Doors at 10:30, Show at 11pm -INSIDE STAGE

79rs Gang

79rs Gang originally formed in 2013 when Big Chief Romeo Bougere of the 9th Ward Hunters and Big Chief Jermaine Bossier of the 7th Ward Creole Hunters put their differences aside and came together to build a bridge with music, releasing a traditional Mardi Gras Indian music album (Fire On The Bayou) in 2014. Today, Jermaine and Romeo - working alongside writer/ producer Eric Heigle (Arcade Fire, The Soul Rebels, Lost Bayou Ramblers) - have created an album that is rooted in the unique traditions of New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian culture, while launching that culture forward, bringing each track to dance floors and block parties around the world. Additional collaborators on Expect the Unexpected include Arcade Fire’s Win Butler, LCD Soundsystem’s Korey Richey, Grammy Award Winning Trumpeter Nicholas Payton, Haitian music collective Lakou Mizik and many more notable musicians.

Charlie Wooton's Zydefunk

Bassist, producer, songwriter, bandleader and devoted Hartke artist Charlie Wooton is a bred-in-the-bone Louisiana musician, having grown up in a musical family in Lafayette – down in “Cajun Country.” Now he lives in New Orleans, after productive stints in Los Angeles and Atlanta. Wooton, born in 1970, has played with a who’s who of top Louisiana musicians, from guitarist Sonny Landreth and drummer Johnny Vidacovich to such bands as Bonerama and Royal Southern Brotherhood, the latter featuring one of his heroes – Cyril Neville (from one of the great New Orleans musical families, the Neville Brothers). While in Royal Southern Brotherhood, Wooton recorded four albums and toured the world, along with writing one of the band’s signature tunes, “Fired Up.” Wooton has been producing LPs by other artists in recent years, and the bassist has his own new Charlie Wooton Project album out, Blue Bosso (Wild Heart Records).