Where can I hear live music in New Orleans tonight?

Somewhere in New Orleans, live music is happening tonight, guaranteed. Frenchmen Street in the Marigny has a dozen venues within three blocks. Beyond that, the music spreads across the whole city: Tipitina's and the Maple Leaf Uptown, Bacchanal and Vaughan's in the Bywater, Kermit's Mother-in-Law Lounge in Treme, Chickie Wah Wah in Mid-City, Preservation Hall and Fritzel's in the French Quarter, and dozens more. The list on this page shows what is actually booked tonight, updated daily.

What time does live music start in New Orleans?

Early sets start between 5pm and 7pm, prime time is 8pm to 10pm, and plenty of rooms have music past midnight. New Orleans treats the night as running until 6am, and so does this page: shows listed after midnight belong to tonight.

Is live music in New Orleans free?

A lot of it is. Many bars and clubs have no cover, especially for early sets. Where a show has a listed price, this page shows it. If you catch free music, tip the band; that is how the free-music economy works here, and most tip jars take Venmo.

Live Music in New Orleans Tonight

Q: Do I need tickets in advance?

For most neighborhood shows, no; you walk in. Ticketed rooms like Tipitina's, the Fillmore, the Civic Theatre, and Preservation Hall can sell out, so buy ahead for touring acts and weekend shows. Where a ticket link exists, it is on this page.

Every show on our citywide calendar for tonight, Saturday, October 31

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

New Orleans has live music every single night of the week, and most of it never makes the tourist guides. This page pulls tonight's shows from our citywide calendar, which aggregates listings from hundreds of venues: the Frenchmen Street clubs, the Uptown institutions, the Bywater bars, the Treme lounges, the French Quarter jazz rooms, and everything in between. Cover charges are listed where venues publish them. Plenty of shows are free; when they are, tip the band.

Tonight's Shows

108 shows on the calendar, Saturday, October 31

30/90

5:00 PMThe Andre Lovett Band

8:00 PMArmani Smith

11:00 PMManic Mixtape

Allways Lounge & Cabaret

5:00 PMTHE BLOOD & GLITTER BURLESQUE SPOOKSHOW$25.00

7:00 PMHadestown : musicals in burlesque

7:30 PMTHE BLOOD & GLITTER BURLESQUE SPOOKSHOW$25.00

10:30 PMHadestown : musicals in burlesque

10:30 PMKAPOW! HALLOWEEN: Burlesque & Drag with a BANG!

Anna's

9:00 PMSlayers ft. eden + cypriestess

Apple Barrel

6:00 PMHobo GadgetFree

10:00 PMSmokey GreenwellFree

Bacchanal

7:00 PMSteve Lands

Balcony Music Club (BMC)

6:00 PMEpic Funk Brass BandFree

9:00 PMKat Kiley ExperienceFree

Bamboula's

6:30 PMJohnny Mastro

9:00 PMHalloweed Rave ft. Neonautica

10:00 PMPaggy Prine And Southern Soul

Bayou Bar

8:00 PMJordan Anderson

10:00 PMJordan Anderson

BJ's Lounge

10:00 PMMusic Box Village Halloween Afterparty at BJs

Blue Nile

7:30 PMThe Caesar Brothers' FunkBox

10:00 PMThe Next Level Band (Balcony Room)

10:00 PMAFROBEAT NOLA

BMac's

7:00 PMChuck & Barrie Band

Bourbon O Bar

4:00 PMBrian Wingard

8:00 PMThe Blues Masters

Bratz Y'all @ Port Orleans Brewing Co.

5:00 PMLynn Drury Trio

Broadside

6:00 PMBeyond the Veil ft. Iceman Special + New Thousand & more…$27.47

7:00 PMFrizzi2Fulci - Live at The Broad Theater$38.00

Bud Rips

2:00 AMHalloween After Party ft. Elizafax + Arose2AroseFree

Carrollton Station

8:00 PMGravehuffer + Totem + Vacillator + Walkingonsunshine + Offal Lettuce$10.00

Chickie Wah Wah

11:30 PM**Sold Out**. George Porter Jr. and Runnin' Pardners will Funk You to Death [Late Show]

d.b.a.

6:00 PMKortana

10:00 PMLyndsey Smith

Dew Drop Inn

9:00 PMCalling All Queers: WANNA SCREAM?! ft. Aliyuhhh + Boytoy + Dyklonius + Funké

Dos Jefes

9:00 PMTHE DALE SPALDING TRIO w/ TOM HOOK

Double Dealer

9:00 PMHalloween Party

Emporium Arcade Bar

8:00 PMThe Underground ft. Lil Miah + Pedrothejuice + DJ RBD + DJ TR33

Gasa Gasa

10:00 PMLow Cut Connie

Good Measure @ The Barnett

8:00 PMGood Measure x Liquid Death Presents : Twin Peaks Halloween Bash

Hi-Ho Lounge

11:00 PMHustle! w/DJ Soul Sister

Hide/Seek

10:00 PMHIDE & SKEESH present NIGHTMARE ON DECATUR Halloween Party @ HIDE/SEEK

Holy Diver

9:00 PMHALLOWEEN with FLESH PARADE & MORAL DISORDER

House of Blues Foundation Room

10:00 PMHalloween Opulence

Kingpin

6:00 PMMark Hughes & The Lushtones

Le Bon Temps Roule

11:00 PMBilly Iuso & Friends$10.00

Mahogany Jazz Hall

7:00 PMGerald French TrioFree

9:30 PMMahogany Jazz Hall All Stars featuring Kid Chocolate with Midnight Burlesque Pop UpFree

