Shows to Watch for June 15, 2012
July 23, 2012
The Shows to Watch calendar is a listing of events taking place in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas from June 15-June-June 21, 2012. It covers rock, reggae, jazz, country and everything in between.
ROCK
JUNE 15
--ANOTHER HERO: Roux House
--CAPTAIN LEGENDARY BAND: Chelsea's Café
JUNE 16
--ELVIN KILLERBEE: Phil Brady's
--JASON MARTIN AND THE HITCHHIKERS: Roux House
--PANDORA: Big Heads Tavern
JUNE 19
--RHETT GUILLOT: Happy's Irish Pub (Third Street, 7 p.m.)
JUNE 20
--JONATHAN RICHMAN: Spanish Moon
--OPIUM SYMPHONY: Game Day Daiquiris
JUNE 21
--RYAN JENKINS AND PAT-E: Park Place (Gonzales)
--BLUES/RHYTHM AND BLUES
JUNE 15
--GREGG WRIGHT: Teddy's Juke Joint (Zachary)
JUNE 16
--STOOGES BRASS BAND: Chelsea's Café
--ONE MORE TIME: Teddy's Juke Joint (Zachary, 8 p.m.)
JUNE 17
--LIL' RAY NEAL BLUES BAND: Teddy's Juke Joint (Zachary, 5 p.m.)
JUNE 20
--VINCE HUTCHINSON AND THE HEAVY STORM BUILDING: DJ's Club Elite
JUNE 14
--CATCH ONE: DJ's Club Elite
VARIETY
JUNE 15
--GINA BROWN/DJ SOOTH: The Famous Theatre (150 Mayflower St.)
--SOFA KINGS: Park Place (Gonzales)
--REUNION: American Legion Hall (151 S. Wooddale Blvd.)
--ERNEST SCOTT AND THE FUNK CHILDREN: Rick-n-Robin's
--COREY LANDRY: Renaissance Hotel (5 p.m.)
--GUTTERSHARKS: Cadillac Café
--THE MOLLY RINGWALDS: Varsity Theatre
--SILVERHOOK: Laguna Beach Daiquiris (Denham Springs)
--COLORBLIND: Onezia Upscale Lounge (Gonzales)
JUNE 16
--FLOYD BROWN: Moonlight Inn (French Settlement)
--LOUISIANA: Park Place (Gonzales)
--BRANDON FORET: Rick-n-Robin's
--TRUE SPIN: Cadillac Café
--RACOON: Pop-A-Top (Port Allen)
--RED HEADED STEP CHILD: Onezia Upscale Lounge (Gonzales)
--POOYIA: The Office Lounge (8 p.m.)
--BLU ROUGE: Backstreet Lounge (8 p.m.)
--DALE SELLARS AND BACK ROADS: Bueche's Bar (False River)
JUNE 17
--21ST CENTURY BAND: North Boulevard Town Square (noon)
--OPEN MIC: Brew HaHa (6 p.m.)
JUNE 18
--JOE MONK'S SHOWCASE: DJ's Club Elite
JUNE 19
--EDDIE SMITH BAND: On the Half Shell (Prairieville, 6:30 p.m.)
--POETRY NIGHT: The Famous Theatre (150 Mayflower St., 8 p.m.)
JUNE 21
--TRICKY DICKIES: Cadillac Café
ACOUSTIC
JUNE 15
--GINA FORSYTH/SMITHFIELD FAIR: Red Dragon Listening Room (2401 Florida Blvd., 8 p.m.)
--MIKE MILLER: Southpaws Daiquiris
--GARRETT MCCUTCHAN: Circa 1857 (11 a.m.)
--DAMON VAN MATRE: On the Half Shell (6:30 p.m.)
--DAMON KING: Monjunis Italian Restaurant (6:30 p.m.)
--MIKE HOGAN: Spanky's Daiquiris (Prairieville)
--KEVIN JOHNSON AND BARRY HEBERT: Who's Who Lounge (8 p.m.)
--DEBBIE LANDRY: Roux Wine and Spirits (Prairieville, 7 p.m.)
JUNE 16
--KIRK HOLDER: Satterfields (New Roads, 3 p.m.)
--MIKE HOGAN: On the Half Shell (Prairieville, 6:30 p.m.)
--GARRETT MCCUTCHAN: Circa 1857 (11 a.m.)
--KEVIN JOHNSON: Who's Who Lounge (8 p.m.)
JUNE 17
--KIRK HOLDER: Beausoleil (noon)
--STEVEN HOLLAND: Spanky's Daiquiris (Prairieville)
JUNE 18
--GARRETT MCCUTCHAN: Circa 1857 (11 a.m.)
--DEBBIE LANDRY: On the Half Shell (Prairieville, 6:30 p.m.)
--RHETT ANTHONY: Spanky's Daiquiris (Prairieville, 7 p.m.)
