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Live music in New Orleans this week: Tank & the Bangas, Mike Campbell, River Eckert and more (opens the original)
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NOLAxNOLA, the annual celebration of live music and music venues in New Orleans akin to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, continues through Sunday. Events include a number of special musical pairings, some free shows and âNOLAxNOLA Talks,â a two-day music industry conference at the New Orleans Jazz Museum in the Old U.S. Mint on Thursday and Friday. Admission to the conference is free; it will also be streamed live on the museumâs YouTube channel. River Eckert is not quite 17 but has al
New Orleans’ version of SXSW: NOLAxNOLA brings over 300 concerts and live music back for 2026 (opens the original)
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If you havenât seen much live local music lately, NOLAxNOLA is giving you 300 or so opportunities over the next two weeks. For the sixth consecutive fall, âNola by Nola,â as it is pronounced (like South by Southwest), shines a spotlight on the local venues that sustain live music year-round; 50 are participating in the 2026 NOLAxNOLA concert series. Many of these shows, labeled âNOLAxNoCover,â are free. Others feature special pairings or themes, i.e. Irma Thomasâ two sold-out matinee
Bruno Mars was 'The Romantic' and an old-school showman at a sold-out Superdome (opens the original)
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Bruno Mars opened the New Orleans stop of The Romantic Tour at a sold-out Caesars Superdome with a prayer. Set to a spaghetti Western-style soundtrack, a dramatic, stylized short film depicted Mars in glitzy cowboy attire praying in a desert chapel. In the clip, he asked God to protect everyone in the audience and everyone onstage so the band could âgive this city a show they will never forget.â Divine intervention or not, Marsâ prayers were answered. For two hours, he and his Hooligans de
Rod Wave, LPO season kickoff, Kristin Diable: music in New Orleans this week (opens the original)
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A low-key but hugely popular rapper and the season kick-off for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra highlight the upcoming week of live music in New Orleans. Rodarius Green, a native of St. Petersburg, Florida, transformed himself into rap star Rod Wave via a penchant for putting his innermost insecurities to song. Starting in the late 2010s, Wave waged a quiet storm campaign, flying under the radar of popular culture institutions. In the first four years of his career, he notched a dozen gold-
The Revivalists 'Get It Honest' from Madison Square Garden to Red Rocks to a cruise (opens the original)
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Growing up near New Haven, Connecticut, George Gekas saw his share of concerts at New Yorkâs famed Madison Square Garden, home of the Knicks, Billy Joel and Taylor Swiftâs wedding. But it wasnât until after Gekas moved to New Orleans and became The Revivalistsâ bassist that he finally got a chance to rock the Garden himself. The Revivalists opened for fellow Gulf Coast natives, The Red Clay Strays of Mobile, Alabama, at a sold-out Madison Square Garden on Aug. 9. âTo be backstage and p
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