The Complete Guide To New Orleans Jazz Fest After-Hours

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is one of the most unique and culturally rich festivals out there, but often the best sights and sounds in New Orleans are to be found after dark. The late night scene during Jazz Fest is unlike that of any other festival, with special superjams, cover sets, surprise sit-in collaborations, crawfish boils and so many options to choose from that the inability to be in more than one place at a time becomes your only stress of the weekend.

This year’s after-show lineup is already shaping up to be one of the most stacked couple of weeks of music we’ve ever seen. Stay tuned here as the announcements continue to unfold.

Thursday, April 23

***Earphunk, The Naughty Professor – Howlin’ Wolf – 9 PM, $15
Dr. John & The Nite Trippers – Tipitina’s – 9 PM, $57
Stanton Moore Trio – Blue Nile – 9:30 PM, $25
The Soul Rebels – Le Bon Temps Roule (Walk-up)
Eric Lindell – Carollton Station – 10 PM, $20
Jon Cleary – Chickie Wah Wah – 7 PM (Walk-up)
Of Mice and Men – House of Blues – 6 PM, $22
Jazz in the Park: Soul Rebels + Kermit Ruffins – Louis Armstrong Park – 4 PM (free)
Oteil Burbridge, Eric Krasno & Johnny Vidacovich – Maple Leaf – 10:30 PM

Friday, April 24

***Lettuce – Civic Theatre – 10 PM, $30
Anders Osborne – House of Blues – 9 PM, $33
Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen – House of Blues Parish – 9 PM, $25
Dumpstaphunk, Rebirth Brass Band, London Souls, Mike Dillon Band – Howlin’ Wolf – 10 PM, $30
The Meter Men with Page McConnell & Earphunk – Joy Theater – 10:30 PM, $70
Gov’t Mule & The Soul Rebels – Saenger Theater – 8:30 PM, $50-90
The M&M’s: John Medeski, Papa Mali, Rob Mercurio, Stanton Moore – Tipitina’s – 2 AM, $27
Benjamin Booker + Yelephants – One Eyed Jack’s – 8 PM, $15
The Greyboy Allstars – Tipitina’s – 9 PM, $30
Cowboy Mouth & Marc Broussard – Republic – 9 PM, $32.50
Flow Tribe – Blue Nile – 10 PM, $20
Grayson Capps, Tommy MacLuckie & The Hurricane Hunters – Carollton Station – 10 PM, $15
Eric Lindell + Honey Island Swamp Band – d.b.a. – $20
Oteil Burbridge, Sonny Landreth & Johnny Vidacovich – Maple Leaf – 10:30 PM
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Preservation Hall -12 AM, $100
**The Floozies w/ Corey Henry, Chris Bullock & Mike Maher of Snarky Puppy – Republic – 2 AM, $25
Tab Benoit + Kermit Ruffins – Rock N Bowl – 8 PM, $27
*Fiyawerx Presents: The Revivalists w/ Papa Mali, June Yamagishi, Brian Stoltz, Pete Murano, Nate Werth, Carly Meyers + SS Otto Focus w/ Stanton Moore, Skerik, DJ Otto & Manic Focus – Steamboat Natchez Riverboat – 10 PM, $42

At the Fairgrounds: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Nicholas Payton, Hozier, Keith Urban, Wilco, Snarky Puppy, Honey Island Swamp Band, Earphunk & more

