FRIDAY
The Dirty Bourbon River Show celebrates the release of its new album at Tipitina's. At One Eyed Jacks, the New Orleans Bingo! Show debuts its new lineup. The rough-voiced country-rocker and occasional hobo Stix duh Clown performs with Debauche at Circle Bar.
Upstairs at the Dragon's Den, the Soul Rebels Brass Band blasts the brass.
In the community space the Lower 9th Ward Village (1001 Charbonnet St.) Charmaine Neville performs at 4 p.m. with Bill Summers -- plus fire spinners and Mardi Gras Indians.
At the Saturn Bar, the venerable Texan country-punks the Hickoids share the bill with raucous New Orleans bluesman Guitar Lightnin' Lee. Indie-rock ensemble MyNameIsJohnMichael plays the Republic. At Carrollton Station, Susan Cowsill takes on the B-52s' first album in the latest installment of her “Covered in Vinyl" series. See the real thing at the House of Blues on Wednesday night.
SATURDAY
Supa Black & Gold Pep Rally
House of Blues, 9 p.m.
(doors open at 8 p.m.)
The House of Blues revs things up for Super Bowl Sunday with the Supa Black & Gold Pep Rally, featuring DJ Captain Charles (aka Charles Leach), the Stooges Brass Band, the TBC Brass Band and more. Expect a sea of black and gold as folks compete to win prizes in the Wear Your Most Outrageous Who Dat Outfit contest.
Two guest vocalists join the flamenco group Ven Pa'Ca at Chickie Wah Wah-- the well-known flamenco singer Chayito Champion and the perhaps less likely collaborator Johnette Napolitano, best known as the frontwoman of the '90s rock group Concrete Blonde.
The infamous John Sinclair hosts the “Mardi Gras to the World" celebration at Tipitina's, with 101 Runners, June Yamagishi, conga man Alfred “Uganda" Roberts and more guests, plus 3-Piece Spicy's tribute to Professor Longhair.
The eclectic Norwegian guitarist Sondre Lerche plays the Parish at the House of Blues.
The socially conscious rapper Truth Universal plays downstairs at the Dragon's Den.
At Snug Harbor, Astral Project performs at 8 and 10 p.m.
'60s R&B guitar man Ernie Vincent performs with his Top Notes at Checkpoint Charlie's.
At the Hi-Ho Lounge, country songstress Kitty Lynn performs along with singer-songwriter Steve Eck for his CD release party.
Little Freddie King is at dba.
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
The Panorama Jazz Band swings Super Bowl Sunday at the Circle Bar.
Jesse Moore plays blues guitar at the Old Point Bar.
At the Maple Leaf, Walter “Wolfman" Washington and Russell Batiste join pianist Joe Krown.
Gal Holiday and the Honky-Tonk Revue are at the Balcony Music Club.
MONDAY
Glen David Andrews performs at dba.
At Chickie Wah Wah, Evan Christopher's Clarinet Road plays its weekly gig.
Bob French and the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band are at Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse.
TUESDAY
At the Circle Bar, experimental rock band I, Octopus shares the bill with Smiley With a Knife. The Cottonmouth Kings play dba. Al “Carnival Time" Johnson gets the season going at Rock'n'Bowl.
WEDNESDAY
B-52s
House of Blues, 8 p.m.
No doubt fans of the '80s legends will fill the French Quarter club as the familiar faces of Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson and Keith Strickland take to the stage, bringing bouffants and dance-punk to the Crescent City. Expect joyous dancing to “Love Shack" as well as the No. 1 1978 hit “Rock Lobster." The band, which came out of Athens, Ga., was part of the New Wave scene of the late 1970s and '80s, combining punk with infectious pop melodies.
Space-bluesman Papa Mali hosts his third annual Supernatural Ball at Tipitina's. That One Guy, a former bass player who felt frustrated by the limitations of his instrument, plays his 7-foot-tall Magic Pipe (a handmade amalgam of strings, pipes, gears and buttons) for free at Howlin' Wolf.
At the Marigny Theatre, downtown keyboard and bass oddity Ratty Scurvics performs a full theatrical event with new band the Black Market Butchers, plus acrobats and clowns.
The Treme Brass Band plays the Candlelight Lounge.
The Tin Men play dba at 7 p.m., followed by Walter “Wolfman" Washington and the Roadmasters at 10.
Irvin Mayfield's Grammy-winning New Orleans Jazz Orchestra plays his Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta.
THURSDAY
The Rebirth Brass Band plays a free show at Howlin' Wolf.
Folk-blues guitarist Grayson Capps performs at dba.
The New Birth Brass Band is the featured act at Preservation Hall's Brass Band Thursday.
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