The Howlin' Wolf

Slow Burn Burlesque at the Howlin Wolf Friday 5/18

stu — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:24:38 +0000

It’s that time again….for burlesque with a twist at the Howlin Wolf! Slow Burn Burlesque is putting on their “most glamorous, over the top theatrical burlesque shows ever staged.” This month’s theme is “Hollywood Babylon,” a wild tribute to Kenneth Anger’s book about Hollywood scandals during the Golden Age, and is directed by Kitty Twist.

The members of Slow Burn will be paying homage to the Golden Age by performing as some of Hollywood’s most famous (or should we say infamous) stars involved in the glamorous dramatic happenings from the 1900’s to the 1950’s. From Ava Gardner to Charlie Chaplin to Marilyn Monroe, this show is sure to blow your mind! Slow Burn Burlesque is bringing Kenneth Anger’s book to life on the Howlin Wolf stage!

Doors open at 10 pm, don’t miss out! Get your tickets here.

NO LAW’S Matriarchal Mayhem Maytime BRAWL. Plus Vedas in The Den @ 10pm! (Sat 5/12)

stu — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:20:25 +0000

This Saturday, May 12th, at The Howlin Wolf it’s NO LAW’s Matriarchal Mayhem Maytime BRAWL! Come see some of NOLA’s finest ladies duke it out; all for a good cause. Proceeds from the event will benefit Covenant House and help them continue to provide vital services in our city. Get your tickets here & in the ladies words, not ours, “Expect brawling babes, flashy half time performances and so much goodness.” It’s going to be a really fun night and they encourage participation. If you’re interested in getting involved with NO LAW to wrestle, perform, or be involved in any way contact them here.

Also, this Saturday special Vedas Acoustic show in The Den! Check out their Facebook page here. The show starts @ 10pm with Alxander Fly at 11pm.

#FestByNight is over :-(

stu — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:27:11 +0000

Yes, yes ladies and gents! Unfortunately, Jazz Fest & our Fest By Night festivities have come to a close.:-( So sad, but true.

We had an phenomenal time with you and the wonderful performers who graced our stage. This year was super special!! In true Howlin’ Wolf fashion, we brought you legendary artists, crazy jam sessions, and once in a life time performances. Don’t you wish you could just relive it ALL!?!? Thanks to these new fangled digital camera thingys we’ve captured some of #FestByNight’s greatest moments.

Check out our YouTube page to see clips of The Radiators, The Meters, Rebirth Brass Band, tons of cool people, and a whole lot of #FestByNight awesomeness. We’ve also posted a bunch of pictures on Facebook and we’ll be adding more over the next few weeks. Check out our Twitter/Instagram @howlinwolfnola for some real time pics taken during the #FestByNight festivities!!

Be on the lookout for our official #FestByNight recap and we hope to see you all back here for next year’s #FestByNight at the Howlin’ Wolf!

Show #10 Fest By Night Zigaboo’s Funk Revue w/ George Porter Jr. & the Runnin’ Pardners & Late Night Super Jam w/ Leo Nocentelli , John Gros , Russell Batiste , Walter Washington, Joe Krown, Erick Coomes & very special guests

stu — Sun, 06 May 2012 14:57:19 +0000

PLEASE PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS!

Tonight is THE LAST SHOW of #FestByNight and we are going out with a BANG! So far we’ve given you a Radiators reunion, The Original Meters, The Megalomaniacs Ball, The Royal Family Ball, 7 Walkers, the New Orleans Allstars & lots & lots of Brass. You think that would be enough right!? WRONG! #FestByNight is back with what we can only call ‘a lil Lagniappe’.

Get ready to party to one of the most awesome jam sessions you’ll ever experience. TONIGHT live on stage is Zigaboo’s Funk Revue with George Porter Jr. and the Runnin’ Pardners and Late Night Super Jam w/ Leo Nocentelli (the Meters), John Gros (Papa Grows Funk), Russell Batiste (funky Meters) , Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Joe Krown, Erick “Jesus” Coomes (Lettuce) and very special guests all for 30 bucks.

Tonight is our last show! If you haven’t been to any yet; we know you’ve heard about em’! Don’t wuss out, we know tomorrow is Monday but TONIGHT is the last night

Click here to party!

Show # 9 Fest By Night, Saturday May 5, 2012: The Original Meters + Papa Grows Funk, and Rebirth Brass Band

stu — Sat, 05 May 2012 18:27:05 +0000

Even though The Howlin’ Wolf was rockin’ til the early morn at the Bayou Rendezvous last night, we’re back at it tonight with another showing of epic-ness! The Original Meters are blessing the Howlin’ Wolf stage in front of a sold out crowd for their first New Orleans club show in 30 years!!! Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr., and Zigaboo Modeliste were the soulful sound of the sixties and are true ambassadors of New Orleans funk. But the funk doesn’t stop there…we had to bring Papa Grows Funk back to get the party started!! If you were lucky enough to get a ticket, prepare yourself to witness a legendary showing of funk masters!

If you weren’t lucky enough to snatch one, Rebirth Brass Band will also be hitting the stage tonight! Tickets will be available at the door after The Meters perform. Fest By Night is coming to a close, but we’re going out in style! See y’all tonight!

Show #8: The 10th Annual Bayou Rendezvous w/ The Pimps of Joytime, Papa Grows Funk featuring the Bonerama Horns & The New Orleans All-Stars #FestByNight

stu — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:25:18 +0000

Come one, come all to The Howlin Wolf for the 10th Annual Bayou Rendezvous! Now, before you get all excited, let me tell you exactly what you’ll be getting this Friday because this is THE show you don’t want to miss.

