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.

284 shows on the calendar this weekend. Always confirm times and prices with the venue before heading out.

Friday, October 30

103 shows

21st Amendment Bar at La Louisiane

8:00 PMMarty Peters Gets Organized

30/90

5:00 PMSean Hobbes + The Hi Res

8:00 PMHalf Shell Boogie

11:00 PMThe Soulcial Club

Allways Lounge & Cabaret

5:00 PMTribute to Zombie (burlesque)

7:00 PMMuffy Vanderbilt Presents: Hocus Pocus (drag)

8:00 PMOOPS ALL WITCHES (BURLESQUE)

10:30 PMRocky Horror Striptease Show

11:00 PMAll Hallows' Tease ( burlesque)

Anna's

9:00 PMSpooky Italo with DJ Otto

Apple Barrel

6:00 PMBubbles BrownFree

10:00 PMJoey HouckFree

Bacchanal

7:00 PMWillie Green

Balcony Music Club (BMC)

6:00 PMMother RuckusFree

9:00 PMBig Mike & Rb KingsFree

Bamboula's

6:30 PMLes Getrex And Creole Cookin'

10:00 PMKat Kiley Experience

Bayou Bar

8:00 PMOh Yeah! ft. Peter Harris, Ed Perkins, Wes "Warmdaddy" Anderson, Joe Ashlar, and Gerald Watkins

10:00 PMOh Yeah! ft. Peter Harris, Ed Perkins, Wes "Warmdaddy" Anderson, Joe Ashlar, and Gerald Watkins

BJ's Lounge

9:00 PMHallo"Ween" w/The Baby Bitches + Benny Poppins

Blue Nile

8:00 PMThe Rozes

10:00 PMDJ WestBankRed (Balcony Room)

10:00 PMKermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers

BMac's

6:00 PMLady Parts

Bourbon O Bar

4:00 PMApril Spain

8:00 PMKid Merv

Bratz Y'all @ Port Orleans Brewing Co.

5:00 PMBrother Tyrone & The Mind Benders

Broadside

8:00 PMTribe Nunzio!!!$22.20

8:00 PMBon Bon Vivant & Boot Juice Show$22.20

Bud Rips

10:00 PMVanityPL8

Carrollton Station

9:00 PMThat's So Fetch

Chickie Wah Wah

11:30 PMNether Hour [Late Show]$26.96

Club Switch

10:00 PMGhetto Techno Soul Train$10.00

d.b.a.

4:00 PMHappy Hour: Dirty Little Friday

6:00 PMMichael Watson & The Alchemy

10:00 PMNew Breed Brass Band

Dew Drop Inn

8:00 PMRatchet Jazz Halloween Bash

Dos Jefes

9:00 PMBassX

Double Dealer

9:00 PMMatt & The Sinking City

Gasa Gasa

10:00 PMLow Cut Connie

11:59 PMNite Sesh

Good Measure @ The Barnett

8:00 PMGov't Majik feat. Ten Spencer

Hi-Ho Lounge

10:00 PMWhere My Girls At: Heroes & Villians Halloween Party

Hide/Seek

10:00 PMSCARY HOURS Official Night Before Halloween Party

House of Blues

6:00 PMSaosin: 20 Years of Self-Titled

House of Blues Foundation Room

6:00 PMDewey Duhe

9:00 PMNicolita Capdevielle Presents: Our Second Annual Spooky Soirée

Junebug

8:00 PMFlashback Friday w/DJ Soul Sister spinning P-Funk

Le Bon Temps Roule

11:00 PMColin Davis & Night People$10.00

Mahogany Jazz Hall

7:00 PMLeroy Jones and Paul LongstrethFree

9:30 PMMahogany Jazz Hall All Stars featuring Mike Fulton with Midnight Burlesque Pop UpFree

Maison

5:00 PMShotgun Jazz Band

Maple Leaf Bar

8:00 PMSunpie and Return of the Loup Garou Band$23.00

11:00 PMBLOODKIN$28.00

Mardi Gras World

8:00 PMFreaky Deaky New Orleans ft. Porter Robinson + Of The Trees + Davin + Jkyl & Hyde + Know Good + Canabliss

May Baily's Place @ Dauphine Orleans Hotel

8:30 PMJohn Lisi

Music Box Village

8:00 PMCrossroads Cabaret ft. Johanna Rose & The Dreamboats

New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park

5:00 PMYoung Pin Stripe Brass BandFree

Nightbloom

8:00 PMGrown Folx Music ft. P.U.D.G.E

Nola 'Nacular

7:00 PMJesse Autumn + Kevin Comarda + Natasha Sanchez

NOLA Brewing

7:00 PMThe Tin MenFree

Ohm Lounge

10:00 PMFriday Nights @ Ohm

Okay Bar

9:00 PMThe Juke 504: Sinners Night ft. JamilMP3 + Say Trell + ChiNola + Tymonie$10

