What live music is playing in New Orleans this weekend?

Every weekend New Orleans has live music at dozens of venues across the city: the Frenchmen Street clubs, Tipitina's and the Maple Leaf Uptown, the Bywater and Treme neighborhood rooms, the French Quarter jazz clubs, and the big theaters. This page lists the shows booked from Friday afternoon through Sunday night, updated daily from our citywide calendar.

Do weekend shows in New Orleans sell out?

Neighborhood bars and clubs rarely require advance tickets; you walk in. Ticketed rooms like Tipitina's, the Fillmore, the Civic Theatre, the Orpheum, and Preservation Hall can and do sell out on weekends, especially for touring acts. Buy ahead where a ticket link is listed.

What is the best night for live music in New Orleans?

There is no bad night. Fridays and Saturdays have the most shows and the biggest bookings; Sunday has its own tradition, from evening brass band sets to the long-running Sunday night residencies. Some of the city's best regular gigs land on weeknights, so if you are here past the weekend, keep looking.

Live Music in New Orleans This Weekend

Friday afternoon through Sunday night, from our citywide calendar

Updated daily. All times are New Orleans local time (Central). Shows after midnight belong to the night before; the night runs until 6am here.

Weekends in New Orleans are not one music scene but a dozen running in parallel: touring acts in the theaters, brass bands in the clubs, traditional jazz in the Quarter, and neighborhood rooms all over the city with no cover and a tip jar. This page lists what's booked this weekend across all of them. Covers and ticket links are shown where venues publish them; when a show is free, tip the band.

229 shows on the calendar this weekend

Friday, October 9, 2026

4:00 PM Al "lil' Fats" Jackson Trio at Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone

4:00 PM April Spain at Bourbon O Bar

5:00 PM Preservation All-Stars ft Aurélien Barnes at Preservation Hall

5:00 PM Shotgun Jazz Band at Maison

5:00 PM The Desert Nudes at Seither’s Seafood

5:00 PM Mother Ruckus at 30/90

5:30 PM Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival at Lafayette Square

5:30 PM KOF Happy Hour w/ Boyfriend at Gasa Gasa

6:00 PM New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings at Spotted Cat Music Club

6:00 PM Bubbles Brown at Apple Barrel Free

6:00 PM Michael Watson & The Alchemy at d.b.a.

6:00 PM Ty Ellender at Three Maries Jazz Club @ Omni Royal Orleans

6:00 PM Electric Barrelhouse at Balcony Music Club (BMC) Free

6:15 PM Preservation All-Stars ft Aurélien Barnes at Preservation Hall

6:30 PM Jamey St. Pierre and THC at Cafe Negril

7:00 PM Queer Mountain (original queer storytelling) at Allways Lounge & Cabaret $10.00

7:00 PM T Marie and Bayou Juju at Buffa's

7:00 PM Or Shovaly at House of Blues Foundation Room

7:00 PM Willie Green at Bacchanal

7:00 PM Leroy Jones and Paul Longstreth at Mahogany Jazz Hall Free

7:00 PM NWB at NOLA Brewing Free

7:00 PM Friends of the Cabildo Concert Series Present Sonny Landreth at New Orleans Jazz Museum

7:30 PM Preservation All-Stars ft Aurélien Barnes at Preservation Hall

7:30 PM Jazz Generations Initiative New Orleans presents: A Tribute to Abdullah Ibrahim at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro $41.30

8:00 PM Prine Time: A John Prine Birthday Celebration at Broadside $22.20

8:00 PM Kid Merv at Bourbon O Bar

8:00 PM Trixie Minx's Burlesque Ballroom, feat. Romy Kaye at The Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta

8:00 PM Bayou Blues Burlesque at Allways Lounge & Cabaret

8:00 PM The Love Muscles at Maple Leaf Bar $23.00

8:00 PM Jamey St. Pierre and THC at Cafe Negril

8:00 PM Oh Yeah! ft. Peter Harris, Ed Perkins, Wes "Warmdaddy" Anderson, Joe Ashlar, and Gerald Watkins at Bayou Bar