With Show # 8, we’re promising you some damn good music and a damn great time! Live at The Howlin Wolf, this Friday, May 4th will be The Pimps of Joytime, Papa Grows Funk ft The Bonerama Horns, The New Orleans Allstars, The Malone Brothers, Good Enough for Good Times, Monophonics, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, Eric McFadden, The Sunrise Breakfast Jam & Special Guest ALL NIGHT!!! Now doesn’t that sound like a good time.

This party is going to go into the wee hours of the morning but don’t worry about packing a snack because we’ve got all the food, fun and funk taking care of. Over the years, we’ve gotten to know a couple of you who seem to make it out every year. No matter where people are around the world, it seems like they make it back to New Orleans for this night. We appreciate that! So whether you’re a ‘Rendezvous Regular’ or this is your first time joining us for our little Rendezvous on the Bayou, you’re sure to have a good time.

We’ll see you tonight at 10. Get your tickets here now.

Show # 7: Royal Family Ball feat. Soulive, Lettuce & Friends plus Nigel Hall & Alecia Chakour In The Den: Boukou Groove feat. Big D Perkins, Terrence Higgins and Gravy

stu — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:37:20 +0000

If you missed last night’s Megalomaniacs Ball, don’t worry, we’re having another one tonight! It’s that time of year again folks, tonight is the 5^th Annual Royal Family Ball, sponsored by Jam Cruise. It’s gonna be a funk fest full of Royal Family artists!

Soulful singers Nigel Hall and Alecia Chakour will be starting the show on the main stage at 9. We’re saving the funk for last as Soulive and Lettuce will be ending the night off right. Get ready to dance, drink, and be merry at the 5^th Annual Royal Family Ball! Get tickets here.

For some late action, we have New Orleans soul/funk jam band Boukou Groove feat. guitarist “Big D” Perkins and Dirty Dozen Brass Band drummer Terrence Higgins along with groove quartet Gravy starting at midnight.

Don’t forget we have tasty treats for munching that are carefully crafted by our culinary crew from Boucherie every night in The Den!

Show #6 Megalomaniacs Ball ft. Garage a Trois w/ Charlie Hunter, Stanton Moore Trio, Marco Benevento & more

stu — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:01:26 +0000

First off, I’ve got to say that if you weren’t with us last night, YOU MISSED A GREAT SHOW! Okay, I just had to get that out.

TONIGHT we have a GREAT show lined up for you! It’s the Megalomaniacs Ball featuring Garage a Trois w/ special guest Charlie Hunter , Stanton Moore Trio , Marco Benevento , The Dead Kenny Gs , Mike Dillon Band (featuring members of Yojimbo) & MC Silver Ice. With a line up like this, you know we’re gonna be jammin’ all night. This is one of our FAVORITE shows and if you haven’t seen it before, you need to make tonight the night.

If that wasn’t enough, we have more. Next door in the Den is the Perrier Lounge Soul Party with DJ SMOKE A LOT (aka Kermit Ruffins), Forgotten Souls Brass Band, DJ Perrier and The Boudin Man plus special guests. It’s nice to see Mr. Ruffins put the horn down every now and then to see what other musical talents he has to offer. You’ve got to admit, this is a lot of great music under one roof for only 10 bucks.

Get your tickets here and we’ll see you tonight.

Show # 5 Fest By Night, Tuesday, May 1: New Orleans Suspects The Radiators (to benefit Reggie), Camille Baudoin & The Living Rumors, Dave Malone

stu — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:56:20 +0000

After a day off, the Howlin Wolf is coming back with another hard hitting show full of fish-head music and New Orleans funk… AND all for a good cause! For our fifth Fest by Night show, we have The New Orleans Suspects, Camile Baudoin & The Living Rumors, Dave Malone, and other special guests coming together to support Reggie Scalan in his fight against pancreatic cancer. There might even be a little reunion of The Radiators for the night…a major treat for any Fishhead!

Come party with a purpose at the Howlin Wolf on Tuesday! Get your tickets here to help Reggie and help yourself to a great time at New Orleans’ Premier Music Venue!

TONIGHT: Show #4 Fest By Night “The Doctor Is In” A Benefit for Roots of Music, Sweet Home New Orleans and Trombone Shorty’s Horns for Schools Program featuring Rebirth Brass Band with Big Sam , Kermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers & more..

stu — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:35:03 +0000

After 3 days of non-stop musical excellence here at #FestByNight, we take one night to recognize the vital role music plays in our city. Show #4 of #FestByNight is “The Doctor Is In”, A Benefit for Roots of Music, Sweet Home New Orleans and Trombone Shorty’s Horns for Schools Program.
Now when we say “benefit”, we you don’t want you to think this is going to just be like any ole’ benefit. This will be the loudest, funkiest benefit in the history of benefits! We’ve got ReBirth Brass Band, Big Sam, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, Jeremy Davenport, Baby Boyz Brass Band, YoJimbo and many, MANY more! I don’t know exactly how many more but this is New Orleans! You never know who might be strolling by coincidentally carrying their horn on a night like this. Also, right next door, we’ll have the Hot 8 Brass Band blowing it down in The Den!

Be sure to come out tonight because there won’t be any shows on Monday. We figured we’d give your ear drums a little break. Most of you aren’t from New Orleans and we veterans know that the key to good festin’ is all about pacing yourself. So come out tonight, take a breather on Monday and then meet us back at the Wolf Tuesday night for the New Orleans Suspects, Camile Baudoin & The Living Rumors, Dave Malone & a VERY special guest.