IND L!VE offers highlights of the many live music events taking place around Acadiana this weekend.
DOWNTOWN ALIVE! – THE FLAMETHROWERS & 80s NIGHT
Friday, Sept. 25
Parc Sans Souci
Doors: 5:30 p.m.
Flamethrowers take the stage on September 25th in Parc Sans Souci for a night of your favorite covers. Come out and dance the night away with a band that jams out to your favorites as hard as you do from the biggest hits from the 50’s to now. In an extra special twist, DTA! and the Downtown Restaurant and Bar Association are teaming up to offer theme nights at DTA! and in Downtown bars and restaurants after DTA! So come dressed as your favorite, rad 80’s attire.
JOHANNA DIVINE + LYNN DRURY
Friday, Sept. 25
Artmosphere
Doors: 9 p.m.
Johanna Divine is a writer and musician based in Lafayette, Louisiana whose Southern roots have inspired a wide-ranging body of work. From original burlesque musicals and music television pilots to radio jingles and full-on indie albums, she dips, dabs and dabbles in music of all kinds.
LOST BAYOU RAMBLERS + RARELUTH + ISMONIC
Friday, Sept. 25
Feed & Seed
Doors: 9 p.m.
Cover: $10
Feed & Seed proudly presents Lost Bayou Ramblers with Rareluth and Ismonic. Lost Bayou Ramblers is the legendary five piece Cajun band that leaves you sweating water and whiskey. Rareluth features lead singer Christine Peirce releasing her ghost-like vocals over twinkling synths and a dynamic rhythm section accompanied by mesmerizing dance numbers. Ismonic is a rock/progressive metal based out of Lafayette.
CAT HEAD BISCUIT BOYS
Saturday, Sept. 26
Cité des Arts
Doors: 7 p.m.
Cover: $10
Cité des Arts is pleased to be presenting this terrific and under-the-radar String Band from the nearby Freetown Neighborhood. The Cat Head Biscuit Boys are a genre bending southern acoustic string band based in Lafayette, Louisiana, comprised of musical misfits and miscreants who discovered that they just happen to work well with each other, despite their obvious lunacy. The tunes they choose to play are taken from all eras and styles of recorded music, with a preference for overlooked gems. The show is Saturday, September 26, 2015, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., at Cite des Arts, 109 Vine Street in downtown Lafayette. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door, or call 337-291-1122 for a reservation.
DJ DAVEY SPROCKETT
Saturday, Sept. 26
Feed & Seed
Doors: 8 p.m.
Cover: $5
Feed N Seed presents its first EDM night with the mixings and stylings of DJ Davey Sprockett. Davey Sprockett Mixed Londri Magazine's fashion show music for the Launch Party and has been around the scene DJing for events such as Burgers and Beyonce at Saint Street Inn. Come dance the night away for a cover of $5. For more information visit https://www.facebook.com/TheDaveySprockett.
RIO LUMINOSO
Saturday, Sept. 26
Saint Street Inn
Doors: 7:30 p.m.
Rio (trio) Luminoso will be playing this Saturday at Saint Street Inn in Lafayette. Enjoy a wonderful atmosphere with great food, fine wine, always fun, all that plus romantic music from the French/Mexican border. Come check out Michel Joseph vocals, songwriting, ukelele; Cesar Bacaro enhanced percussion; and Philip Gould on accordion. The show starts at 7:30 p.m.
TERRY & THE ZYDECO BAD BOYS
Sunday, Sept. 27
Feed & Seed
Doors: 2 p.m.
Terry & The Zydeco Bad Boys will have you shaking it to those Zydeco groves Sunday, September 27th at the FNS. Check out Terry from Festivals Acadiens et Creoles 2011.