Hungry for live music… Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of October 1 – October 7, 2015, featuring: Raw Oyster Cult at Armstrong Park; Paul Sanchez and Minimum Rage at New Orleans Botanical Garden; Rex Gregory Saxophone Quartet at Snug Harbor; Brenda Holloway, PF Sloan and many more at the Ponderosa Stomp at Rock ‘n’ Bowl; George Clinton and Parliment Funkadelic at House of Blues; Preservation Hall Ball with Meshell Ndegeocello and others at the Civic Theater; Mutemath at Gasa Gasa; Kid Rock, Hank Williams, Jr. and others at the Gretna Heritage Festival; George Ezra at the Civic Theater and lots more!
THURSDAY OCTOBER 1
Armstrong Park: Jazz in the Park feat. Raw Oyster Cult, Pinettes Brass Band (VR) 4p
Buffa’s Lounge: Alexandra Scott and Josh Paxton (SS) 5p, Tom McDermott and Aurora Nealand (JV) 8p
Covington Trailhead: Rockin’ the Rails feat. New Suit (VR) 5p
Maple Leaf: Johnny Vidacovich, James Singleton and Will Bernard (FK) 10:30p
New Orleans Botanical Garden: Thursdays at Twilight feat. Paul Sanchez and Minimum Rage (RR) 6p
the Rat (Tulane): Jazz at the Rat feat. a Tribute to Harold Battiste with Jesse McBride and the Next Generation (JV) 7p
Snug Harbor: Rex Gregory Saxophone Quartet (JV) 8 & 10p
Tipitina’s: Houndmouth, Basia Bulat (VR) 9p
FRIDAY OCTOBER 2
Gretna Heritage Festival: Hank Williams, Jr., Sweet Crude, Amanda Shaw and more.
House of Blues: Appetite for Destruction: Ultimate Guns and Rose Tribute (RK) 9p
Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse: Piano Professor Series feat. Tom McDermott (JV) 5p, Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown (JV) 8p, Burlesque Ballroom feat. Trixie Minx and Romy Kaye (JV) 11:59p
Ponderosa Stomp (Rock ‘n’ Bowl): Brenda Holloway, Freddie Cannon, PF Sloan, Betty Harris, Deke Dickerson, others.
Republic: Jose Gonzales (SS) 10p
Three Muses: Royal Roses (JV) 5:30p
SATURDAY OCTOBER 3
Civic Theatre: Preservation Hall Ball with Meshell Ndegeocello, Corey Glover, Pinettes Brass Band, Greg Dulli, Ivan Neville (JV) 9p
d.b.a.: Little Freddie King (BL) 11p
Gretna Heritage Festival: Kid Rock, Marc Broussard, Honey Island Swamp Band and lots more.
House of Blues: George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic (FK) 9p
Maple Leaf: Tony Hall and friends feat. John Gros, Big D Perkins and Alvin Ford (VR) 10:30p
Ponderosa Stomp (Rock ‘n’ Bowl): Barbara Lynn, Billy Boy Arnold, Deke Dickerson, Irma Thomas and others.
Snug Harbor: Ike Stubblefield Organ Trio (JV) 8 & 10p
SUNDAY OCTOBER 4
Gretna Heritage Festival: Bret Michaels, Cowboy Mouth, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Paul Sanchez, Carlo Ditta and more.
Maison: Nickel-A-Dance feat. Shannon Powell’s Traditional All-Stars (JV) 1p
Maple Leaf: Joe Krown Trio feat. Russell Batiste and Walter “Wolfman” Washington (RB) 10p
Siberia: Ponderosa Stomp presents Davie Allan and the Arrows, 3 Ball of Fire, Guitar Lightnin’ Lee and his Thunder Band, DJ Jonathan Toubin, WFMU DJs Joe Belock, Dave the Spazz, Gaylord Fields, Todd-O-Phonic Todd (RK) 8p
Snug Harbor: Jason Marsalis and the BGQ Exploration (JV) 8 & 10p
MONDAY OCTOBER 5
Maple Leaf: Russell Batiste and friends (FK) 9p
One Eyed Jacks: Dazed on Toulouse (VR) 10p
Siberia: Shannon and the Clams, Cool Ghouls, GLAND, Freddy Beach (PK) 9p
Three Muses: Bart Ramsey (JV) 5p, Joe Cabral (JV) 7p
TUESDAY OCTOBER 6
Blue Nile: Open Ears Music Series feat. WATIV, Mt. Kimusha feat. Sasha Masakowski, Rizumik (MJ) 10:30p
Bombay Club: Matt Lemmler (PI) 8p
Chickie Wah Wah: Tommy Malone (VR) 8p
d.b.a.: Treme Brass Band (BB) 9p
Gasa Gasa: Mutemath (RK) 9p
Maple Leaf: Rebirth Brass Band (RK) 10:30p
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7
Antieau Gallery: Helen Gillet (SS) 8p
Champions Square: Alt-J (VR) 8p
Civic Theatre: George Ezra (SS) 8:30p
the Sandbar: Ellis Marsalis (JV) 7p
