Tipitina’s is bringing back its special treat to New Orleans- Free Fridays return May 24, 2019 and run through August 30, 2019, featuring local bands with no cover charge at all for folks 21 and older.

Doors for the Free Friday Concert Series open at 9 p.m., and shows hit at 10 p.m. Check out the full lineup below!

The 2019 Free Fridays Concert Series lineup is as follows:

5/24 Brassaholics + Erica Falls

5/31 Billy Iuso & Restless Natives + The Quickening

6/7 Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes + Aaron Benjamin + Spencer Whatever

6/14 Stooges Brass Band + Brass Lightning

6/21 Dave Jordan & The NIA and Motel Radio

6/28 Khris Royal & Dark Matter and Gravy

7/5 Walter “Wolfman” Washington & The Roadmasters + Marc Stone Band

7/12 John “Papa” Gros + Space & Harmony

7/19 Papa Mali + The New Orleans Johnnys

7/26 The New Orleans Suspects + The Crooked Vines

8/2 Naughty Professor + Big Easy Brawlers

8/9 Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet + Soul Project NOLA + James Martin Band

8/16 The Low End Theory Players + Noisewater

8/23 Big Sam’s Funky Nation + Smoke N Bones

8/30 Cowboy Mouth + Daria & The Hip Drops

Established in 1977, Tipitina’s has become a  household name for any New Orleans music-loving resident. First beginning as a neighborhood juke joint, the venue has grown into a music venue that brings in some of New Orleans’ best local acts! Tipitina’s was created by a group of young music fans (The Fabulous Fo’teen) as a place for Professor Longhair, one of New Orleans’ most famous rhythm and blues musicians, to perform in his final years. “Tipitina” was one of Longhair’s most complex songs and has continued to be remembered through the name of the New Orleans now famous music bar.

Henry Roeland Byrd, or known on stage as Professor Longhair, was known for his ability to fuse rhumba rhythms with boogie-woodie, blues and southern R&B. Many of his original compositions are apart of many New Orleans traditions and long historical events without most people knowing such as his “Mardi Gras in New Orleans,” which plays each year as the soundtrack to Carnival. New Orleans music prodigies such as Dr. John, The Meters, the Neville Brothers, Allen Toussaint and more have found inspiration from Professor Longhair, making him one of the biggest influencers of New Orleans’ music since the 1950s.

By constantly representing the name of a musical legend, Tipitina’s has continued to put on some of New Orleans’ best shows.