Jazz Fest returns to New Orleans’ Fair Ground Race Course Thursday-Sunday, April 25-28 and May 2-5, but we all know the late night shows that take place across town throughout festival season are half the fun. That’s why we’ve compiled this handy, easy-to-navigate list of all the after—and before—shows going down around New Orleans during both weeks of Jazz Fest.
☞ FIRST WEEKEND
☞ Friday, April 26 ☞ Saturday, April 27 ☞ Sunday, April 28
☞ THE DAYS BETWEEN
☞ Monday, April 29 ☞ Tuesday, April 30 ☞ Wednesday, May 1
☞ SECOND WEEKEND
☞ Thursday, May 2 ☞ Friday, May 3 ☞ Saturday, May 4☞ Sunday, May 5
☞ Back to OffBeat’s Full Guide to Jazz Fest
Friday, April 26th
ACE HOTEL
4th Fridays with DJ Raj Smoove feat. Pell and Chase N Cashe with The GRiD Band 9p
CAFE ISTANBUL
Jason Crosby & Friends 11:30p
D.B.A.
Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns 6p
Honey Island Swamp Band 10p
Lightnin’ Malcolm + TBA 2a
DRAGON’S DEN
The Tipping Point with DJ RQ Away 11p
HI HO LOUNGE
Dayna Kurtz as “Lulu and the Broadsides” feat. Glenn Hartman, James Singleton, Carlo Nuccio and Robert Mache 8p
Pat McLaughlin Band feat. Alex McMurray, Carlo Nuccio and Rene Coman 10:30p
HOUSE OF BLUES
The Allman Betts Band plus JD Simo 8p
JOY THEATER
Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band 8p
MAISON
Shotgun Jazz Band 7p
ONE EYED JACKS
Maggie Koerner with The Suffers and Julie Odell 9p
NOLA CANTINA
ROCK’N’BOWL
Bonerama plus Flow Tribe 8:30p
THREE KEYS
Six of Saturns 9p
TIPITINA’S
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe 9p
The M&M’s 2a
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Saturday, April 27th
ACE HOTEL
Nicholas Payton and 2MB feat. Mister Smif 9p
HUSTLE! With DJ Soul Sister 11:30p
CAFE ISTANBUL
Gatorators 10p
Voyager 11:30p
CHICKIE WAH WAH
D.B.A.
Tuba Skinny 6p
Dirty Dozen Brass Band 10p
King James & the Special Men 2a
HOUSE OF BLUES
Foundation of Funk featuring Zigaboo Modeliste + George Porter, Jr. 8p
LITTLE GEM SALOON
Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers 8p
MAISON
Smoking Time Jazz Club 7p
Buena Vista Social Latin Dance Party 10p
NOLA CANTINA
ACE Brass Band 9p
ONE EYED JACKS
REPUBLIC
Tab Benoit & Samantha Fish 9p
Ghost Light 1:30a
ROCK’N’BOWL
Louis Prima Jr 8:30p
SAENGER THEATER
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Treme Threauxdown 5 8p
TIPITINA’S
Galactic 9p
Marco Benevento 2a
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Sunday, April 28th
D.B.A.
Bang Like an 808 with The GRiD Band and special guests Nigel Hall, Khris Royal, and Chrishira Perrier 9p
CAFE ISTANBUL
Rebirth Brass Band 10p
D.B.A.
New Orleans Jazz Vipers 6p
Funk & Chant w/John Papa Gros & Big Chief Monk Boudreaux 10p
Will Bernard, Kirk Joseph, Terence Higgins 1a
DRAGON’S DEN
Open Jam Session w/ Anuraag Pendyal 7p
Beats Per Minute with DJ Kidd Love 10p
HI HO LOUNGE
Luther Dickinson and the Riverbend Ramblers 9p
The Mardi Gras Indian Orchestra 12a
HOUSE OF BLUES
Sylar – The Seasons Tour 7p
HOWLIN’ WOLF
Hot 8 Brass Band 10p
JOY THEATER
Southern Avenue 8p
LITTLE GEM SALOON
Worship My Organ: Robert Walter, Marco Benevento, Adam Deitch, Skerik & Dj Logic 8p
MAISON
Lett Us In The Dumpsta feat. members of Lettuce & Dumpstaphunk 7p
Higher Heights 11p
NOLA CANTINA
ONE EYED JACKS
ROCK’N’BOWL
Sonny Landreth, Tab Benoit and Jonathon ‘Boogie’ Long 8p
SAENGER THEATER
Melissa Etheridge 8p
TIPITINA’S
The Subdudes 9p
Stanton & Skerik’s 20th Jazz Fest 2a
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Monday, April 29th
ACE HOTEL
Jeff Albert’s Unanimous Sources 9p
D.B.A.
