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Family Gras | Fitz and the Tantrums
headlines Family Gras, a festival along the Carnival parade route in Metairie. The indie/soul band is joined by Soul Asylum, Creedence Clearwater Revisited (featuring the original Creedence members not named Fogerty), Amanda Shaw and Katie Armiger. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Blues Traveler and others perform Saturday. Music is scheduled before the arrival of parades both nights. SEE PULLOUT.
Onuinu Wed. Jan. 30 | Portland, Ore.’s Apes Tapes community label has its eight-track silverback: Onuinu, aka Dorian Duvall, whose 2012 debut Mirror Gazer (Bladen County) bulldozes electropop and disco like a West Coast Toro Y Moi. Terrain opens at Siberia. PAGE 70. NFL Experience Wed.-Sun. Jan. 30-Feb. 3 | The NFL Experience fills the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center with football clinics, interactive games, autograph sessions with NFL players, musical entertainment, memorabilia displays and more. PAGE 28. Super Bowl Boulevard Thu.-Sun. Jan. 31–Feb. 3 | Curated by New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival producer Quint Davis, the free music festival features Louisiana acts ranging from Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue to the Soul Rebels Brass Band to the Pine Leaf Boys to Leo Jackson and the Melody Clouds. At Woldenberg Park. PAGES 28, 47 & 70.
Lost Bayou Ramblers with T-kette Fri. Feb. 1 | For their latest genre gerrymander, 2012’s Mammoth Waltz (Bayou Perdu), Cajun country Vermilionaires The Lost Bayou Ramblers found star-studded admirers in Dr. John, Scarlett Johansson and stage-crashing Violent Femme Gordon Gano. T-kette opens at One Eyed Jacks. PAGE 70. Carnival Parades Fri.-Sat. Feb. 1-2 | The Super Bowl caused the rescheduling of Orleans parades, but there are parades in Metairie and on the West Bank. The krewes of Excalibur, Atlas and Caesar roll in Metairie. The Krewe of Alla marches on an altered West Bank route Saturday. SEE FAMILY GRAS PULLOUT. Royal Comedy Tour Sat. Feb. 2 | Comedian and one-time CNN commentator D.L. Hughley (The Hughleys) headlines this comedy showcase. He’s joined by Def Comedy Jam-veteran Sommore, comedian/actor Bruce Bruce and Chris Rock’s younger brother Tony Rock. At the UNO Lakefront Arena. PAGE 83.
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