Hungry for live music… Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of March 30, 2017 – April 5, 2017 featuring Woodenhead with Mark Mullins and Helen Gillet at Chickie Wah Wah; Reverend Horton Heat at Tipitina’s; Threadhead Party featuring Asylum Chorus, Erica Falls, Do Rad Chopper, Feufollet, Naughty Professor and the subdudes at the Old Ironworks; David L. Harris CD release party at Snug Harbor; Of Montreal at Howlin’ Wolf; The Rides featuring Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg, Shannon McNally at Tipitina’s; Tribute to Al Jarreau featuring Glen Hall Band, Hot 8 Brass Band, DJ Capitan Charles and more at Washington Square Park; Mike Doussan Band at Chickie Wah Wah; Cyrus Chestnut at the Sandbar at UNO; Symphony Chorus of New Orleans performs Orff’s Carmina Burana at Roussel Performance Hall; New Orleans Opera performs Gounod’s Faust at the Mahalia Jackson Theater; Roland Guerin Quintet at Snug Harbor plus lots more!
THURSDAY MARCH 30
Chickie Wah Wah: Woodenhead with Mark Mullins and Helen Gillet (VR) 10:30p
Le Bon Temps Roule: Soul Rebels (FK) 11p
Palm Court Jazz Café: Tim Laughlin and Crescent City Joymakers (TJ) 8p
Rock ‘n’ Bowl: Corey Ledet (ZY) 8:30p
Snug Harbor: Mahmoud “Mood” Chouki (JV) 8 & 10p
Three Muses Maple: Esther Rose (JV) 7p
Tipitina’s: Reverend Horton Heat (VR) 9p
FRIDAY MARCH 31
Armstrong Park: Jazz in the Park’s Treme Crab Festival feat. Roy Ayers and Michael Franks (VR) 6p
Carver Theater: Honey Island Swamp Band, Dave Jordan and the NIA (RR) 10p
Chickie Wah Wah: Paul Sanchez and Jenna Guidry’s EP-release party (VR) 8p,
Little Gem Saloon: Leroy Jones Quintet (JV) 7:30p
Spotted Cat Food & Spirits: Russell Welch Band (JV) 6p
Three Keys (Ace Hotel): Seguenon Kone Band feat Cole Williams (FK) 10p
Tipitina’s: the Rides feat. Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg plus Shannon McNally (BL) 9p
SATURDAY APRIL 1
Chickie Wah Wah: Sam Price and the True Believers CD-release party (VR) 10p
Maple Leaf: Dirty Bourbon River Show CD-release party (BL) 1a
Pontchartrain Vineyards: Dave Jordan and the NIA (RR) 6:30p
Three Muses Maple: Davy Mooney (FK) 5p
UNO Lakefront Arena: Hogs for the Cause (VR) 3:30p
SUNDAY APRIL 2
Gasa Gasa: Valerie Sassyfras and the Sasshay Dancers (PO) 8p
Little Gem Saloon: Evan Christopher’s Clarinet Road: Farewell to Storyville (JV) 7p
Mahalia Jackson Theater: New Orleans Opera Association presents Faust (CL) 2:30p
Old Ironworks: Threadhead Patry feat. Asylum Chorus, Erica Falls, Do Rad Choppers, Feufollet, Naughty Professor, the Subdudes (VR) 11a
Snug Harbor: David L. Harris Record-release party (JV) 8 & 10p
Three Muses Maple: Debbie Davis and Josh Paxton (JV) 11a
MONDAY APRIL 3
Kerry Irish Pub: Kim Carson (FO) 8:30p
Maple Leaf: the Porter Trio feat. George Porter Jr., Michael Lemmler and Terrence Houston (FK) 10p
Smoothie King Center: Radiohead (RK) 7:30p
TUESDAY APRIL 4
Carver Theater: David L. Harris (JV) 7p
Mag’s 940: the All-Star Covered-Dish Country Jamboree (CW) 9p
Maple Leaf: Rebirth Brass Band (FK) 11p
Snug Harbor: Roland Guerin Quintet (JV) 8 & 10p
Three Muses Maple: Gypsyland Jazz (JV) 7p
Washington Square Park: Tribute to Al Jarreau feat. Glen Hall Band, Hot 8 Brass Band, DJ Cap’t. Charles, Chris Walker and NOLA Big Band (VR) 3p
WEDNESDAY APRIL 5
Chickie Wah Wah: Mike Doussan Band (VR) 10p
d.b.a.: Walter “Wolfman” Washington and the Roadmasters (BL) 10p
Howlin’ Wolf: Of Montreal (ID) 10p
Lafayette Square: Wednesdays at the Square feat. George Porter Jr. and his Runnin’ Pardners, Rumplesteelskin (VR) 5p
Roussel Performance Hall (Loyola University): Symphony Chorus of New Orleans presents Carmina Burana (CL) 7:30p
Sandbar at UNO: Jazz at the Sandbar feat. Cyrus Chestnut (JV) 7p
