There is an interesting new acoustic show posted for Friday May 2nd at Nola Brewery billed as Papa Mali and Friends featuring Anders Osborne. The band will consist of Papa Mali, Anders Osborne, Billy Iuso, Tony Leone and Mike Dillon. This will be an intimate show in a room that holds no more than 300 people. Shaggy, the Nola Crawfish King ,will also be boiling crawfish during the show. If you're interested in this show I wouldn't wait for the last second because of the scarcity of tickets. Check out the Second Weekend tab for more information and ticket links.

Fiyawerx Productions are bringing the Creole Queen Riverboat shows back to Jazz Fest! On Saturday, April 26 - FIYA WATER 1 will have Oteil Burbridge, Ivan Neville, Stanton Moore, Eric Krasno, Mike Dillon, Roosevelt Collier, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman and James Casey all on board. DJ Logic will be spinning a dance party on the top deck during boarding and as they set sail. They pushed the boarding and cruise times back to give everyone two hours after the last set ends at the Fairgrounds before they take off. Ticket info will be up early next week. I'm glad the riverboat shows are back, as they were a fun alternative to the traditional night shows. The one down side was having to leave the fairgrounds early, which they appear to have rectified. You can find more information about this show and others on the first weekend link above. Happy Festing!

Today the Grids highlight the return of Deadfeat to the Jazz Fest night calendar at Republic on May 3rd and 4th. During Jazz Fest 2011, Anders Osborne and his band, the Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann, Little Feat's Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett, and Billy Iuso took the stage at The Temple in New Orleans for the first time ever together with not even one note of rehearsal. What ensued was three hours of Grateful Dead, Little Feat, and Anders Osborne tunes, and a bevy of thrilling covers. The same band and lineup returned during Jazz Fest 2012 at Republic, which also quickly sold out. After taking a break in 2013, the same incredible musicians will regroup for two shows at Republic on May 3 and 4, 2014. Once again, they will perform Grateful Dead, Little Feat, Anders Osborne tunes. More information and ticket links to these shows are located on the Second Weekend Page.