Saturday, April 25

Bonerama doing Led Zeppelin, Pink Talking Fish – Republic – 9 PM, $30
The Meter Men with Page McConnell & Earphunk – Joy Theater – 10:30 PM, $70
New Orleans Suspects – The Maple Leaf – 8 PM, $10
Nola Crawfish King Presents: 6th Annual Hooray For Jazz Fest Crawfish Boil w/ Papa Mali & Friends – 2850 Fortin St. – 7 PM, $30
***Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Allen Toussaint – Saenger Theater – 9:30 PM, $60-80
Galactic w/ Erica Falls – Tipitina’s – 9 PM, $46
Robert Randolph – Tipitina’s – 2 AM, $30
Father John Misty – Civic Theatre – 10 PM, $20
Cherub, Mystery Skulls – House of Blues – 9 PM, $20
The London Souls, Ed Williams’ RumpleSTEELskin – House of Blues Parish – 8 PM, $15
Dead Feat: Anders Osborne, Bill Kreutzmann, Paul Barrere, Fred Tackett & Billy Iuso playing Grateful Dead & Little Feat – Howlin’ Wolf – 10 PM, $57.50
The Soul Rebels – Blue Nile
Benjamin Booker + Babes – One Eyed Jack’s – 8 PM, $15
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Preservation Hall – 12 AM, $100
Soul Rebels – Blue Nile – 10 PM, $20
John Boutte, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Royal Fingerbowl – d.b.a. – $20
DJ Soul Sister – Hi Ho Lounge – 9 PM
Kermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers – The Little Gem Saloon – $20, 8 PM
The Greyboy Allstars – Maison – 10 PM, $27
*Pimps of Joytime & Vinyl – Maison – 2 AM, $25
New Orleans Suspects w/ Eric McFadden, Papa Mali, Roosevelt Collier, Jennifer Hartswick & Big Chief Juan Pardo – Maple Leaf – 8 PM
Eric Lindell – Rock N Bowl – 8:30 PM, $22
**Fiyawerx Presents: Oteil Burbridge, Ivan Neville, Eric Krasno, Adam Deitch, Roosevelt Collier, Tedeschi Trucks Band Horns Section + The Heard – Steamboat Natchez Riverboat – 10 PM, $45

At the Fairgrounds: Ryan Adams, John Legend, The Who, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk w/s/g Art Neville, The Revivalists, Juvenile + Mannie Fresh, Big Sam’s Funky Nation & more

Sunday, April 26

*Worship My Organ ft. Marco Benevento, Roger Walter, Skerik, Adam Deitch – Blue Nile – 9:15 PM, $30
The Word: John Medeski, Robert Randolph, Luther Dickinson, Cody Dickinson, Chris Chew – Joy Theater – 10 PM, $40
James Brown Dance Party w/ Nigel Hall, Rob Mercurio, Jen Hartswick, Eric Bolivar & more + The Nth Power – Republic – 10 PM
Dead Feat: Anders Osborne, Bill Kreutzmann, Paul Barrere, Fred Tackett & Billy Iuso playing Grateful Dead & Little Feat – Howlin’ Wolf – 10 PM, $57.50
Eric Krasno, Stanton Moore, Will Blades – Blue Nile – 2 AM, $20
JJ Grey & Mofro, Pimps of Joytime – Tipitina’s – 9 PM, $25
Bonerama – DBA (Walk-up)
Tab Benoit + Sonny Landreth – Rock ‘n’ Bowl – 8 PM, $22
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Preservation Hall – 12 AM, $100
Slayer – Civic Theater – 9 PM, $45
Rebirth Brass Band – d.b.a – 10 PM, $20
Bonerama – d.b.a. – 2 AM, $20
Unicorn Fukr – Dragon’s Den
Eric Lindell – Gasa Gasa
Hot 8 Brass Band – Howlin’ Wolf Den – 10 PM, $10
Joe Krown, Walter Wolfman Washington & Russell Batiste, Jr. – Maple Leaf – 10 PM
**Maple Leaf All Stars ft. Ivan Neville, Jon Cleary, Tony Hall, Raymond Weber, Derwin Perkins – Maple Leaf – 11 PM
Allen Toussaint’s Jazzity Project – Snug Harbor
***Adam Deitch’s Birthday Funk-tion w/ Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff, Ryan Zoidis and Eric Benny Bloom, as well as Donald Harrison, Kofi Burbridge and Calvin Turner – One Eyed Jack’s – 2:30 AM, $20

At the Fairgrounds: Irma Thomas, Jimmy Buffett, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, Allen Toussaint, Irvin Mayfield, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Rebirth Brass Band, Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen & more

Monday, April 27

*DRKWAV (Adam Deitch, John Medeski, Skerik) – Maison – 10 PM, $25
Frequinox: Robert Walter, Stanton Moore, Robert Mercurio, Donald Harrison & Will Bernard – Blue Nile
**BIRNout Crawfish Boil w/ Billy Iuso & Restless Natives – Sandpiper Lounge – 3 PM, $25

Tuesday, April 28

Eric Krasno, Oteil Burbridge, Robert Walter, John Staten & Joe Cohen + Polyrhythmics – Blue Nile – 9 PM, $20
***Michael Jackson vs. Stevie Wonder w/ members of Snarky Puppy & Lettuce + The Nth Power + Magic Beans – Howlin’ Wolf – 9 PM, $25
Rebirth Brass Band – Maple Leaf (Walk-up)
**The Whip ft. Ronkat Spearman, Robert Walter, Brian J, Pete Shand, Corey Henry, Carly Meyers – Blue Nile – 2 AM, $20
Dragon Smoke: Eric Lindell, Robert Mercurio, Ivan Neville & Stanton Moore – One Eyed Jack’s – 9 PM, $35
John “Papa” Gros & Big Chief Monk Boudreaux – d.b.a.
Threadhead Party ft. Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, George Porter Jr., Terrence Houston, Dirty Dozen Brass Band & More – The Old Ironworks – 11 AM, $85
Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators – House of Blues – 8 PM, $57
Luther Dickinson, Johnny Vidacovich & friends – Maple Leaf – 8 PM