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 (Sold Out)

Republic NOLA

10:00 PMREWIND: KULT KLASSICS + PELLOWTALK + DJ G + SNAXX + LAFOURCHE

Rock N Bowl

8:30 PMPaperchase$17.43

Santos Bar

9:00 PMDeathcharge w/Come To Ruin$12.28

Saturn Bar

10:00 PMBatucada Groove apresenta Baile Do Terror$12.47

Seither’s Seafood

5:00 PMThe Desert Nudes

Siberia

9:00 PMDamag3 with Wakai, $leazy EZ, Jamal Malachi, & Connor Cristi$24.92

Skeeta Hawk Brewing

6:00 PMSinger Songwriter Showcase

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro

7:30 PMJason Marsalis presents the Music of Ellis Marsalis$46.95

9:30 PMJason Marsalis presents the Music of Ellis Marsalis$46.95

Spotted Cat Music Club

6:00 PMNew Orleans Cottonmouth Kings

10:00 PMSmokin' On Some Brass

St Roch Tavern

9:00 PMChevrolet Pile + DJ Harrold Mane + DJ Rotten "Spooky" Milk + DJ Sank One

The Den at Howlin' Wolf

8:00 PMHypno Nun w/ Summer With Monika & JADDER$8.16

The Domino

4:30 PMPhantom Freak Out ft. Bipolaroid + New Fools + Twin Sugar + Fish Band + Flip Fitch + Grine

The Jazz & Blues Market

7:00 PMDONALD HARRISON'S QUANTUM LEAP MUSIC FESTIVAL- HORNUCOPIA II

The Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta

8:00 PMTrixie Minx's Burlesque Ballroom, feat. Romy Kaye

9:30 PMTrixie Minx's Burlesque Ballroom, feat. Romy Kaye

The Joy Theater

11:55 PMKevin Scott's ZAMBI-Ween (10/30 LATE NIGHT)

The Porch at Howlin' Wolf

9:00 PMSaint Social & Rare Seed$11.24

The Rabbit Hole

10:00 PMHALLOWEEN with Dr. Romance & Friends

The Saint

11:00 PMQbaby Worldwide

Three Maries Jazz Club @ Omni Royal Orleans

6:00 PMCecil Edwards- Gumbo Funk

9:00 PMAnais St. John

Three Muses

7:30 PMJelly Roll Stompers

Tipitina's

9:00 PMAll Hallows Eve Spooktacular! with The Soul Rebels$34.41

True South

8:00 PMEd Wills & Blues4sale

Tuff Break Losers' Lounge

5:00 PMPhantom Freak Out ft. Banana Creems + Donny's Demeanor + Swinging Astrid + Theft + Atomic Broad + Dense Frog Advisory

UNO Lakefront Arena

8:00 PMWidespread Panic

Saturday, October 31

127 shows

21st Amendment Bar at La Louisiane

3:00 PMJelly Roll Stompers

30/90

2:00 PMBangarang Peter

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

1:00 PMMiles Berry

7:00 PMSteve Lands

Balcony Music Club (BMC)

3:00 PMTropical WeatherFree

6:00 PMEpic Funk Brass BandFree

9:00 PMKat Kiley ExperienceFree

Bamboula's

11:00 AMAaron Levinson & Friends

2:15 PMJames McClaskey & The Rhythm Band

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

12:00 PMThe Rock and Roll Playhouse Presents: Music of The Beatles + More for Kids$17.98

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

Buffa's

11:00 AMMonster Drag Brunch Hosted by Lana O'Day

8:00 PMWashboard Chaz Blues Trio

Cafe Negril

2:00 PMThe Rumpshakers

4:00 PMThe Rumpshakers

6:15 PMJamey St. Pierre and THC

8:00 PMJamey St. Pierre and THC

10:00 PMBon Bon Vivant LIVE Halloween Night + $500 Costume Contest

12:30 AMHalloween Night BOOT JUICE!

Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone

9:00 PMLena Prima & Band

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.