8:00 PM The New Orleans Johnnys at 30/90

8:00 PM SKULLBASHER | BOG BAT | VINYL BOSSFIGHT | JENN O. CIDE at Holy Diver

8:30 PM Russell Welch Gypsy Jazz at May Baily's Place @ Dauphine Orleans Hotel

8:30 PM Rouge Krewe at Rock N Bowl $17.43

8:45 PM Preservation All-Stars ft Aurélien Barnes at Preservation Hall

9:00 PM Keller & The Keels at Tipitina's $36.67

9:00 PM Jelly Joseph at Good Measure @ The Barnett

9:00 PM Malevitus // Blood Lovey // Atomic Broad at Hi-Ho Lounge (formerly No Dice)

9:00 PM The Satin Strings at Double Dealer

9:00 PM Y2SLAY: 90's/2000's Horror Drag & Dance Night at The Crypt

9:00 PM Club Slayyy at Siberia $12.47

9:00 PM Anais St. John at Three Maries Jazz Club @ Omni Royal Orleans

9:00 PM Sax and the City featuring Tom Fitzpatrick at Dos Jefes

9:00 PM Nayo Jones Experience at Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone

9:00 PM Layla Musselwhite (Post Crescent City Blues and BBQ) at Chickie Wah Wah $26.96

9:00 PM Big Mike & Rb Kings at Balcony Music Club (BMC) Free

9:30 PM Jazz Generations Initiative New Orleans presents: A Tribute to Abdullah Ibrahim at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro $41.30

9:30 PM Mahogany Jazz Hall All Stars featuring Mike Fulton with Midnight Burlesque Pop Up at Mahogany Jazz Hall Free

9:30 PM Trixie Minx's Burlesque Ballroom, feat. Romy Kaye at The Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta

10:00 PM Joey Houck at Apple Barrel Free

10:00 PM Wake an' Blake at Favela Chic $10.00

10:00 PM MONEY IN THE BANK KICKOFF — By Remix Rumble at Arora $20.00

10:00 PM Kermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers at Blue Nile

10:00 PM Sage the Sag (Balcony Room) at Blue Nile

10:00 PM Colin Davis & The Night People at Spotted Cat Music Club

10:00 PM PACO PRESENTS at Santos Bar

10:00 PM The Soul Rebels at d.b.a. $20.00

10:00 PM Fridays UNFILTERED at Hide/Seek

10:00 PM DJ B-Sharp at House of Blues Foundation Room

10:00 PM Friday Nights @ Ohm at Ohm Lounge

10:00 PM Bouffant Bouffant's Homo Cosmic Cajun Discotheque at Saturn Bar $18.70

10:00 PM Oh Yeah! ft. Peter Harris, Ed Perkins, Wes "Warmdaddy" Anderson, Joe Ashlar, and Gerald Watkins at Bayou Bar

10:15 PM Higher Heights Reggae at Cafe Negril

10:30 PM CLASS: A Classic New Orleans Burlesque Show at Allways Lounge & Cabaret

11:00 PM Studio 504 (burlesque) at Allways Lounge & Cabaret

11:00 PM The Snozzberries at Maple Leaf Bar $23.00

11:00 PM 🎱Hex & The City🎱 at The Rabbit Hole

11:00 PM Owen Finley Electric String Band Club at Le Bon Temps Roule $10.00

11:00 PM Street LYFE at 30/90

11:55 PM Higher Heights Reggae at Cafe Negril

11:59 PM Nite Sesh at Gasa Gasa

Saturday, October 10, 2026

10:00 AM Ryan Hitchin at Public Service Bar @ NOPSI Hotel

10:00 AM Kaminari Taiko (performing at Japan Fest) at New Orleans Museum of Art

11:00 AM Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival at Lafayette Square

11:30 AM Ian Cunningham at Paulie's

12:00 PM Douggies Celebration of Life at Maple Leaf Bar

12:00 PM New Orleans Italian Cultural Festival ft. Sophia Parigi + Hypno Nun + N.O. Brass Band at Reginelli's Pizzeria

12:00 PM National Fried Chicken Festival at UNO Lakefront Festival Grounds

1:00 PM NOLA Axe Men at Maison

1:00 PM Miles Berry at Bacchanal

2:00 PM The Rumpshakers at Cafe Negril

2:00 PM Big Joe Kennedy at Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone

2:30 PM Wendell Brunious and the Preservation Hall Legacy Band at Preservation Hall

2:30 PM Young Lion Showcase at d.b.a.