John Boutte’ 7p
Johnny V Trio ft-John Medeski + Benny Bloom 10p
Hot 8 Brass Band 1a
DRAGON’S DEN
AudioDope with DJ Ill-Medina 9p
JOY THEATER
Kanaval SoundKlash 7p
LIL GEM SALOON
Michael Ray and his Cosmic Krewe 10:30p
MAISON
Sierra Green and the Soul Machine 10p
ONE EYED JACKS
Frequinox w/ special Guest: Nicholas Payton 8:30p
Neon-Ghost The Music of Mononeon feat. Ghost-Note 11:55p
REPUBLIC
FKJ 8p
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Tuesday, April 30th
ACE HOTEL
Shape of Jazz to Come: Joe Dyson Quintet, Ben Lamar Gay DUO and Amari Ansari Quintet 9p
CHICKIE WAH WAH
Anders Osborne, John Fohl, & Johnny Sansone 8p
D.B.A
Alex McMurray & his Band 8p
Treme Brass Band 11p
DRAGON’S DEN
The All-Star Covered-Dish Country Jamboree 9p
GASA GASA
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. 9p
HOUSE OF BLUES
Zero Fatigue & OTW Presents Smino – Hoopti Tour 7p
HOWLIN’ WOLF
Comedy Beast 8:30p
JOY THEATER
Iration with Pepper, Fortunate Youth and Katastro 8p
MAISON
Gregory Agid Quartet 6:30p
ONE EYED JACKS
Dragon Smoke 8:30 p
REPUBLIC
Dance Gavin Dance 6p
ROCK’N’BOWL
Latin Night with Asheson 8p
TIPITINA’S
Toubab Krewe & The Nth Power 9p
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Wednesday, May 1st
ACE HOTEL
CIVIC THEATER
The Radiators 10p
CHICKIE WAH WAH
DRAGON’S DEN
Dancehall Classics with DJ T-Roy’s Bayou International Sound System 11p
D.B.A
The Iguanas 7p
Walter Wolfman Washington & the Roadmasters 10p
Bayou Gypsys ft- Roosevelt Collier, Tony Hall & Terrance Higgins 2a
HOUSE OF BLUES
Trombone Shorty Foundation’s Shorty Fest 2019 7:30p
MAISON
New Orleans Jazz Vipers 6:30p
NOLA BREWING COMPANY
Cosmic Crawfish Ball 1p
ROCK’N’BOWL
Creole String Beans 8p
NOLA CANTINA
Lemon Bucket Orchestra 9P
BANKS STREET BAR
Billy Strings plus special guest Cedric Burnside 9p
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Thursday, May 2nd
ACE HOTEL
Nicholas Payton and Cyrille Amiee with DJ Abibas 9p
CAFE ISTANBUL
Axial Tilt – A Grateful Dead Celebration 10p
CIVIC THEATER
The Claypool Lennon Delirium 9p
D.B.A.
Jon Cleary 8p
George Porter Jr & his Runnin’ Pardners 11p
Cedric Burnside Project 2a
DRAGON’S DEN
Crescent Fresh Stand-up 7:30p
HI HO LOUNGE
Erica Falls Neo Soul Groove 9p
HOUSE OF BLUES
Deerhunter + TIMKOH 7p
HOWILIN’ WOLF
Samantha Fish & Marc Broussard 9p
GASA GASA
Camp Cope 9p
JOY THEATER
Lettuce with special guests Oteil Burbridge, The Soul Rebels 10p
LE PETIT THEATRE
Ivan Neville 10p
LITTLE GEM SALOON
“Love in Vain” The Blues Roots of The Rolling Stones 8p
MAISON
The Sweet Substitute Jazz Band 7p
Dysfunktional Bone 10p
NOLA CANTINA
Chris Butcher 9p
REPUBLIC
Dead Feat 9p
Steely Dan Tribute 2a
ROCK’N’BOWL
Geno Delafose & Stones Fest 8p
TIPITINA’S
North Mississippi Allstars 9p
The California Honeydrops + DJ Doug Funnie 2a
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Friday, May 3rd
ACE HOTEL
CAFE ISTANBUL
Axial Tilt – A Grateful Dead Celebration 10p
CHICKIE WAH WAH
Jerry Douglas Trio 8p
CIVIC THEATER
Oteil & Friends 10p
D.B.A.
