IND L!VE offers highlights of the many live music events taking place around Acadiana this weekend.
THE AMIGOS
Thursday, Nov. 12
Blue Moon Saloon
Doors: 9 p.m.
The Amigos deliver foot-stomping, accordion-infused Indie-Americana music blending folk-rock, zydeco and Cajun, as well as hot jazz.
HOOF IT! LATIN DANCE SESSION + RIO LUMINOSO
Thursday, Nov. 12
Feed & Seed
Doors: 7 p.m.
Admission: $5
Enjoy Latin Dance Sessions before Feed & Seed breaks for the holiday with a performance from Rio Lumino. Dance lessons from 7:30- 8:30 p.m. followed by Rio Luminoso from 8:45- until.
YOUNG JESUS
Thursday, Nov. 12
Wild Salmon
Doors: 9 p.m.
Young Jesus is a five-piece indie rock band based out of Los Angeles via Chicago. Young Jesus echoes Nick Cave, The Hold Steady, Ian Curtis, Brand New, Built to Spill, and Dinosaur Jr.. With Home, Young Jesus examined the lives of David and Eloise, two addicts/dropouts trying to sort out the immediacies and emotions of being young. Written amidst the band’s own issues of substance abuse and failure and illness, the grungy/folky/indie album reads like a troubled friend’s diary.
BROOKS WHEELAN
Friday, Nov. 13
Nite Town
Doors: 9 p.m.
Admission: $20
The Independent Comedy Series presents Brooks Wheelan at Nitetown. Brooks originally hails from Iowa where he attended the University of Iowa. Most recently he appeared in season four of HBO’s Girls. He was a writer and cast member on Season 39 of NBC’s Saturday Night Live. In 2013, he made his stand up television debut on Comedy Central’s Adam Devine’s House Party and TBS’s Conan, and in 2012, he was invited to perform at the New York Comedy Festival as a part of Comedy Central’s Top 10 Comics to Watch, and was a breakout performer as a new face at the prestigious Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal as well as the Comedy Central South Beach Comedy Festival.
LOST BAYOU RAMBLERS + BURNING CANE
Friday, Nov. 13
Blue Moon Saloon
Doors: 9:30 p.m.
Burning Cane will be live on the Blue Moon Saloon stage Saturday, November 13th from 9:30-10:30pm followed by The Lost Bayou Ramblers.
TWO-STEPPIN' COAT DRIVE WITH CHUBBY CARRIER AND THE PINE LEAF BOYS
Sunday, Nov. 15
Blue Moon Saloon
Doors: 5 p.m.
Join Blue Moon Saloon to Give a Coat and Warm a Heart at the TWO-STEPPIN’ COAT DRIVE. In partnership with the Opelousas Lighthouse Mission, they are collecting coats for the homeless and needy of Acadiana to help give warmth for the upcoming winter.