11:00 AMBRUNCH LIKE HELL: Brunch Like Hell$65.00

2:00 PMYoung Lion Showcase

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

Hey! Cafe on the Greenway

11:00 AMValerie Sassyfras

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 AMHalloween

11:00 PMBilly Iuso & Friends$10.00

Mahogany Jazz Hall

3:00 PMStephen Walker N'emFree

7:00 PMGerald French TrioFree

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

Maison

1:00 PMNOLA Axe Men

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$28.00

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

New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park

3:00 PMArrowhead Jazz Band Celebrates the 32nd Anniversary of the New Orleans Jazz National Historical ParkFree

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

Paulie's

11:30 AMJay Dufour & The Strange Gang

Poor Boys

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

Preservation Hall

2:30 PMWendell Brunious and the Preservation Hall Legacy Band

3:45 PMWendell Brunious and the Preservation Hall Legacy Band

5:00 PMPreservation All-Stars

6:15 PMPreservation All-Stars

7:30 PMPreservation All-Stars

8:45 PMPreservation All-Stars

Public Service Bar @ NOPSI Hotel

10:00 AMRyan Hitchin

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$35.65

Southport Hall

8:00 PMMOMS Halloween 2026: SNATCHED Ball$40.00

Spotted Cat Music Club

2:30 PMTwerk Thomson Band

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 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

Sunday, November 1

54 shows

21st Amendment Bar at La Louisiane

3:00 PMCoyote Anderson Organ Trio

8:00 PMBig Mike and the R&B Kings

30/90

3:00 PM…And Then Came Humans

6:00 PMMother Ruckus

Allways Lounge & Cabaret

8:00 PMSwing Night (live music & dance lessons)

Anna's

6:00 PMAll Saints ft. Johnny RocketFree

Bacchanal

1:00 PMPete Olynciw

7:00 PMNoah Young

Blue Nile

9:00 PMJuice presents Sypher Sundays

10:30 PMStreet Legends Brass Band

Broadside

7:00 PMAlborosie & Shengen Clan$22.20

Buffa's

11:00 AMTraditional Jazz Brunch w/ Some Like it Hot

7:00 PMMark Winters

Cafe Negril

12:00 PMSunday N The Red Zone- Live Reggae • Open Jam • Football

5:00 PMJohn Lisi & The Delta Funk

7:00 PMJohn Lisi & The Delta Funk

9:00 PMLyndsey Smith

11:00 PMLyndsey Smith

d.b.a.

6:00 PMParadise Jazz Band

9:30 PMThe Jump Hounds

Dos Jefes

8:00 PMCaptain Spalding

Gasa Gasa

8:30 PMAlash

Hi-Ho Lounge

7:00 PMHaunted Halloween Hoedown Line Dancing Hosted by: Stomp Shack & The Big Easy Stompers

Hide/Seek

11:00 PMOVERTIME: Saints On Sunday | Every Sunday Night

Mahogany Jazz Hall

2:30 PMSmoking Time Jazz ClubFree

6:00 PMBig Joe KennedyFree

8:00 PMMahogany Hall Swingsters featuring Roderick PaulinFree

Maison

6:00 PMJenavieve and the Winding Boys

9:00 PMKrewe Debauchery

Maple Leaf Bar

8:00 PMHigher Ground$23.00

Okay Bar

3:00 PMIrish Folk Jam

8:00 PMPanorama Brass Band

Preservation Hall

2:30 PMLeroy Jones and the Preservation Jazz Masters

3:45 PMLeroy Jones and the Preservation Jazz Masters

5:00 PMPreservation Legacy Band ft. Gregg Stafford

6:15 PMPreservation Legacy Band ft. Gregg Stafford

7:30 PMPreservation Legacy Band ft. Gregg Stafford

8:45 PMPreservation Legacy Band ft. Gregg Stafford

Saturn Bar

9:00 PMHEAP (Hook, Eder, Anderson, Page) and Klyph$12.47

Siberia

9:00 PMGrand Bewitchment with Torture Garden, Mehenet, and Mortalizer$12.47

Silky Satin Lounge

8:00 PMSilky Satin Lounge: Nayo Jones

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro

4:00 PMThe Pfister Sisters

7:00 PMCharlie Halloran & the Tropicales$35.65

9:00 PMCharlie Halloran & the Tropicales$18.45

Spotted Cat Music Club

2:00 PMJacky Blaire & The Hot Biscuits

6:00 PMTreme Brass Band

9:00 PMPat Casey & The New Sound

The Domino

5:00 PMPhantom Freak Out ft. Natasha Delores + Ronnie + Fen Magus + Days of Grief + Gatsu + Maximo

The Howlin' Wolf

10:30 PMThe Grammy Winning Hot 8 Brass Band$24.94

The Jazz & Blues Market

7:00 PMDonald Harrison's Quantum Leap Festival ALL-ACCESS PASS OCT 29-NOV 1

7:30 PMD. HARRISON'S QUANTUM LEAP MUSIC FEST FREAQUINAUTS & REBIRTH

The Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta

7:30 PMRichard 'Piano' Scott

Three Muses

7:30 PMPerry Gordon Jazz

Tuff Break Losers' Lounge

4:30 PMPhantom Freak Out ft. The Bomb Pulse + Personality Hire + Cathedral Club + Autobody + Abby & The Arsonists + New Fools (DJ Set)

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.

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