JUNE 19
--ACOUSTIC WITH ATTITUDE: Cadillac Café
--GARRETT MCCUTCHAN: Circa 1857 (11 a.m.)
--SHAWN ALLEN AND KEVIN AMIE: Jones Boys Hall of Fame (7:30 p.m.)
JUNE 20
--GARRETT MCCUTCHAN: Circa 1857 (11 a.m.)
--DEBBIE LANDRY, EDDIE SMITH AND BUTCH LANE: Glen's Bar (7:30 p.m.)
--DIXIE ROSE ACOUSTIC CIRCLE: Teddy's Juke Joint (Zachary, 7 p.m.)
JUNE 21
--GARRETT MCCUTCHAN: Circa 1857 (11 a.m.)
--JOSH GARRETT: On the Half Shell (Prairieville, 6:30 p.m.)
--ESCO MCCULLUM: Spanky's Daiquiris (Prairieville)
--DEBBIE LANDRY TRIO: New Orleans Original Daiquiris (Gonzales)
--JODI JAMES: Onezia Upscale Lounge (Gonzales)
COUNTRY
JUNE 15
--THE KOZMIC KOWBOYZ: Jones Boys Hall of Fame
JUNE 16
--VARIETY SHOW WITH DANNY HARRELL AND THE NASHVILLE EDITION: Old South Jamboree (Walker, 7 p.m.)
--MICKEY, JACK AND THE HALL OF FAME BAND: Jones Boys Hall of Fame
JUNE 20
--MICKEY, JACK, MARK AND BILLY: Jones Boys Hall of Fame (7:30 p.m.)
CAJUN/ZYDECO
JUNE 15
--WAYNE TOUPS: Texas Club
JAZZ
JUNE 15
--HILARY KOLE AND GENE BERTONCINI WITH WILLIS DELONY, BRIAN SHAW AND BILL GRIMES: LSU School of Music Recital Hall (7:30 p.m.)
CHRISTIAN
JUNE 15
--PAUL "CACTUS JACK" LAMARR: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (10445 Highland Road, 7 p.m.)
DANCE
JUNE 15
--DJ THE PHENOMENAL/DJ NEAUX FACE: DJ's Club Elite
JUNE 16
--DJ SUPAMIKE: The Famous Theatre (150 Mayflower St.)
JUNE 17
--DJ RUFF: Park Place (Gonzales)
JUNE 18
--TEDDY'S OLD TIME RECORD SPIN: Teddy's Juke Joint (Zachary, 8 p.m.)
JUNE 19
--TEDDY'S OLD TIME RECORD SPIN: Teddy's Juke Joint (Zachary, 8 p.m.)
JUNE 20
--JITTERBUG LESSONS: Onezia Upscale Lounge (Gonzales)
JUNE 21
--SWING LESSONS: Rick-n-Robin's
--DOWN SOUTH STEPPERS: DJ's Club Elite (7 p.m.)
--DJ DEW IT: Roux House
--TEDDY'S OLD TIME RECORD SPIN: Teddy's Juke Joint (Zachary, 8 p.m.)
KARAOKE
JUNE 15
--KARAOKE: Thai Kitchen
--KARAOKE: Fred's on the River (Port Vincent)
--KARAOKE: The Office Lounge
JUNE 16
--KARAOKE: Cypress Lounge (Walker)
JUNE 18
--KARAOKE: Park Place (Gonzales)
JUNE 19
--KARAOKE: Park Place (Gonzales)
--KARAOKE: DJ's Club Elite
JUNE 20
--KARAOKE: Park Place (Gonzales)
--KARAOKE: Red Star
--KARAOKE: Cadillac Café
JUNE 21
--KARAOKE: Rick-n-Robin's
--KARAOKE WITH DANA: Jones Boys Hall of Fame (8 p.m.)
OUTLYING
JUNE 15
--T.K. HULIN: Paragon Casino (Marksville, 9 p.m.)
JUNE 16
--KEVIN AND DONNA JOHNSON: St. Francisville Community Market (Parker Park, 9:30 a.m.)
--FIASCO: The Tiki Hut (St. Amant)
--DELBERT MCCLINTON: Paragon Casino (Marksville, 9 p.m.)
--SILVERHOOK: Somewhere Else (Hammond)
LAFAYETTE AREA
JUNE 15
--T-KETTE/CARBON POPIES/QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT: Blue Moon Saloon (8 p.m.)
--ANDY SMITH BAND: Whiskey River (1365 Henderson Road)
JUNE 16
--HORRACE TRAHAN: Blue Moon Saloon (8 p.m.)
--BRANDON MOREAU AND CAJUNGRASS: Liberty Theater (Eunice, 6 p.m.)
--DEBBIE LANDRY: Clementine (New Iberia)
--GREGG WRIGHT: The Station Live (Broussard)
JUNE 17
--GENO DELAFOSE AND FRENCH ROCKIN' BOOGIE: Whiskey River (1365 Henderson Road, 4 p.m.)
