Night Shows During Jazz Fest
Here are top picks for night shows around New Orleans to keep the music going over the weekend of April 24-27.
AXIAL TILT - An All-Star Two-Night Celebration Of The Grateful Dead's 60th Anniversary
Friday, April 25 & Saturday, April 26, 10 p.m.
Café Istanbul, Tickets Start at $70
Join members of The Dead, Phil Lesh & Friends, Dark Star Orchestra, Jazz Is Dead, GATORATORS, and more when they kick out live, deep, and soulful Grateful Dead jams in celebration of the band's 60th anniversary. Featuring one acoustic and two electric sets per five-hour night—with no songs repeated between nights. Comprised almost entirely of Grateful Dead originals, AXIAL TILT is the place to be for the most faithful Grateful Dead experience, presented by folks who are at the highest levels of the extended Grateful Dead family. This year's lineup includes Joan Osborne, Stu Allen, Rob Eaton, Mitch Stein, Skip Vangelas, Pete Lavezzoli, and Wally Ingram, plus special guests.
The Return of Acid Bath
Friday, April 25, 8 p.m.
The Fillmore New Orleans, Tickets Start at $220
Acid Bath is reuniting for their first live performance in over 28 years, with an opening performance by local sludge metal band Eyehategod. Formed in 1991 in Houma, Louisiana, Acid Bath, fronted by Dax Riggs, spearheaded a unique blend of death metal, psychedelic rock, and Southern gothic elements that earned them a cult-like following and influential status in the modern metal scene before stopping in 1998. Their highly anticipated reunion tour launches at the Fillmore, promising to revive their surreal lyricism through their famously untamed stage presence. A second show has been announced at the Fillmore on Wednesday, April 30 due to overwhelming demand.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue's Treme Threauxdown
Saturday, April 26, 8 p.m.
Saenger Theatre, Tickets Start at $49.50
Back for the ninth installment of the Treme Threauxdown, this lively event hosted by Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue has become a staple to the wider Jazz Fest activities. Trombone Shorty carries the energy through the night with a flow of rock, jazz, funk, and hip hop. After starting his career on the Jazz Fest stage at age four, Trombone Shorty has captured audiences across America with his ability to collaborate with stars across genres such as Zac Brown and the Foo Fighters.
Mike Dillon's New Orleans Punk Rock Percussion Consortium with Jason Marsalis & Others
Saturday, April 26, 8 p.m.
Uptown New Orleans JCC, Tickets $20
Mike Dillon is a world-renowned percussionist and composer known for his experimental blend of jazz and punk music, as well as his radical ability to break down musical boundaries through unconventional vibraphone and percussionist practices. As founder of the New Orleans Punk Rock Percussion Consortium, Dillon leads a 15-piece percussion ensemble that embodies the raw, and often chaotic, energy of live performance with elaborate rhythmic arrangements that challenge conventional music categorizations. This specialty performance at the Uptown JCC will feature Jason Marsalis, Stanton Moore, and Earl Harvin, along with original compositions that offer an innovative perspective on the boundaries of genre and the fluidity of creative expression.
