Carnival Time: Mardi Gras 2012 Music and Parades Calendar

Mardi Gras Day is February 21, 2012

This post will be updated as more shows are announced – LAST UPDATE – 1/13/12 @ 4:20 p.m.

Carnival season is underway now with the Phunny Phorty Phellows Uptown parade and Twelfth Night festivities of last weekend. As always, the Winter/Spring concert calendars will heat up in a big way as the parade krewes begin to roll. Here’s a listing of concerts to pair with your 2012 parade schedule. Get out there, catch some beads and then go see some ♫♫live music♫♫! Continue on for the schedule of parades and concert selections on those evenings.

Friday, 1/6/12 (PHUNNY PHORTY PHELLOWS @ 7:00 p.m. – UPTOWN)

1st New Orleans Rolling Stones Festival featuring John “Papa” Gros, Marc Broussard, Alex McMurray, Reggie Scanlan and Chuck Credo – 9:30 p.m.
Super Water Sympathy @ 12 Bar on Fulton Street
Honey Island Swamp Band @ Blue Nile
Main Line @ The Maison
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes @ Maple Leaf

Friday, 2/3/2012 (KREWE OF BRID @ 7:00 p.m. – LAKEVIEW)

Gravy @ Blue Nile (upstairs)
Heavy Pets @ Maison
Goatwhore + The Void @ The Hangar

Saturday, 2/4/2012 (KREWE Du VIEUX @ 6:30 p.m. / KREWE DELUSION – 7:15 p.m. – FRENCH QUARTER / Krewe of Bilge @ 12:00 p.m. – SLIDELL / Krewe of SLIDELLIANS @ 1:00 p.m.)

Red Hot Chili Peppers w/ Santigold @ New Orleans Arena – 8:00 p.m. (POSTPONED ’til 10/4/12)
They Might Be Giants + Jonathan Colton @ Tipitina’s Uptown (TICKETS/INFO)

SUNDAY, 2/5/12 (LITTLE RASCALS @ 12:00 p.m. – METAIRIE / KREWE OF PERSEUS @ 1:00 p.m. – SLIDELL / KREWE OF CLAUDE – follows Perseus in SLIDELL / PEARL RIVER LIONS CLUB @ 1:15 p.m. – PEARL RIVER)

Hot 8 Brass Band @ The Howlin’ Wolf

FRIDAY, 2/10/12 (KREWE OF CORK @ 3:00 p.m. – French Quarter / KREWE OF OSHUN – 6:00 p.m. – UPTOWN / KNIGHTS OF EXCALIBUR @ 7:00 p.m. – METAIRIE / KREWE OF ATLAS @ 7:30 p.m. – Metairie / Krewe of Cleopatra @ 6:30 p.m. – WESTBANK / KREWE OF EVE @ 7:00 p.m. – MANDEVILLE / MONA LISA & MOON PIE @ 7:00 p.m. – SLIDELL / KREWE OF HERCULES @ 6:00 p.m. – HOUMA)

Machine Head + Suicide Silence + Darkest Hour + Rise To Remain @ House of Blues – 7:00 p.m. (TICKETS)
Scott H. Biram + Lydia Loveless @ One Eyed Jacks
Rick Ross @ UNO Lakefront Arena

SATURDAY, 2/11/12 (KREWE OF PONTCHARTRAIN @ 2:00 p.m. – UPTOWN / KNIGHTS OF SPARTA @ 6:00 p.m. – UPTOWN / KREWE OF PYGMALION @ 6:45 p.m. – UPTOWN + MORE)

Voodoo Town @ Blue Nile
ZOOGMA + Earphunk @ The Maison – 9 p.m. (FREE)
Mike Doughty @ The Parish @ House of Blues

SUNDAY, 2/12/12 (KREWE OF CARROLLTON @ 12:00 p.m. – UPTOWN / KREWE OF KING ARTHUR @ 1:15 p.m. – UPTOWN / MYSTIC KREWE OF BARKUS @ 2:00 p.m. – FRENCH QUARTER)

