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TUE COMEDY NIGHT
12/13
ALL SHOW TIMES P.M. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
WED WAREHOUSE DISTRICT
Tuesday 13
12/14 HOLIDAY PARTY 7:30PM
BRASS-A-HOLICS 9PM
3 RING CIRCUS’ THE BIG TOP GALLERY — Community Records Block Party DVD premiere screening & CD release feat. Lollies, 7
THU THE PARISHIONERS 9PM
12/15
BANKS STREET BAR — Riverbent, 10
BMC — Mikey B3 Organ Combo, 5; H.G. Breland Band, 9; Lagniappe Brass Band, 11
CHOPHOUSE NEW ORLEANS — Bart Ramsey, 6:30 COLUMNS HOTEL — John Rankin, 8
CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE — New Orleans Street Beat, 6
D.B.A. — Treme Brass Band, 9 DOS JEFES UPTOWN CIGAR BAR — Tom Hook, 9:30
THE FAMOUS DOOR — Darren Murphy & Big Soul, 3
IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE — Jason Marsalis, 8
THE MAISON — Magnitude, 6; People Say Project Holiday Shakedown feat. George Porter Jr. & Dee-1 (upstairs), 7; Gregory Agid Quartet, 9 MAISON DUPUY HOTEL — Aaron Lopez-Barrantes, 6 MAPLE LEAF BAR — Rebirth Brass Band, 10 MOJITOS RUM BAR & GRILL — Scott Myers, 6; Mojo Combo, 9:30 NEUTRAL GROUND COFFEEHOUSE — Sazerac the Clown’s Cabinet of Wonders, 10 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK — Matt Hampsey & Stephen Dale, 11 a.m. OLD POINT BAR — Josh Garrett & the Bottom Line, 8
PRESERVATION HALL — Preservation Hall-Stars feat. Shannon Powell, 8 SIBERIA — King Louie’s Missing Monuments, Peach Kelli Pop, Dead People, 10
12/16
SAT GREGG GINN
THE ROYAL WE 11PM
SUN IN THE REDZONE 12/18 W/ JOHN FOURCADE & MITCH GIBBS 3-6PM
Park the Van’s sixth annual Holiday Soiree forsakes the ghosts of Christmas present and future for a blast from the not-so-distant past. Giant Cloud, the charming, harmonizing husband-andwife psych/pop band, effectively replaced the Peekers when the latter closed its harmonizing husband-and-wife psych/pop act in 2009. Early last year, Giant Cloud issued Old Books, a fivetrack EP that felt both dreamed-up and wideeyed, beating the sweetly reminiscent Peekers at their own waltz-timed game; by mid-2011, the Ruston, La., natives had suffered their same fate, disbanding six months in advance of debut LP Bloom & Decay. The digital release, which arrived on the backs of pallbearers in November, shows no signs of a struggle. Singer/pianist Julie Odell (who is now recording solo) and singer/guitarist Ben Jones (a fixture in David Vandervelde’s band) have never sounded more in sync as on nesting duets “Every Window Holds the Truth” and “Swan/Bull/Swan,” and second guitarist Preston Whittenburg steps out front with the shape-shifting centerpiece “Animal Inside,” a seven-minute stunner that stitches together at least as many unforgettable vignettes. Look closer at the lyrics, though, and you can see the seams splitting. While “Blooming and decaying in a fragile shell” may be the objective and poetic take, “You’ve forced too many seasons on me” probably gets closer to the truth for this talented, tangled gang. Blossoming in the spring and saying farewell in winter, they lasted long enough to not only see their funeral, but to score it. Empress Hotel and the Hawks (of Holy Rosary) open. Tickets $10. — Noah Bonaparte Pais
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BRASS-A-HOLICS 10PM
12/17 &
Giant Cloud with Empress Hotel and the Hawks (of Holy Rosary)
DEC
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Papa Grows Funk
TUE 12/13
Rebirth Brass Band
WED 12/14
Electric Yat String Quartet
THU The Trio featuring 12/15 Johnny V, George Porter Jr & Special Guests FRI 12/16
TBA
SAT 12/17
Alvin Youngblood Heart
Trio featuring SUN Joe JoeKrown Krown SUN Russell batiste Trio & Walter 12/18 “Wolfman” feat. Russell Batiste & Walter Washington 3/13 Wolfman Washington
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FUNKY PIRATE — Blues Masters feat. Big Al Carson, 8:30
AND SOMETHING BURNING
KREWE’S FOR YOU” FRI “THIS NOLA ENTERTAINMENT KNIGHT
BIG AL’S DECKBAR SEAFOOD & BLUES — Redfish Blues Band, 8
BLUE NILE — Scott Nicholson, 10
8:30PM
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