3:00 PM Stephen Walker N'em at Mahogany Jazz Hall Free

3:00 PM Tropical Weather at Balcony Music Club (BMC) Free

3:45 PM Wendell Brunious and the Preservation Hall Legacy Band at Preservation Hall

4:00 PM Smoking Time Jazz Club at Maison

4:00 PM Brian Wingard at Bourbon O Bar

4:00 PM The Rumpshakers at Cafe Negril

4:30 PM Zoë de Priester at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro $1.50

5:00 PM Daphne Parker Powell at 30/90

5:00 PM The Spinners + Irma Thomas at Gretna Fest Grounds

5:00 PM Preservation All-Stars at Preservation Hall

5:00 PM Diva presents: LADIES NIGHT! (burlesque) at Allways Lounge & Cabaret

6:00 PM TBA at Balcony Music Club (BMC) Free

6:00 PM Shake'em Up Jazz Band at Spotted Cat Music Club

6:00 PM Felipe Kerra at Apple Barrel Free

6:00 PM Chloé Marie at Three Maries Jazz Club @ Omni Royal Orleans

6:00 PM Cumbiafest at New Orleans Jazz Museum

6:15 PM Preservation All-Stars at Preservation Hall

6:15 PM Bon Bon Vivant at Cafe Negril

7:00 PM Norman Brown at The Jazz & Blues Market

7:00 PM "The Hayley Williams Show" at Champions Square

7:00 PM Bayou Manouche at Bacchanal

7:00 PM CLASSIC ROCK NIGHT with MARSHALL BLACK BAND at NOLA Brewing Free

7:00 PM Carmine at House of Blues Foundation Room

7:00 PM Paul Oakenfold + The Crystal Method - Mission Underground Tour at House of Blues

7:00 PM Gerald French Trio at Mahogany Jazz Hall Free

7:00 PM Jamie Bernstein - Stew (Soul Stu) Raper - Darrell Galatas at Buffa's

7:00 PM My Hero Academia in Concert at Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts

7:00 PM Crossroads Cabaret at Allways Lounge & Cabaret

7:00 PM Spaghetti Heist + the Brewing Means + Kevin Comarda at Banks St Bar

7:30 PM The Caesar Brothers' FunkBox at Blue Nile

7:30 PM Preservation All-Stars at Preservation Hall

7:30 PM Astral Project at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro $46.95

8:00 PM Indys Blu at The Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta

8:00 PM Where Y'acht presents YOU SHOULD BE DANCIN' at Broadside $22.20

8:00 PM RAVEYARD at Holy Diver

8:00 PM The Litt Band at 30/90

8:00 PM The Blues Masters at Bourbon O Bar

8:00 PM Flesh Parade + Squassation + Architectural Genocide + Horrific Visions + Metal Riser + Grim War at Poor Boys $25.00

8:00 PM Ficheraz: Live Latin Band & Burlesque at Allways Lounge & Cabaret

8:00 PM Parcels - Loved Tour 2026 at Saenger Theater

8:00 PM R&B ONLY LIVE - New Orleans, LA at Fillmore New Orleans

8:00 PM Bon Bon Vivant at Cafe Negril

8:00 PM BC Coogan at Bayou Bar

8:30 PM Troy Laz at Rock N Bowl $17.43

8:30 PM Jacky Blaire & The Hot Biscuits at May Baily's Place @ Dauphine Orleans Hotel

8:45 PM Preservation All-Stars at Preservation Hall

9:00 PM Tōth with Anna Moss and Willam Alexander at Siberia $24.92

9:00 PM Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes at Tipitina's $24.59

9:00 PM Lena Prima & Band at Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone

