The Radiators, Gene Ween, ALO, Tea Leaf Green, Punch Brothers, Aaron Neville and Anders Osborne are among the acts scheduled to play the Backbeat JazzFest Series. These shows will take place at clubs throughout New Orleans during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The late night series will also boast a bonus mostly acoustic performance by The Radiators, an Ivan Neville and “friends” show and a reunion of Jon Cleary & The Original Absolute Monster Gentlemen. A variety of southern voices will also participate in a special Southern Troubadours performance at Le Petit Theatre.
Here’s a look at the Backbeat JazzFest Series
Anders Osborne 10pm / Bonerama 12:30am, Friday 4/29, Tipitina’s – French Quarter
The Radiators 10pm, Friday 4/29, The Temple (formerly Scottish Rite Temple)
Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers 10pm / Big Sam’s Funky Nation 12am, Saturday 4/30, The Temple (formerly Scottish Rite Temple)
A (Mostly) Acoustic Evening With The Radiators, Saturday 4/30, Le Petit Theatre
ALO 3:15am / Tea Leaf Green 1:30am, Saturday 4/30 (technically 5/1), Tipitina’s – French Quarter
Reunion Of Jon Cleary & The Original Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Saturday 4/30 (technically 5/1), Le Petit Theatre
1:00am Doors – 1:30am Show
Ivan Neville & Friends, Sunday 5/1, Le Petit Theatre, 9pm Doors – 10pm Show
Cyril Neville’s Nevillution, Thursday 5/5, Tipitina’s – French Quarter, 9pm Doors – 10pm Show
Southern Troubadours feat.Tab Benoit, Anders Osborne, Grayson Capps, Devon Allman, Thursday 5/5, Le Petit Theatre, 9pm Doors – 10pm Show
Tab Benoit’s Swampland Jam, Friday 5/6, Tipitina’s – French Quarter, 9pm Doors – 10pm Show
Gene Ween w/ special guests, Friday 5/6, Blue Nile, 9pm Doors – 10pm Show
An Intimate Evening With Aaron Neville, Friday 5/6, Le Petit Theatre, 9pm Doors – 10pm Show
Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Friday 5/6 (technically 5/7), Blue Nile
1:30am Doors – 2am Show
Gene Ween / special guests Alex McMurray, Saturday 5/7, Tipitina’s – French Quarter, 9pm Doors – 10pm Show
Punch Brothers feat. Chris Thile w/ special guests, Saturday 5/7, Blue Nile, 9pm Doors – 10pm Show
George Porter Jr. & Runnin Pardners, Saturday 5/7 (technically 5/8), Tipitina’s – French Quarter, 1:30am Doors – 2am Show
Orgone, Saturday 5/7 (technically 5/8), Blue Nile
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