Stanton Moore, the luminary New Orleans funk drummer and Jazz Fest late-night warrior best known for his work with Galactic, will once again team up with talented friends Robert Walter, Skerik, Big Sam, and Will Bernard for an intimate evening at Toulouse Theatre on Thursday, May 1st, 2025 to help set the second weekend of Fest by Nite in motion [get tickets].
For this circle of world-class musicians, the “Stanton Moore & Friends” moniker is more than just convenient billing. The outfit’s organ trio core—Moore, guitarist Will Bernard, and organist Robert Walter (The Greyboy Allstars, Mike Gordon, Roger Waters)—has recorded albums as a unit. Both idiosyncratic saxophonist Skerik (Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade) and beloved NOLA trombonist Big Sam (Big Sam’s Funky Nation) are longtime collaborators of Moore’s, too, having worked with him on myriad live and recorded projects through the years—including a running of Stanton Moore & Friends with the same lineup as part of last year’s Fest by Nite series. Revisit that show here.
In addition to Stanton Moore & Friends and his various other Jazz Fest engagements, Stanton Moore will take part in Daze Between New Orleans 2025 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater, where he will join Ivan Neville in supporting The Meters’ George Porter Jr. and Leo Nocentelli as GEOLEO.
Tickets to Stanton Moore & Friends ft. Robert Walter, Skerik, Big Sam, and Will Bernard at Toulouse Theatre in New Orleans, LA on Thursday, May 1st, 2025 are now on sale here. Scroll down for complete show details.
This show is part of Live For Live Music and GMP Live’s Fest by Nite series in New Orleans during Jazz Fest. Confirmed 2025 events include:
- Cool Cool Cool Presents: A Tribute to Madonna – Express Yourself – Toulouse Theatre – Friday, April 25th [tickets]
- Soulive – The Joy Theater – Friday, April 25th [tickets]
- Norwood Fisher Presents: Blackened Sabbath – Deep Cutz From Black Sabbath – Toulouse Theatre – Friday, April 25th (late) [tickets]
- Worship My Organ ft. Ivan Neville, Robert Walter, Skerik, Adam Deitch – Toulouse Theatre – Saturday, April 26th [tickets]
- Purple Party: A Tribute to Prince ft. members of Cool Cool Cool, The Motet, Magic Beans – Toulouse Theatre – Saturday, April 26th (late) [tickets]
- Nate Smith ft. Kiefer & CARRTOONS w/s/g Eric Gales – Toulouse Theatre – Sunday, April 27th [tickets]
- Daze Between New Orleans Day 1 ft. Umphrey’s McGee, moe., lespecial, & more – Mahalia Jackson Theater – Tuesday, April 29th [tickets]
- Daze by Nite ft. members of Umphrey’s McGee & moe. – Toulouse Theatre – Tuesday, April 29th [tickets]
- Daze Between New Orleans Day 2 ft. The Allman Betts Band New Orleans Family Revival, GEOLEO, The Headhunters, & more – Mahalia Jackson Theater – Wednesday, April 30th [tickets]
- The Daze Between Band ft. Eric Krasno, George Porter Jr., Ivan Neville, Tony Hall, Jennifer Hartswick, Skerik, Raymond Weber, & Alex Wasily, plus special guests – Tipitina’s – Wednesday, April 30th [tickets]
- A Dream We Dreamed: A New Orleans Tribute to Phil Lesh ft. members of moe., The Meters, The Disco Biscuits, Dumpstaphunk, The Terrapin Family Band, & more – The Joy Theater – Thursday, May 1st [tickets]
- Stanton Moore & Friends ft. Robert Walter, Skerik, Big Sam, Will Bernard – Toulouse Theatre – Thursday, May 1st [tickets]
- lespecial w/ Mike Dillon & Kanika Moore – Toulouse Theatre – Thursday, May 1st (late) [tickets]
- Mike Gordon w/ Karina Rykman – The Joy Theater – Friday, May 2nd [tickets]
- BTTRFLY Quintet – Toulouse Theatre – Friday, May 2nd (late) [tickets]
- Boyfriend ft. members of The Revivalists – Toulouse Theatre – Saturday, May 3rd [tickets]
- Crescent City Classics ft. members of The Meters, Dumpstaphunk, Lettuce, & more – The Joy Theater – Saturday, May 3rd [tickets]
- The Funk Sessions ft. Skerik, Adam Deitch, Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff, Erick “Jesus” Coomes – Toulouse Theatre – Saturday, May 3rd (late) [tickets]
***SHOW INFO***
Show: Stanton Moore & Friends
Band Lineup: Stanton Moore (drums; Galactic), Robert Walter (organ; The Greyboy Allstars, Mike Gordon, Roger Waters), Skerik (saxophone; Les Claypool), Big Sam (trombone, vocals; Big Sam’s Funky Nation), Will Bernard (guitar)
Presented by: Live For Live Music & GMP Live
Date: Thursday, May 1st, 2025
Venue: Toulouse Theatre | 615 Toulouse Street, New Orleans, LA
Time: Doors 8:00 p.m. / Show 9:00 p.m.
Tickets (on sale now): GA Tier 1: $32/ GA Tier 2 & Day of Show: $35.00 / VIP: $70.00 (VIP includes VIP entry, and access to the VIP balcony and bar).
