Shit Under $20 in New Orleans

Devotion Studios, French Quarter

TODAY 1:00 PM • Free

“Tarot, burlesque and live painting for a Quarter pilates studio's first birthday. Free to enter.”

John Thompson Legacy Center, Treme

TODAY 6:00 PM • Free

“Protest art, free wine, and someone's uncle explaining the 60s to you”

Big Couch, Bywater

TODAY 7:30 PM • $20

“Strangers tell you their worst night, then improvisers make it worse”

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.”

Peaches Records, Uptown

TMRW 2:00 PM • $19.64

“A Fringe play with a dying priest, a fake priest and a Halloween party, at a record store.”

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.”

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.”

The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret, Marigny

TUE 9:00 PM • $20-$35

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

Frenchmen Art Bazaar, Marigny

WED 6:00 PM • Free

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

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.”

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.”

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.”

Big Couch, Bywater

SAT 7:30 PM • $20

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

Le Bon Temps Roulé, Uptown

SAT 11:00 PM • $10

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

Hotel Fontenot, Warehouse District

NOV 22 10:00 AM • $15

“50 minutes of Pilates while adoptable cats judge your core. Try not to leave with one.”

Frenchmen Art Bazaar, Marigny

NOV 22 6:00 PM • FREE

“Outdoor art market on Frenchmen. Free to look, dangerous to bring cash.”

Kinfolk Coffee, Garden District

NOV 23 12:00 PM • Free

“Free red beans every Monday while they last. B.Y.O.C.: bring your own chicken.”

The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret, Marigny

NOV 23 9:30 PM • $8

“Karaoke where clothing is optional and pitch apparently isn't required either.”

The Batture, Uptown

NOV 24 10:00 AM • $13.75-$27.50

“Cuddle adoptable puppies, then a 50-minute Pilates mat class on the grass. Farmers market first.”

The Howlin' Wolf, Warehouse District

NOV 24 7:30 PM • $8

“Eight bucks of stand-up in a room that has seen things”

Big Couch, Bywater

NOV 25 8:00 PM • $14

“Improv on Desire Street. The streetcar name was a warning.”

Le Bon Temps Roulé, Uptown

NOV 25 11:00 PM • $10

“Soul-soaked New Orleans Americana with gospel heart and big hooks, starting at 11pm. Ten bucks.”

Fair Grounds Race Course, Mid-City

NOV 26 12:00 PM • Free

“The 102nd Thanksgiving Classic, first post at noon. Grandstand is free. Bet the pie money.”

Frenchmen Art Bazaar, Marigny

NOV 26 6:00 PM • FREE

“Open-air art market on Frenchmen while the rest of America naps in a recliner”

Big Couch, Bywater

NOV 27 9:00 PM • $13.76

“A 70s game show run by improvisers in a Bywater warehouse. Fourteen bucks.”

Frenchmen Art Bazaar, Marigny

NOV 28 6:00 PM • FREE

“Night art market on Frenchmen. Talk to the artist, buy the weird print, hear the brass next door”