Hot 8 Brass Band @ The Howlin’ Wolf Den

WEDNESDAY, 2/15/12 (MYSTIC KREWE OF DRUIDS @ 6:30 p.m. – UPTOWN / MYSTIC KREWE OF NYX @ 7:00 p.m. – UPTOWN)

The Ghost Inside + Attack Attack! @ House of Blues (TICKETS/INFO)
Baby Bee @ The Howlin’ Wolf
The Lemonheads @ One Eyed Jacks (TICKETS/INFO)

THURSDAY, 2/16/12 (KNIGHTS OF BABYLON @ 5:45 p.m. – UPTOWN / KNIGHTS OF CHAOS @ 6:30 p.m. – UPTOWN / KREWE OF MUSES @ 6:30 p.m. – UPTOWN)

TBA

FRIDAY, 2/17/12 (DIVA @ 1:30 p.m. – FRENCH QUARTER / KNIGHTS OF HERMES @ 6:00 p.m. – UPTOWN / LE KREWE d’ETAT @ 6:30 p.m. – UPTOWN / KREWE OF MORPHEUS @ 7:00 p.m. – UPTOWN / KREWE OF CENTURIONS @ 7:00 p.m. – METAIRIE)

Better Than Ezra @ House of Blues
funky METERS + TBA @ Tipitina’s Uptown
Rotary Downs @ The Allways Lounge in the Marigny Theatre

SATURDAY, 2/18/12 (KREWE OF IRIS @ 11:00 a.m. – UPTOWN / KREWE OF TUCKS @ 12:00 p.m. – UPTOWN / KREWE OF ENDYMION @ 4:15 p.m. – MID-CITY)

Galactic + TBA @ Tipitina’s Uptown (TICKETS/INFO)
Morning 40 Federation @ One Eyed Jacks
Big and Rich, Gretchen Wilson @ Mercedes-Benz Superdome

SUNDAY, 2/19/12 (KREWE OF OKEANOS @ 11:00 a.m. – UPTOWN / KREWE OF MID-CITY @ 11:45 a.m. – UPTOWN / KREWE OF THOTH @ 12:00 p.m. – UPTOWN / KREWE OF BACCHUS @ 5:15 p.m. – UPTOWN)

6th Annual Bacchus Bash featuring Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue @ Tipitina’s Uptown (TICKETS/INFO)
Papa Grows Funk @ D.B.A.
Hot 8 Brass Band @ The Howlin’ Wolf Den
Soul Rebels Brass Band @ Le Bon Temps Roule
New Orleans Bingo! Show @ One Eyed Jacks

MONDAY, 2/20/12 (LUNDI GRAS) (Krewe of Proteus @ 5:15 p.m. – UPTOWN / KREWE OF ORPHEUS @ 6:00 p.m. – UPTOWN / Krewe of Zeus @ 6:30 p.m. – METAIRIE / KREWE OF CLEOPATRA – 6:30 p.m. – HOUMA)

George Porter Jr. and the Runnin’ Pardners @ The Howlin’ Wolf
Lundi Gras w/ Galactic @ Tipitina’s Uptown (TICKETS/INFO)
Soul Rebels Brass Band @ Blue Nile
Jon Cleary @ Chickie Wah Wah
Glen David Andrews @ D.B.A.
Bass Drum of Death + Quintron and Miss Pussycat @ One Eyed Jacks (TICKETS/INFO)
VNV Nation @ Southport Hall
Gravity A @ The Dragon’s Den
12th Planet @ Club Ampersand

TUESDAY, 2/21/12 (MARDI GRAS DAY) (ZULU @ 8:00 a.m. – UPTOWN / KREWE OF REX @ 10:00 a.m. – UPTOWN / KREWE OF ELKS @ 11:30 a.m. – UPTOWN / KREWE OF CRESCENT CITY – UPTOWN AFTER ELKS)

Authority Zero @ Cypress Hall (Metairie)
Voodoo Glow Skulls + Josh Garrett @ Old Point Bar
Mardi Gras Indian Orchestra @ Hi-Ho Lounge?? (UNCONFIRMED)