IND L!VE offers highlights of the many live music events taking place around Acadiana this weekend.
Thursday, July 7
Blue Moon Saloon
Doors: 10 p.m.
After a three year stint as a dirty townie in Athens, GA, J Burton moved back home to Lafayette in 2004 and started a little folk band called Dire Wood. The band grew into to a five piece fully electrified rock mainstay and their 2008 release “The Escape” charted on college radio stations across the US. Then in 2009, inspired by the quirky rock of Brian Eno, J started the bombastic indie-pop group FIGHTs. That band’s 2013 release, Music For Villains, reached #1 in several markets upon it’s release. In February, 2016, he was the Rhum Room’s Featured Artist of the Month. Catch him live tonight.
Thursday, July 7
Grouse Room
Doors: 9:30 p.m.
Kip's musical career started at 15. Originally a drummer, then a bass player for several years, fate put a six string in his hands that he has yet to put down. In his earliest days he was touring the Texas dance hall circuit with a band called Bayou, a band that included Kip, Trace Adkins and Steve Grisaffe, bass player and lead vocalist from River Road. Someone once said "Success breeds success", which in this case is true, because Sonnier later found himself in Roundup, a concerted effort that included Mercury recording artist Sammy Kershaw. Sonnier returned home, a veteran of the road, with the talents to prove it. And Lafayette's Yellow Rose became the proving ground and birthplace of Hurricane. The proof of their talents came to light as Hurricane swept the Times of Acadiana's Music Awards in five country music categories with Sonnier bringing home "Best Male Vocalist" and "Best Guitarist" and Hurricane bringing home "Best Band."
CEDRYL BALLOU & THE ZYDECO TRENDSETTERS
Friday, July 8
Blue Moon Saloon
Doors: 10 p.m.
A native of Lake Charles, Louisiana, Cedryl Ballou began playing music at the tender age of five, making his professional debut as a drummer with his grandfather, legendary guitar pioneer Classie Ballou, at the age of 11. His future as a frontman was inevitable—both Cedryl’s father, Cedric Ballou, and step-grandfather, “Rockin’ Sidney” Simien, were successful touring musicians, and Cedryl grew up steeped in Creole music and culture.
NICEST OF THE DAMNED + AMAZING NUNS + CONES OF UNCERTAINTY
Friday, July 8
Feed & Seed
Doors: 9 p.m.
Cover: $10
Self described as "Space Age Bachelor Punk", Nicest of the Damned echo the sound of the "forgotten 90s.” The Amazing Nuns are a band from Lafayette, with many influences ranging from swamp pop to punk to rock n' roll. Cones of Uncertainty are a quintet from Lafayette Louisiana that bring together sounds and textures of traditional rock with a mixture of jazz, punk and psychedelia.
Saturday, July 9
Downtown Lafayette
Doors: 6 - 9 p.m.
See the Art – Buy the Art during 2nd Saturday ArtWalk when you explore the Downtown Lafayette Cultural District as art galleries display works by the best of local and regional artists. Take a tour of the galleries during 2nd Saturday ArtWalk on the evening of Saturday, July 9th from 6 p.m.-9 p.m., as the Downtown comes alive with more than a dozen galleries, museums restaurants and shops offering live music, food, drink and of course, art for purchase, brought to you by Downtown Lafayette.
GENO DELAFOSE AND FRENCH ROCKIN BOOGIE
Saturday, July 9
Grouse Room
Doors: 9:30 p.m.
Geno Delafose (born February 6, 1971 in Eunice, Louisiana) is a zydeco accordionist and singer. He is one of the younger generations of the genre who has created the sound known as the nouveau zydeco. His sound is deeply rooted in traditional Creole music with strong influences from Cajun music and also country and western. His father is the famous zydeco accordion player John Delafose. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the “Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album” category for his Le Cowboy Creole album (2007).He lives in Duralde, Louisiana near Eunice where he operates his Double D Ranch raising cattle and horses.
JEREMY VASQUEZ, ERIC ADCOCK, AND CO.
Saturday, July 9
Blue Moon Saloon
Doors: 9:30 p.m.
Prepare yourself for an amazing partnership between these amazing musicians! You won't want to miss one of Louisiana's most rockin' piano pounders and a jammin' guitar player. See you at the Blue Moon Saloon.
LATIN NIGHT WITH KARNIVAL KREYOL
Saturday, July 9
Feed & Seed
Doors: 9 p.m.
Cover: $10
Feed N Seed Lafayette welcomes returning Creole- Latin group Karnival Kreyol. Seasoned Lafayette musicians Cedric Watson, Cesar El Creca Bacaro, Hayden Talley, & Sean Bruce collaborate to combine authentic merengue and Afro-creole sounds. Comes take a trip and swing your hips.
Saturday, July 9
Sola Violins
Doors: 6:30 p.m.
Rio Luminoso is emerging from a metamorphosis of late. We are changing personnel and tweaking the song list a bit. Rio is still about romantic music from exotic places, but we have added tunes that I hope you will enjoy. New songs include covers from Boz Scaggs, Rupa and April Fishes, Beausoleil, and Malavoi (from Martinique).