Hungry for live music… Look no further!
Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of December 1 – December 7, 2016 featuring Dave Easley and Pap Mali perform the music of the Grateful Dead at Chickie Wah Wah; Ms. Lauren Hill at the Saenger Theatre; Maxwell and Mary J. Blige at the Smoothie King Center; Gregory Agid Quartet CD release party at Snug Harbor; Lost Bayou Ramblers with Rickie Lee Jones and Spider Stacy at the Music Box Village; John Prine at the Saenger Theatre; The Deslondes at One Eyed Jacks; Bonerama at Rock ‘n’ Bowl; Col. Bruce Hampton and Madrid Express at the Maple Leaf; Seu Jorge perfoms A Life Aquatic: A Tribute to David Bowie at the Civic Theatre; Terence Higgins and friends at the Maple Leaf; Creole Stringbeans at Rock ‘n’ Bowl, Tony Bennett at the Saenger Theater plus lots more!
THURSDAY DECEMBER 1
Chickie Wah Wah: Dave Easley and Papa Mali perform music by the Grateful Dead (VR) 8p
d.b.a.: Lightnin’ Malcolm and RL Boyce (BL) 10p
Hi-Ho Lounge: Bubble Bath Records Residency feat. Bionica, Meghan Stewart (VR) 9p
Saenger Theatre: Ms. Lauren Hill (RB) 8p
Smoothie King Center: Maxwell, Mary J. Blige (RB) 7p
Snug Harbor: Gregory Agid Quartet (JV) 8 & 10p
Three Keys (Ace Hotel): Alexis and the Samurai (ID) 10p
FRIDAY DECEMBER 2
Banks Street Bar: Sam Price and the True Believers (VR) 9p
Chickie Wah Wah: Minos the Saint performs The Beatles’ Revolver and 66 (VR) 10p
Music Box Village: Lost Bayou Ramblers with Rickie Lee Jones, Langhorne Slim and Spider Stacy (KJ) 6:30 & 8:30p
Saenger Theatre: John Prine (FO) 7:30p
Tipitina’s: Sexual Thunder (FK) 10p
SATURDAY DECEMBER 3
d.b.a.: Little Freddie King (BL) 11p
Maple Leaf: Col. Bruce Hampton and Madrid Express (VR) 11p
Music Box Village: Lost Bayou Ramblers with Rickie Lee Jones, Langhorne Slim and Spider Stacy (KJ) 6:30 & 8:30p
One Eyed Jacks: the Deslondes, Jon Hatchett Band, the Wasted Lives (CW) 9p
Rock ‘n’ Bowl: Bonerama (BB) 9:30p
SUNDAY DECEMBER 4
Palm Court Jazz Café: Mark Braud with Sunday Night Swingsters (TJ) 8p
Snug Harbor: Evan Christopher and Licorice Sunday (JV) 8 & 10p
Three Muses Maple: Debbie Davis and Josh Paxton (JV) 11a
MONDAY DECEMBER 5
Maple Leaf: George Porter Jr. Trio (FK) 10p
Ooh Poo Pah Doo: James Andrews and the Crescent City All-Stars (VR) 8p
TUESDAY DECEMBER 6
Civic Theatre: Seu Jorge performs A Life Aquatic: A Tribute to David Bowie (FO) 8:30p
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music: Jan Clements and Family Holiday Extravaganza (JV) 6:30p
House of Blues: Lupe Fiasco, RXMN, the Boy Illinois (HH) 8p
Maple Leaf: Rebirth Brass Band (FK) 11p
Snug Harbor: Stanton Moore Trio (JV) 8 & 10p
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7
Chickie Wah Wah: Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott (JV) 8p
Maison: Dana Abbott Band (VR) 4p
Maple Leaf: Terence Higgins and friends (VR) 10p
Rock ‘n’ Bowl: Creole Stringbeans (SI) 8p
Saenger Theatre: Tony Bennett (JV) 8p
Three Keys (Ace Hotel): Helen Gillet with Tim Robertson (MJ) 9p