Soul Rebels 10p
Robert Walter’s 20th Congress 2a
DRAGON’S DEN
Comedy, F*ck Yeah 8p
The Tipping Point with DJ RQ Away 11p
HI HO LOUNGE
Jimbo Mathus feat. Alvin Youngblood Hart and special guests Dr. Sick and Gal Holiday 8p
HOUSE OF BLUES
The New Mastersounds plus Cha Wa 8p
Grateful Shred 12p
HOWLIN’ WOLF
The 17th Annual Bayou Rendezvous 9p
JOY THEATER
Mike Gordon 9p
Les Claypool’s Bastard Jazz feat. Mike Dillon, Stanton Moore, and Sherik 2a
LITTLE GEM SALOON
SPUTAZNEON ELECTRIC TRIO feat. Robert “Sput” Searight, Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, & MonoNeon 11:30p
MAISON
Shotgun Jazz Band 7p
Buena Vista Social Latin Dance Party 10p
MARDI GRAS WORLD
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong (w/ String Cheese Incident)
NOLA CANTINA
Chance Bushman and the Rhythm Stompers 6p
Ed Wills Blues 4 Sale 10p
REPUBLIC
Freedia Fest with Big Freedia, Boyfriend, Khris Royal & Dark Matter 8p
The Marcus King Band 12p
ROCK’N’BOWL
Cowboy Mouth plus Bonerama 9p
TIPITINA’S
Turkuaz 2a
Saturday, May 4th
CAFE ISTANBUL
Leo Nocentelli 10p
CHICKIE WAH WAH
D.B.A.
Tuba Skinny 6p
Lost Bayou Ramblers + Tommy Mclain & CC Adcock 10p
Quintron & Miss Pussycat + Michot’s Melody Makers 1a
HOUSE OF BLUES
Shamarr Allen plus Erica Falls 8p
HOWLIN’ WOLF
The Marcus King Band plus Naughty Professor 10p
JOY THEATER
Kamasi Washington 2:30a
LITTLE GEM SALOON
Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers 8p
MAISON
Smoking Time Jazz Club 7p
NOLA CANTINA
Carl LeBLanc 7p
Guitar Slim Jr. 11p
ONE EYED JACKS
Break Science 2a
REPUBLIC
Voodoo Dead with Steve Kimock, George Porter, Jr., Jeff Chimenti, Al Schnier, and JM Kimock 9p
ROCK’N’BOWL
Tab Benoit plus Carolyn Wonderland 8:30p
THE SUGAR MILL
The Sugar Ball feat. Tank & The Bangas, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, and Sweet Crude 9p
TIPITINA’S
Galactic + Jupiter Okwess 9p
Greyboy Allstars 2a
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Sunday, May 5th
ACE HOTEL
Deva Mahal with the Nth Power 9p
CAFE ISTANBUL
The Brecker Brothers Band 10p
CHICKIE WAH WAH
Nicholas Payton 8p & 10p
D.B.A.
The Palmetto Bug Stompers 6p
Stanton Moore Trio ft- Robert Walter + Will Bernard 10p
Xoniuqerf Ft- Staton Moore, Donald Harrison Jr, Robert Walter, Rob Mercurio + Will Bernard 1a
DRAGON’S DEN
Open Jam Session w/ Anuraag Pendyal 7p
Beats Per Minute with DJ Kidd Love 10p
HI HO LOUNGE
Quintron and Miss Pussycat (in support), BABES and DJ Sheila Santamaria 12a
HOUSE OF BLUES
Bonerama plays Led Zeppelin ft AJ Hall, Darcy Malone & Michael Mullins 8p
The James Brown Dance Party 9p
HOWLIN’ WOLF
Zigaboo Modeliste’s Funk Revue 20th Anniversary Celebration 10p
JOY THEATER
Jim James + Amo Amo 9p
MAISON
Andy Frasco & The U.N. 5p
ONE EYED JACKS
An Evening with Rising Appalachia 9p
REPUBLIC
Voodoo Dead with Steve Kimock, George Porter, Jr., Jeff Chimenti, Al Schnier, and JM Kimock 9p
ROCK’N’BOWL
Sonny Landreth, Tab Benoit & Kenny Neal 8p
TIPITINA’S
Dumpstaphunk plus Special Guests 9p
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