9:00 PM Laundry Day Presents: The Larger Than LIFE Tour at Gasa Gasa

9:00 PM Heatwave! at Twelve Mile Limit

9:00 PM James Martin Band at Good Measure @ The Barnett

9:00 PM Slick Skillet Serenaders at Double Dealer

9:00 PM Wolfe Johns Blues Band at Dos Jefes

9:00 PM Heatwave w/DJ Ann Glaviano at Okay Bar

9:00 PM Papa Mali & Friends (Post Crescent City Blues and BBQ) at Chickie Wah Wah $26.96

9:00 PM Cecil Edwards- Gumbo Funk at Three Maries Jazz Club @ Omni Royal Orleans

9:00 PM Keep It Rolling Brass Band at Balcony Music Club (BMC) Free

9:30 PM Indys Blu at The Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta

9:30 PM Norman Brown at The Jazz & Blues Market

9:30 PM Mahogany Jazz Hall All Stars featuring Kid Chocolate with Midnight Burlesque Pop Up at Mahogany Jazz Hall Free

9:30 PM Astral Project at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro $46.95

10:00 PM Smokey Greenwell at Apple Barrel Free

10:00 PM Sir Spyro at Favela Chic $16.94

10:00 PM Ethan Santos at Spotted Cat Music Club

10:00 PM Zena Moses & Rue Fiya Allstars at d.b.a.

10:00 PM Mod Dance Party at Saturn Bar Free

10:00 PM The Next Level Band (Balcony Room) at Blue Nile

10:00 PM Club Night at Ohm Lounge

10:00 PM You Can't Hide From... SATURDAYS at Hide/Seek

10:00 PM AFROBEAT NOLA at Blue Nile

10:00 PM Jai Ho! Dance Party at Cafe Istanbul

10:00 PM BC Coogan at Bayou Bar

10:15 PM Higher Heights Reggae at Cafe Negril

10:30 PM Bri & The Sparkling Diamonds "New Orleans Burlesque" at Allways Lounge & Cabaret

11:00 PM Jackson's Flying Circus at Le Bon Temps Roule $10.00

11:00 PM Thru the AllWays Looking Glass (variety /drag/burlesque) at Allways Lounge & Cabaret

11:00 PM Emo Night: AFTER THE RIOT! + SUPERBLOOM • Dan the Lion • Lafourche • SNAXX at Republic NOLA

11:00 PM The Soulcial Club at 30/90

11:30 PM Tōth After Party with DJs Everything Forever and Paper Bird at Siberia $6.23

11:55 PM Higher Heights Reggae at Cafe Negril

Sunday, October 11, 2026

10:00 AM Saints Game Day at Hi-Ho Lounge (formerly No Dice)

10:00 AM Belinda Moody at Public Service Bar @ NOPSI Hotel

11:00 AM Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival at Lafayette Square

12:00 PM National Fried Chicken Festival at UNO Lakefront Festival Grounds

1:00 PM Christien Bold at Bacchanal

1:00 PM Sugar and The Daddies at Cafe Negril

2:00 PM Jacky Blaire & The Hot Biscuits at Spotted Cat Music Club

2:30 PM Smoking Time Jazz Club at Mahogany Jazz Hall Free

2:30 PM Leroy Jones and the Preservation Jazz Masters at Preservation Hall

3:00 PM Ryan Scott Long & Friends at 30/90

3:00 PM Deej Fk & Mother Ruckus at Balcony Music Club (BMC) Free

3:00 PM Nickel-A-Dance: Don Vappie & The Creole Jazz Serenaders at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro

3:00 PM Sugar and The Daddies at Cafe Negril

3:45 PM Leroy Jones and the Preservation Jazz Masters at Preservation Hall

4:00 PM Thai One On Psych Disko ft. DJ Juan Bolo at Tuff Break Losers' Lounge

4:00 PM Giselle Anguizola at Bourbon O Bar

5:00 PM The Walrus and The Electric Yat Quartet present a Beatles Experience at The Jazz & Blues Market

5:00 PM Sapphic Speakeasy. at Allways Lounge & Cabaret

5:00 PM John Lisi & The Delta Funk at Cafe Negril

5:00 PM Preservation All-Stars at Preservation Hall

6:00 PM Shwag at Apple Barrel Free

6:00 PM Big Joe Kennedy at Mahogany Jazz Hall Free

6:00 PM Jam Brass Band at Balcony Music Club (BMC) Free

6:00 PM Jenavieve and the Winding Boys at Maison

6:00 PM Treme Brass Band at Spotted Cat Music Club

6:00 PM Blackberry Smoke: 25th Anniversary Tour 2026 at Fillmore New Orleans

6:00 PM Paradise Jazz Band at d.b.a.