Wednesday, April 29

**Megalomaniacs Ball 2015 – Steel Punk (HR of Bad Brains, Roosevelt Collier, Rocky George, Dave Rosser, Stanton Moore, Mike Dillon, Norwood Fisher, Eric McFadden & Rob Mercurio) + Marco Benevento/Stanton Moore Duo + Mike Dillon Band f/ Norwood Fisher + The Stanton Moore, Eddie Roberts, Mike Dillon – Howlin’ Wolf – 9 PM, $25
NOLA Crawfish King Presents: Boil w/ George Porter Jr., Dave Malone, Terence Higgins & Billy Iuso + Sonic Bloom – NOLA Brewery – 5 PM, $35
***Suwannee Family Band: Adam Deitch, Eric Krasno, Oteil Burbridge, Nigel Hall, Kofi Burbridge, Shady Horns + Jennifer Hartswick Band – One Eyed Jacks – 10 PM, $25
Bob Dylan – Saenger Theater – 8 PM, $60-90 (Sold Out)
Kung Fu presents The Royal Scam w/ Bernard Purdie, Natalie Cressman, Eric Benny Bloom – Joy Theater – 8 PM, $25-$35
***Oak Street Block Party ft. The Oak St. All-Stars (Oteil Burbride, Kofi Burbridge, Roosevelt Collier, Adam Deitch, Adam Smirnoff, Jesus Coomes, Ryan Zoidis, Maurice Brown, & Natalie Cressman), Leftover Salmon, The Nth Power, The Heard, Kung Fu, Sonic Bloom, Eddie Roberts & more – Free
Ivan Neville Piano Series – Blue Nile – 9:30 PM, $15
Walter “Wolfman” Washington & The Roadmasters – d.b.a. – 10 PM, $10
Walk the Moon & The Griswolds – House of Blues – 9 PM, $34
Glen David Andrews – The Little Gem Saloon – 8 PM, $10
Johnny Vidacovich, Ivan Neville, June Yamagishi, George Porter Jr. – Maple Leaf – 8:30 PM
St. Paul and the Broken Bones – Tipitina’s – 9 PM, $25
The Main Squeeze – Blue Nile – 11 PM, $15

Thursday, April 30

The Soul Rebels – Le Bon Temps Roule
John Cleary (solo piano set) – d.b.a. – $10
Shorty Fest 2015: Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue + “Hail To the Chief” w/ Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians, June Yamagishi, Nick Daniels, Raymond Weber, Kirk Joseph and Luther Dickinson + Corey Henry & Treme Funktet – Generations Hall – 7:30 PM, $45
The Revivalists + Rebirth Brass Band + Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds + Naughty Professor + RumpelSTEELskin – Howlin’ Wolf – 9:30 PM, $25
**The Royal Family Masquerage w/ Lettuce & Soulive – The Joy Theater – 10 PM, $40
Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Publiq House
**Worship My Organ ft. Joe Russo, Marco Benevento, Robert Walter, Skerik, Adam Deitch – One Eyed Jacks – 2 AM, $40
Axial Tilt: Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary Celebration ft. members of JGB, Phil Lesh, RatDog – Cafe Istanbul – 10 PM
***Down on the Bayou VI: Dr. John, Jojo Hermann, Col. Bruce Hampton, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, John Bell, Al Schnier, Jimmy Herring, Ivan Neville, New Orleans Suspects, Dave Schools, Oteil Burbridge, Duane Trucks, Bonerama Horns & more – Republic – 9 PM
St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Downright + DJ Logic – Tipitina’s – 9 PM, $25 (Sold Out)
Leftover Salmon ft. Bill Payne w/ Col. Bruce Hampton – Tipitina’s – 2 AM, $25
Nola Crawfish King Presents An Acoustic Evening w/ Honey Island Swamp Band & Anders Osborne – NOLA Brewery – 7 PM, $35
**Fiyawerx Presents George Porter Jr, Ivan Neville, Stanton Moore, Karl Denson, Tony Hall, Big Sam, Roosevelt Collier & Jennifer Hartswick – Maison – 2 AM, $30
Eric Lindell – Carollton Station – 10 PM, $20
Slipknot +  Hatebreed – Champions Square – 8 PM, $45.50
The Royal Southern Brotherhood + Neville Jacobs (Ivan Neville, Chris Jacobs, Tony Hall, Brady Blade) – City Park – 7 PM, $20
Oteil Burbridge, Marco Benevento, Skerik & Johnny Vidacovich – Maple Leaf – 10:30 PM
Galactic – One Eyed Jacks – 9 PM, $35