NEW ORLEANS
JUNE 15
--MYNAMEISJOHNMICHAEL/THE BRETON SOUND: One Eyed Jacks
--STOOGES BRASS BAND/LOCAL SKANK: Tipitina's
--LITTLE FREDDIE KING: Irvin Mayfield's I Club
--CEDRIC BURNSIDE PROJECT: Blue Nile
--PAUL LONGSTRETH (5 p.m.)/LENA PRIMA BAND (9 p.m.): Hotel Monteleone Carousel Bar and Lounge:
--CARL LEBLANC/KIMBERLY HOUSER: Columbia Street (Covington, 6 p.m.)
--GEORGE COLOTTI AND THE VICTORY SIX: National World War II Museum
--JOSH PAXTON (5 p.m.)/LEON "KID CHOCOLATE" BROWN (8 p.m.)/BURLESQUE BALLROOM (Midnight): Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel)
--PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ MASTERS WITH LEROY JONES: Preservation Hall (8 p.m.)
--SEBASTIAN WESTON AND THE FUNKY EXISTENCE: Banks Street Bar and Grill
JUNE 16
--GEORGE PORTER JR. AND RUNNIN' PARDNERS: Blue Nile
--JAKE AND THE NIFTY FIFTIES: St. Luke's Family Center (Slidell, 8 p.m.)
--SPICKLE/TESTAVERDE/SAM SARAH: One Eyed Jacks
--LENA PRIMA BAND: Hotel Monteleone Carousel Bar and Lounge
--OPEN AUDITIONS: National World War II Museum (10 a.m.)
--BILLY IUSO AND THE RESTLESS NATIVES: Tipitina's
--JAZ SAWYER'S CRESCENT CITY ALL-STARS (8 p.m.)/BRASS-A-HOLICS (Midnight): Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel)
--GREGG STAFFORD'S JAZZ HOUNDS: Preservation Hall (8 p.m.)
--GOOD ENOUGH FOR GOOD TIMES: Irvin Mayfield's I Club
--dEEP ROY/THE EGG YOLK JUBILEE: Banks Street Bar and Grill
JUNE 17
--GEORGE COLOTTI AND THE VICTORY SIX: National World War II Museum
--CAJUN FAIS DO DO WITH BRUCE DAIGREPONT: Tipitina's (5:30 p.m.)
--GERMAIN BAZZLE AND PAUL LONGSTRETH: Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel, 8 p.m.)
--LOUIS FORD AND HIS NEW ORLEANS FLAIRS: Preservation Hall (8 p.m.)
--TBC BRASS: Blue Nile
--RON HOTSTREAM: Banks Street Bar and Grill
JUNE 18
--SIN: One Eyed Jacks
--GERALD FRENCH AND THE ORIGINAL TUXEDO JAZZ BAND: Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel, 8 p.m.)
--PRESERVATION PLAYERS WITH MAYNARD CHATTERS: Preservation Hall Band (8 p.m.)
--THE SWORD: The Parish at House of Blues
--THE NAWLINS JOHNNYS: Banks Street Bar and Grill
JUNE 19
--JONATHAN RICHMAN: One Eyed Jacks
--AZIZ ANSARI: Mahalia Jackson Theater
--CRIZZLY/WHITE NOISE/SHANOOK: Republic
--JASON MARSALIS: Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel, 8 p.m.)
--PRESERVATION HALL-STARS WITH SHANNON POWELL: Preservation Hall (8 p.m.)
--EMILIA ESTRELLA AND THE FAUX BARRIO BILLIONAIRES: Banks Street Bar and Grill
JUNE 20
--DEBBIE DAVIES AND RICK HOLMSTROM: Maple Leaf Bar
--EL-P/KILLER MIKE: House of Blues
--CASH'D OUT: One Eyed Jacks
--KIPORI WOODS (5 p.m.)/NOJO JAM (8 p.m.): Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel)
--BIG DADDY O REVUE/ED WILLIS AND BLUES4SALE: Algiers Riverfront (6 p.m.)
--PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND: Preservation Hall (8 p.m.)
--KERMIT RUFFINS DJ SET: Irvin Mayfield's I Club (6 p.m.)
--MAJOR BACON: Banks Street Bar and Grill
JUNE 21
--GEORGE FRENCH QUARTET: Hotel Monteleone Carousel Bar and Lounge
--OPIUM SYMPHONY: 12 Bar
--ROMAN SKAKUN (5 p.m.)/JAMES RIVERS MOVEMENT (8 p.m.): Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel)
--NEW BIRTH BRASS BAND: Preservation Hall (8 p.m.)
--POCKIT TYME FEATURING DERWIN "BIG D" PERKINS AND CORNELL WILLIAMS: Irvin Mayfield's I Club (6 p.m.)
--ROBIN BARNES: May Baily's Place (Dauphine Orleans Hotel)
--CASEY SABA: Banks Street Bar and Grill
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