLA rapper's weekly party

 

 

Major Bacon

Banks Street Bar (10:00 PM)

Blues rock and BLTs!

 

SIN Night

Country Club (All Day)

Weekly Wed Gig- $3 martinis and free admission for the service industry folks.

 

 

Tom McDermott and Meschiya Lake

Chickie Wah Wah (8:00PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- Piano man meets a golden voice.

 

 

Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses

Mimi's (10:00PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- Gypsy jazz upstairs in the Marigny

 

Busker's Ballroom

Hi-Ho Lounge (8:00PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- from the street to the stage. Midnight Snax throwdown follows at 10pm.

 

Tin Men

dba (7:00 PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- The world's premiere washboard-sousaphone-guitar trio.

 

Treme Brass Band

Candlelight Lounge (9:00 PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- Pass on by and see the 6th Ward’s home band.

 

Marc Stone

Little Gem Saloon (5:00PM)

Traditional Blues, Gospel, and R&B in the CBD

 

Uptown Jazz Orchestra

Snug Harbor (8:00PM)

Delfeayo Marsalis’ award-winning orchestra

Jeudi

June 20th

Barry Stephenson's Pocket

Maison (10:00PM)

Come see the in-demand bassist perform with his own band tonight

 

Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers
Vaughn's (7:00 PM)
Red beans, rice, Kermit, and you'll get to bed early

 

Soul Rebels

Les Bon Temps Roule (10:00 PM)

Brass Uptown!

 

Hot 8 Brass Band

Candlelight Lounge (8:00PM)

Shake your brass in the Treme with a blend of hip hop, R&B, and pop

 

The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich & Guests

Maple Leaf (8:00PM)

One of New Orleans’ best percussionist invites his friends to the stage

 

Brass-A-Holics

PubliQ House (9:30PM)

Brass with electric guitar and keyboard

 


Tonight in the Marigny: Solstice Second Line with the Bayou Steppers


In addition to the Second Line Show Down on Saturday at Tipitina's, the Sunday-heavy parade calendar is throwing the rest of the wek some more lagniappe tonight in the Marigny. The Bayou Steppers Social Aide and Pleasure Club are set to roll out from Sound Cafe (2700 Chartres Street) at 6 p.m. for a Summer Solstice Second Line. Click through for the full route and details.

 

The midweek march will be in lockstep with Silence is Violence, a group made up of musicians and community members working for a safer New Orleans. The king of the parade is trumpeter extraordinaire Shamarr Allen, with Hot 8 Brass Band providing the music.

 

Here's the complete route:

 

 

START: Sound Cafe, 2700 Chartres St: Proceed up Chartres to Press St;

 

LEFT on Press St. PAUSE at corner of Burgundy to recognize Homer Plessy. Proceed to St. Claude turn LEFT.  St. Claude to Port St. RIGHT on Port to Claiborne. LEFT on Claiborne and RIGHT on Franklin Ave. STOP: Abundant Life Tabernacle Church.

 

Proceed on Derbigny to Port St. PAUSE to remember Joshua Brooks.RIGHT on Port St. RIGHT on Claiborne to Franklin Ave. LEFT on Franklin. RIGHT on N. Villere St. RIGHT on St. Roch Ave. LEFT to St. Claude Ave.  RIGHT on St. Claude.

 

STOP: Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave: Continue on St. Claude to LEFT on Elysian Fields then RIGHT on Chartres back to 2700 Chartres.

 

DISBAND: At Sound Cafe.

 




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