At the Fairgrounds: Widespread Panic, The Word, Cyril Neville, Sturgill Simpson, Bonerama, Amanda Shaw & more

Friday, May 1

***Fiya Fest 2015: Dragon Smoke, Revivalists Jam w/ Pete Murano, Khris Royal & Carly Meyers, George Porter Jr., Leo Nocentelli, Ivan Neville, Henry Butler, Raymond Weber, Karl Denson, Lee Fields, Tony Hall, Doug Wimbish, Russell Batiste, Robert Walter, Big Sam, Farnell Newton, Roosevelt Collier, Oteil Burbridge, Nikki Glaspie, Nigel Hall, Ian Neville, Eric Bolivar, Johnny Vidacovich, Skerik, Mike Dillon, Papa Mali, Wil Blades, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman, Arleigh Kincheloe, Andrew Block, Eric Vogel  and many more + Headliner TBA – Mardi Gras World – 12 PM
Primus & The Chocolate Factory – Civic Theatre, 10 PM, $50
Axial Tilt: Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary Celebration ft. members of JGB, Phil Lesh, RatDog – Cafe Istanbul – 10 PM
13th Annual Bayou Rendezvous
The Bayou Rendezvous All-Stars (Ivan Neville, Johnny Vidacovich, Col. Bruce Hampton, Oteil Burbridge, Eric McFadden & more) + Orgone vs. Monophonics + Kung Fu + The California Honeydrops + TAUK + Polyrhythmics + Gravity A – Howlin’ Wolf – 9 PM, $30
New Mastersounds & Zigaboo Modeliste – Joy Theater – 2 AM, $30
Voodoo Dead: A 50th Anniversary Grateful Dead Celebration w/ Bill Kreutzmann, Steve Kimock, Keller Williams, Dave Schools, Jeff Chimenti – Republic – 2 AM (Sold Out)
**Joe Russo’s Almost Dead ft. Scott Metzger, Tom Hamilton, Dave Dreiwitz, Marco Benevento & Joe Russo – Joy Theater – 10 PM, $35
Maggie Koerner + Cardinal Sons – One Eyed Jacks – 8 PM, $12
Soul Rebels – d.b.a. – $20
Six Strings Down: Tab Benoit w/ Anders Osborne, Samantha Fish & Luther Dickinson – Republic – 9 PM, $35
Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers + Bonerama – Rock ‘n’ Bowl – $20, 8:30 PM
The Funky Meters – Tipitina’s – 9 PM, $42.50
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe ft. Roosevelt Collier – Tipitina’s – 2 AM, $30
***Fiyawerx Presents Boatlive: Soulive w/s/g Lee Fields, Nigel Hall, DJ Logic & The Shady Horns – Steamboat Natchez Riverboat – 9:15 PM Boarding
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Preservation Hall -12 AM, $100
Billy Iuso & The Restless Natives – Banks Street Bar – 1 AM
Big Sam’s Funky Nation – Blue Nile – 10 PM, $20
Lost Bayou Ramblers – Gasa Gasa – 10 PM
Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Maison
James Brown Birthday Tribute ft. Tony Hall, Renard Poche, Raymond Webber, Roderick Paulin, Jeff Watkins, Tracy Griffin & Vitas Jones – Maple Leaf – 10:30 PM
Eric Lindell – Old Point Bar – 10 PM, $20
The Main Squeeze – Blue Nile – 2 AM, $15

At the Fairgrounds: Galactic ft. Macy Gray, No Doubt, Chicago, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes & more

