Now for something a little different on the Grids. Boom Boom Room Presents is celebrating its 15th YEAR by promoting an epic Hip Hop throwdown on May 1st at the Howlin Wolf...THE GRAND SLAM "Funkin'Dat Hip-Hop" will bring together Old-School Hip-Hop Masters performing the Most Famous Funk/ Soul/ Jazz Samples in Hip-Hop History. They will be playing solo sets and together with Robert Walter's Brand New Slang featuring DJ Logic, Brian J, Simon Lott, Victor Little, Joe Cohen and Mike Olmos. The Event Schedule will be a FLOW! One hip-hop artist turns over the stage to the next after completing his set.
There will be a continuous night of music without stops or set-breaks. Signature songs from ech Hip Hop artist will be performed by Brand New Slang before turning it over to the MCs. The MC's include Camp Lo, Chali 2na, Kool Keith and Manny Fresh. DJ Kevvy Kev will also be performing.
If you're interested in the entire schedule of this show, check it out under the Second Weekend Tab above.

The Third Annual Nolafunk Jazzfest Series, produced by Creative Entertainment Group (CEG) and Nolafunk, will take place April 25– May 4, 2014 during the evenings of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The series just announced The Meter Men featuring three of the four original members of the legendary Meters (George Porter Jr., Leo Nocentelli, and Zigaboo Modeliste) with Page McConnell of Phish for Friday April 25 and Saturday April 26, 2014. The Friday show features a rare appearance by opening act Stanton Moore/Marco Benevento Duo. Saturday’s show features opening act The London Souls. Tickets and more information concerning the Meter Men can be found on the first weekend tab above.

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.