6:00 PM The Andre Lovett Band at 30/90

6:15 PM Preservation All-Stars at Preservation Hall

7:00 PM The Iguanas at Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone

7:00 PM King Sh!t (drag) at Allways Lounge & Cabaret

7:00 PM Alune Wade: A Family Affair at Broadside $22.20

7:00 PM David Bandrowski Quartet w/ Rob Wagner, Tyler Clements, Mike Robbins at Buffa's

7:00 PM Noah Young at Bacchanal

7:00 PM John Lisi & The Delta Funk at Cafe Negril

7:00 PM KJD at Maple Leaf Bar $23.00

7:30 PM Richard 'Piano' Scott at The Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta

7:30 PM Preservation All-Stars at Preservation Hall

7:30 PM Gerald Watkins Jr. presents A Birthday Tribute to Art Blakey at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro $35.65

8:00 PM A New Show ft. AI Jesus + Gr4c3 S4rr3 + Saucy Momma + Notscaredtocry at Okay Bar $10.00

8:00 PM Justin Donovan at Bourbon O Bar

8:00 PM Evanora Unlimited at Gasa Gasa

8:00 PM Peter Nu at Dos Jefes

8:00 PM Swing Night (live music & dance lessons) at Allways Lounge & Cabaret

8:00 PM Silky Satin Lounge: Tom Piazza at Silky Satin Lounge

8:00 PM Mahogany Hall Swingsters featuring Roderick Paulin at Mahogany Jazz Hall Free

8:00 PM The California Honeydrops at Tipitina's $45.71

8:45 PM Preservation All-Stars at Preservation Hall

9:00 PM Ashley Paige and The Soulcial Club at Cafe Negril

9:00 PM Krewe Debauchery at Maison

9:00 PM Brody Price with Maddy Kirgo and Pope at Siberia $12.47

9:00 PM Juice presents Sypher Sundays at Blue Nile

9:00 PM Pat Casey & The New Sound at Spotted Cat Music Club

9:00 PM Latin on Saturn: PANASOL y DE LOS PROYECTOS at Saturn Bar $12.47

9:00 PM Kim In The Wind at Balcony Music Club (BMC) Free

9:00 PM Manic Mixtape at 30/90

9:30 PM Gerald Watkins Jr. presents A Birthday Tribute to Art Blakey at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro $35.65

9:30 PM The Jump Hounds at d.b.a.

10:00 PM Steve Mignano at Apple Barrel Free

10:30 PM Street Legends Brass Band at Blue Nile

10:30 PM The Grammy Winning Hot 8 Brass Band at The Howlin' Wolf $24.94

11:00 PM OVERTIME: Saints On Sunday | Every Sunday Night at Hide/Seek

11:00 PM Ashley Paige and The Soulcial Club at Cafe Negril

Highlighted times are after midnight. Always confirm times and prices with the venue before heading out.

Get the NOLA.show App

The whole weekend in your pocket, updated through the day. Free, no ads, no account required.

Planning the Weekend

Which shows should I buy tickets for?

The ticketed rooms: Tipitina's, the Fillmore, the Civic Theatre, the Orpheum, the Saenger, Preservation Hall. Touring acts and weekend nights sell out. Everything else is mostly walk-in.

Where should I spend a night?

Frenchmen Street if you want a dozen venues in three blocks. Uptown for the institutions. The Bywater, Treme, and Mid-City for neighborhood rooms where the locals go. The listings above cover all of them.

What about Sunday?

Sunday is a real music night here, not an afterthought. Evening brass band sets, long-running residencies, and the occasional second line make it many locals' favorite night of the week.