Editor’s Note: There is so much live music in New Orleans, and sometimes it can be rather overwhelming to know what to hear, where to go, or what to do. Writer and music lover Wesley Hodges is giving weekly previews of the live music happening in New Orleans as well as some sneak previews into what is coming up. For a full view of Wesley’s suggestions, check out his facebook page.
Yonder Mountain String Band returns to NOLA this Thursday for a show at the Joy (Photo: Tracy Ruggles)
Hi folks, it was a great weekend as always for Krewe du Vieux, I hope you made it down there and got the chance to catch some live music around town over the weekend. Keeping this week’s newsletter very brief but wanted to let you know I’ve got a pair of tickets to this Thursday night’s Yonder Mountain String Band + G Love and Special Sauce show at the Joy and you can enter to win those here.
Enjoy the week and continuing lack of winter weather. It’s Carnival Time folks!
NEW MUSIC
Best of 2017
Tinariwen – Elwan
Sinkane – Life and Livin’ It
THIS WEEK
Dashboard Confessional at House of Blues (2/13)
Blind Pilot at One Eyed Jacks (2/14)
Joyce Manor at Gasa Gasa (2/14)
Tasche and the Psychedelic Roses at Allways Lounge (2/14)
Dave Chappelle at Saenger Theatre (2/15)
Yonder Mountain String Band + G Love and Special Sauce at Joy Theater (2/16)
Cyril Neville and Swamp Funk at d.b.a. (2/17)
Gravity A at The Maple Leaf Bar (2/18)
John Papa Gros Carnival Kickoff at Tipitina’s (2/18)
The Radio Dept at Gasa Gasa (2/18)
Gucci Mane and Special Guests at Eiffel Society (2/18)
Stooges Brass Band and PJ Morton at Blue Nile (2/18)
Astral Project at Snug Harbor (2/18 – two shows)
MainLine at d.b.a. (2/19)Sting with Joe Sumner and The Last Bandoleros at UNO Lakefront Arena (2/22)
Benjamin Francis Leftwich at House of Blues – The Parish (2/22)
MARDI GRAS 2017
Foundation of Funk with Zigaboo Modeliste & George Porter Jr. plus special guests Anders Osborne and Jon Cleary at Tipitina’s (2/24)
Galactic at Tipitina’s Uptown (2/25)
Rebirth Brass Band with Big Sam’s Funky Nation at Howlin’ Wolf (2/25)
SKisM with Trampa and TrollPhace at Republic New Orleans (2/26)
LEON with Jacob Banks at Gasa Gasa (2/26)
Dumpstaphunk at Howlin’ Wolf (2/26)
The Soul Rebels at Le Bon Temps Roule (2/26)
Galactic at Tipitina’s Uptown (2/27)
Mystikal, Juvenile and Kidd Love at Republic New Orleans (2/27)
Big Sam’s Funky Nation at Howlin’ Wolf (2/27)
The New Orleans Suspects at The Maple Leaf Bar (2/27)
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