Wednesdays on the Point returns to Old Algiers for its fifth year this season with a lineup that includes Amanda Shaw and the Cute Guys, George Porter, Jr. and his Runnin’ Pardners, Sunpie Barnes and the Louisiana Sunspots and the Brass-a-Holics. The free concert series starts Wednesday, June 6 at 6 p.m. when Lagniappe Brass Band takes the stage opening for the Wild Magnolias. All shows take place at 200 Morgan St., where the Algiers Ferry Terminal meets the levee. There will also be a special Fourth of July show starting at 5 p.m. with Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes and Zena Moses and Rue Fiya All-Stars.
June 6: Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indians + Lagniappe Brass Band
June 13: Latin Night with Son Como Son + Ritmo Calypso
June 20: Big Daddy ‘O’ Revue + Blues4Sale
June 27: Sunpie Barnes & the Louisiana Sunspots + August Rush
July 4 (5-9 p.m.): Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes + Zena Moses & Rue Fiya All-Stars + the Brent Walsh Jazz Trio
July 11: George Porter Jr. & the Runnin’ Pardners + Sound Man Presents
July 18: Brass-A-Holics + Melomania
July 25: Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys + St. Cecilia’s Asylum Chorus
The Wednesdays on the Point concert series is presented by the Algiers Economic Development Foundation.