Saturday, May 2

**Crawfish Boil w/ Anders Osborne, Particle, Fishead Stew, Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes – Howlin’ Wolf – 7 PM, $65
Anders Osborne + New Orleans Suspects – Howlin’ Wolf – 11 PM, $35
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead ft. Scott Metzger, Tom Hamilton, Dave Dreiwitz, Marco Benevento & Joe Russo – Joy Theater – 10 PM, $35 (Sold Out)
***Nevilles Forever: A Celebration of the Neville Brothers and their Music Farewell Concert w/ Aaron Neville, Art Neville, Charles Neville & Cyril Neville + Widespread Panic, Trombone Shorty, Galactic, Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas, Terence Blanchard, George Porter, Jr., Ivan Neville, John Boutté, Anders Osborne, Ian Neville & more – Saenger Theater – 9 PM, $100-550
Primus & The Chocolate Factory – Civic Theatre, 10 PM, $50
New Mastersounds & Jennifer Hartswick – Joy Theater – 2 AM, $30
Zappa Plays Zappa – Tipitina’s – 9 PM, $30
**Galactic – Tipitina’s – 2 AM, $46
Voodoo Dead: A 50th Anniversary Grateful Dead Celebration w/ Bill Kreutzmann, Steve Kimock, Keller Williams, Dave Schools, Jeff Chimenti, George Porter, Jr., Papa Mali – Republic – 10 PM (Sold Out)
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears – One Eyed Jacks – 8 PM, $25
George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners + Lost Bayou Ramblers – d.b.a. – $20
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Preservation Hall -12 AM, $100
Doug Wimbish w/ Nigel Hall, Khris Royal & Big Sam Williams – Blue Nile – 10 PM, $15
Marco Benevento – Blue Nile – 2 AM, $20
GoHARD Tour: DJ Snake, Zeds Dead, Big Gigantic, Tchami, Rae Sremmurd, GTA, Destructo, Wax Motif – Champions Square – 4 PM, $31
DJ Soul Sister – Hi Ho Lounge – 11 PM
The Meters Experience ft. Leo Nocentelli – The Little Gem Saloon – 10 PM, $15
The Motet – Maison
Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen – Maple Leaf – 10:30 PM
Eric Lindell + Mingo Fishtrap – Rock N Bowl – 8:30, $22
Fiyawrapper River Rage w/ GZA, The Fyre Dept (Eric Krasno, Adam Deitch, Jesus Coomes, Tyler Coomes, Borahm Lee), The Soul Rebels & DJ Logic – Steamboat Natchez – Boards 9:15 PM/Departs at 10 PM, $45
Break Science Live Band – One Eyed Jacks – 2 AM, $20

At the Fairgrounds: Elton John, Ed Sheeran, Aaron Neville, Jenny Lewis, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Taj Mahal Trio, Big Freedia & more

Sunday, May 3

NOLA Crawfish King’s Jazz Fest Crawfish Bash w/ John “Papa” Gros & Friends (Brian Stoltz, Eric Vogel & Russ Broussard) – 3207 Derby Place – 7 PM, $30
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic + DJ Soul Sister – House of Blues – 8 PM, $40
***The Motet performs “Mixtape 1975” + 17th Annual Zigaboo Modeliste Funk Revue – Howlin’ Wolf – 10 PM, $30
Voodoo Dead: A 50th Anniversary Grateful Dead Celebration w/ Bill Kreutzmann, Steve Kimock, Keller Williams, Dave Schools, Jeff Chimenti, George Porter, Jr.- Republic – 10 PM (Sold Out)
Dumpstaphunk & New Orleans Suspects – Tipitina’s – 9 PM, $25
Tab Benoit + Sonny Landreth – Rock ‘n’ Bowl – 8 PM, $22
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Preservation Hall -12 AM, $100
Big Sam Williams, Marco Benevento, Roosevelt Collier & Doug Wimbish – Blue Nile – 10 PM, $15
Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen – d.b.a. – 7 PM, $10
Stanton Moore Trio – d.b.a. – 10 PM, $20
Frequinox – d.b.a. – 1 AM, $20
Russell Welch, Church, Unicorn Fckr – Dragon’s Den – 10 PM
Rebirth Brass Band – Howlin’ Wolf Den – 10 PM, $10
Kermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers – Kermit’s Treme Mother-In-Law Lounge – 6 PM, $20
Joe Krown, Walter Wolfman Washington & Russell Batiste, Jr. – Maple Leaf – 10 PM
Marco Benevento Band w/ Dave Dreiwitz & Andy Borger – Maple Leaf – 2 AM
Eric Lindell – One Eyed Jacks – 9 PM, $20

At the Fairgrounds: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Lenny Kravitz, The Original Meters, Buddy Guy, Dr. John, The Radiators, The Blind Boys of Alabama & more