Shit worth leaving your apartment for in New Orleans this week

Le Bon Temps Roulé, Uptown

TODAY 11:00 PM • See venue

“Saturday 11pm set at the Magazine St. watering hole that turns into a music club after dark”

Blue Nile, Marigny

TODAY 11:00 PM • See tickets

“Funk, soul and hip hop run through a brass band at 11pm on Frenchmen. Doors at 10.”

Land of Dreams, French Quarter

TMRW 12:00 AM • See website

“Brass band from midnight to 2am on a small French Quarter stage. Saturday isn't over.”

New Marigny Theatre, Marigny

TMRW 10:00 AM • Free

“Free Sunday-morning workshop on Kabuki and Bunraku body language. Move like a stagehand in black.”

Frenchmen Art Bazaar, Marigny

TMRW 6:00 PM • Free

“Open-air art market on Frenchmen. Buy something weird, avoid the brass band crush.”

The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret, Marigny

TMRW 6:00 PM • $14

“Fourteen bucks to watch strangers embarrass themselves on the AllWays stage”

Merchant Hall, Other

MON 12:00 PM • Free

“A timeline wall of New Orleans Black education history plus five stations. Free, noon to 5.”

Paradigm Gardens, Other

MON 6:30 PM • $26

“Records spun in a garden off Rampart. Monday, but make it vinyl.”

Brieux Carré Brewing Co., Marigny

MON 7:00 PM • Free

“Free trivia at a Marigny brewery. Lose to a team named after a sandwich.”

WYES Paulette and Frank Stewart Innovation Center, Other

TUE 2:00 PM • Free-$22.53

“70+ vendor tables across two TV studios. Pay for 2pm bubbly and discounts, or walk in free at 3.”

The Howlin' Wolf, Warehouse District

TUE 7:30 PM • $8

“Eight bucks of stand-up in a rock club. Cheaper than your last mistake.”

Saenger Theatre, Other

TUE 7:30 PM • See Website

“The whole movie on the big screen, Bill Conti's score live by a full orchestra. Yo Adrian.”

The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret, Marigny

TUE 9:00 PM • $20-$35

“Zombies take over the monthly macabre variety show: burlesque, sideshow, queer horror. 21+.”

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, French Quarter

WED 3:00 PM • See website

“A 3pm Wednesday duo set at the National Park Service's jazz park. Yes, that exists.”

Frenchmen Art Bazaar, Marigny

WED 6:00 PM • Free

“Open-air art market on Frenchmen. Buy a weird painting, tip the brass band.”

Press Street Station, Marigny

WED 6:00 PM • $64

“Dye tea towels with foraged botanicals in the garden with the Foraging Florist. Tea and treats.”

Big Couch New Orleans, Bywater

WED 8:00 PM • $7.90

“Eight bucks to watch strangers build a scene out of nothing. Bywater's best deal.”

André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice, Treme

THU 3:15 PM • Free

“Essayists preview a book on Jerome Smith, CORE veteran and Tambourine & Fan co-creator. Free.”

Morrow's Balcony Bar, Marigny

THU 4:00 PM • Free

“Chef Lenora on the balcony over St. Claude. Free to walk in, impossible to leave sober.”

House of Blues, French Quarter

THU 7:00 PM • See Website

“Greg Dulli still sweating menace and soul. The reunion that actually rips, w/ Night Moves.”

Blue Nile, Marigny

THU 11:00 PM • Free with ID and drink purchase

“Reggae, dancehall, afrobeat and soca upstairs at the Blue Nile, 11pm on a Thursday.”

Le Bon Temps Roulé, Uptown

THU 11:00 PM • See venue

“Soul Rebels at 11pm on a Thursday at Le Bon Temps Roulé, a standing date since 2002.”

André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice, Mid-City

FRI 2:00 PM • Free

“Two authors on Bunny Matthews, the cartoonist who taught New Orleans to laugh at itself. Free”

Frenchmen Art Bazaar, Marigny

FRI 6:00 PM • FREE

“Open-air art market on Frenchmen. Buy a weird painting, skip the brass band.”

The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret, Marigny

FRI 10:00 PM • $13

“Exactly what it says. Thirteen bucks. Do not wear your good shoes.”

Le Bon Temps Roulé, Uptown

FRI 11:00 PM • $10

“Southern soul groove with funk and jazz in it, 11pm Friday at Le Bon Temps. Ten bucks.”

Gasa Gasa, Uptown

FRI 11:45 PM • See website

“Gasa Gasa's Night Sesh doesn't start until 11:45pm. Freret Street after bedtime.”

Land of Dreams, French Quarter

SAT 12:00 AM • See website

“Midnight-to-2am live set on Decatur. Friday doesn't end here, it just changes key.”

Big Couch, Bywater

SAT 7:30 PM • $20

“Strangers tell true stories, improvisers ruin them. Twenty bucks, worth it.”

The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret, Marigny

SAT 10:30 PM • $25

“Vampire burlesque at 10:30pm in the Twilight Room. New Orleans is not subtle.”

Le Bon Temps Roulé, Uptown

SAT 11:00 PM • $10

“Psychedelic funk-leaning Americana jam band, 11pm late set, ten bucks”

The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret, Marigny

SAT 11:00 PM • $28.52

“Live music and burlesque at 11pm on St. Claude. Saturday's second act starts when most end.”