Maison

4:00 PMSmoking Time Jazz Club

10:00 PMHalloween on Frenchmen St ft. DJ G + Kemistry + BDOT$26.86

Maple Leaf Bar

8:00 PMPocket Chocolate$23.00

11:00 PMBLOODKIN$33.00

Mardi Gras World

8:00 PMFreaky Deaky New Orleans ft. Fisher + Chris Lorenzo + Devault + Bradeazy + Xandra + Skilah

Marigny Opera House

8:00 PMJuice presents Music Massacre$25.00

Music Box Village

7:00 PMHalloween w/Quintron & Miss Pussycat + Swamp Magic + Neal Todten

Nightbloom

8:00 PMPello-ween ft. Pellowtalk + Ghazi Gamali + Lucid Dreams

NOLA Brewing

7:00 PMHALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST

Ohm Lounge

10:00 PMClub Night

Okay Bar

7:00 PMCommunity Print Shop Cover Show

Poor Boys

10:00 PMSet de Flo Halloween ft. C'est Funk + Kilobauud + Wtchcrft + Pythia + N*S*F*W

Preservation Hall

5:00 PMPreservation All-Stars (Sold Out)

6:15 PMPreservation All-Stars (Sold Out)

7:30 PMPreservation All-Stars (Sold Out)

8:45 PMPreservation All-Stars

R Bar

9:00 PMP. Filthy

Republic NOLA

10:00 PMEmo Night: NINE YEAR SADIVERSARY + hey thanks. + DAN THE LION + SNAXX + LAFOURCHE

Rock N Bowl

8:30 PMLatin Night$17.43

Santos Bar

8:00 PMHalloween w/Hunno

Saturn Bar

9:00 PMBROOKIECITAS HEXBREAKER: Choreboys/Pressure Point$18.70

Siberia

7:00 PMPunk Black Halloween Party$24.92

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro

4:30 PMSly Watts

9:00 PMHalloween with Sally Baby's Silver Dollars

Southport Hall

8:00 PMMOMS Halloween 2026: SNATCHED Ball$40.00

Spotted Cat Music Club

6:00 PMPanorama Jazz Band

10:00 PMJames Martin Band

St Roch Tavern

9:00 PMMortalizer + Most Heinous + Kwalms

The Crypt

7:00 PMPolkadot Cadaver + Tomb of Nick Cage$20.00

11:00 PMKryptik Goth Dance Party

The Den at Howlin' Wolf

9:00 PMBrasshearts w/ Sunscape & Dizzy$13.29

The Domino

5:30 PMPhantom Freak Out ft. Tashi Delay + Kelly Duplex + Lisbon Girls + Stew + Dana Ives + Puro Nola

11:00 PMNoche de Muertxs ft. Mikey Offline + Maximo + Marco Alexander + Rapbaum$10.00

The Jazz & Blues Market

7:00 PMDONALD HARRISON'S QUANTUM LEAP MUSIC FESTIVAL-CHUCK BROWN BAND

The Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta

8:00 PMThe Nayo Jones Experience

9:30 PMThe Nayo Jones Experience

The Library

11:00 PMGraveyard Shift Rave ft. Jake Ryan + Troubled Son + Bandikoot + Wannieonline + iHeartChurro X Dopeb9y

The Little House

7:30 PMDJ Champagne & Thinghood

The Metropolitan

11:00 PMChris Lorenzo - Freaky Deaky After Party - Live at the Metropolitan (Saturday)$28.24

The Rabbit Hole

5:00 PMThe Dead Dance [an early halloween party]$19.64

10:00 PMDaft Disko$19.64

3:00 AMThe Late-Night Show: Halloween After Party

The Saint

10:00 PMQbaby Worldwide + Lord Chilla + Mars The Vampire

Three Maries Jazz Club @ Omni Royal Orleans

6:00 PMLeroy Jones

9:00 PMJonté Mayon

Three Muses

8:00 PMNew Orleans Rug Cutters

Tipitina's

9:00 PMDJ RQ Away Presents LAGNIAPPE Halloween Edition$34.41

True South

8:00 PMStone Cold Hippies

Tuff Break Losers' Lounge

6:00 PMPhantom Freak Out ft. Kinky Vanilla + Blone Noble + Blue Widow + Bad Stuff + DJ Candy Whiplash

UNO Lakefront Arena

8:00 PMWidespread Panic

Venue Vapaille

7:00 PMUncut featuring DJ Batman for our Halloween Costume Bash!

Z'otz Cafe

9:00 PMGhoul's Ball ft The Grouch DJ + Madspinnz + Say Trell + Elliott from Earth + Showtime Goma + DJ Matty + DJ Archivist + DJ Waffl3 + DJ Ghoulsby & more…$28.52

Always confirm times and prices with the venue before heading out.

Good to Know

Where should I go for live music tonight?

Depends on the night you want. Frenchmen Street packs a dozen venues into three walkable blocks and something is always on. For destination shows, check the listings above for Tipitina's, the Maple Leaf, Preservation Hall, and the theaters. For a more local night, look for the Bywater, Treme, and Mid-City rooms in the list; smaller crowds, often no cover, and some of the best musicians in the city.

What time does music start?

Early sets start between 5pm and 7pm, prime time is 8pm to 10pm, and plenty of rooms go past midnight. The highlighted entries above are after-midnight sets that belong to tonight.

Is it free?

A lot of it, especially early sets in neighborhood bars. Prices above are shown where venues publish them. Free show? Tip the band. Most tip jars take Venmo.

Do I need tickets in advance?

Walk into most neighborhood shows. Buy ahead for ticketed rooms and touring acts; those links are in the listings when they exist.

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