Name: Cutting Edge Artist Showcase
Start: 2026-08-29T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-08-30T01:00:00+00:00

August 2026
Sarah Quintana Trio

August 6 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Throughout a notable career as a New Orleans singer, songwriter and performer, Sarah Quintana has been firmly rooted in her hometown's rich music tradition — but eager to explore its boundaries. Born and raised in New Orleans— Quintana is Nola-Cajun, she sings in French and English — and her latest album, BABY DON'T, was inspired by memories of falling asleep listening to New Orleans oldies on the radio. Glide Magazine calls her music a "classic New Orleans R&B sound with a modern pop sensibility." In between the Jazz Fest Lagniappe Stage in May and the Library of Congress this September, Quintana performs with her sousaphone trio at Good Measure, featuring BABY DON'T bandmate Jason Jurzak on tuba and Michael Lentz on percussion. Expect swamp-pop covers, Frenchy-blues and highly-addictive, upbeat originals... plus a standard or two.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 8 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Watson’s Theory feat. Mecca Notes

August 7 @ 9:00 pm - August 8 @ 12:00 am

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Watson's Theory is the project of New Orleans drummer, bandleader, and educator Jermal Watson, whose career began in church at age six and has since taken him across the world as a performer and clinician. Watson studied under some of the city's most respected rhythm masters, including Russell Batiste of the Funky Meters, and has built a reputation for crossing the boundaries of gospel, jazz, R&B, and funk with a versatility that keeps him in constant demand on the New Orleans scene.

Joining Watson is featured vocalist Mecca Notes, a New Orleans-based singer, journalist, and educator of Nigerian and New Orleanian heritage. Known for her work with the Brass-A-Holics and as curator of the Jammin' Session series, Mecca Notes brings a rich, expressive voice and a deep connection to the city's musical community.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 9 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Zehrin Sims

August 8 @ 9:00 pm - August 9 @ 12:00 am

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Zehrin Sims is a Sacramento-born drummer and songwriter who relocated to New Orleans to study Jazz Studies and Performance, and has been an active force in the city's music scene since 2022. A versatile percussionist whose credits include Stephen Walker's Big Easy Brass Walkers, Kid Merv & All That Jazz, and Trumpet Mafia, Sims is the cousin of saxophonist and bandleader Zahria Sims. Join us for the debut of Zehrin Sims’ original music from his upcoming album “Songs for a better Tomorrow” featuring Seth Finch on piano, Eli Whitmann on guitar, Ellwood Allen Jr on bass, and David McKissick on trumpet.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 9 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Evan Oberla

August 13 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Evan Oberla is a New Orleans trombonist, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and composer who graduated with a degree in jazz trombone from Ohio State University before building a career across jazz, funk, pop, and avant-garde music. A member of Flow Tribe, Oberla has shared the stage and studio with Kamasi Washington, Wyclef Jean, Elle King, and Spoon. His latest album Canal Street Revolution is a double LP of original compositions based on first-person historical accounts of the New Orleans Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and beyond.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 8 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Ado Soul & the Tribe

August 14 @ 9:00 pm - August 15 @ 12:00 am

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Ado Soul & the Tribe are a New Orleans soul band whose sound has earned them the tag "the South's Most Soulful Sound" -- a blend of traditional New Orleans rhythm, funk, R&B, and Afrofuturist soul anchored by roaring brass and deep pocket grooves. The group is fronted by Ado Soul, whose gravelly vocal growl traces back to a childhood spent performing gospel alongside his father, a pastor and singer, across Louisiana. He honed his craft at Xavier University of Louisiana and has built a reputation as a performer who leaves nothing on the table. Essence Magazine named him one of their "New & Next Artists" in 2023, and the band performed at the 2025 BET Awards Red Carpet Pre-Show.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 9 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Flowtribe

August 15 @ 9:00 pm - August 16 @ 12:00 am

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Founded in 2004 by six New Orleans high school friends and revived in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Flow Tribe has spent two decades playing what they call "backbone-cracking music" -- a high-energy blend of funk, rock, R&B, hip-hop, and New Orleans rhythm. Main stage veterans at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the Voodoo Music Experience, the band's 2017 album Boss, produced by Mannie Fresh, reached No. 58 on the Billboard R&B chart. Their 2024 release Garden of Earthly Delights features Ivan Neville of Dumpstahphunk on the lead single.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 9 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Saskia Says!

August 20 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Saskia Says! is the band of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Saskia Walker, an Italian, British, and American musician who came to New Orleans in 2019 to study at Loyola University and has made the city her home. Drawing from classic jazz, swing, funk, soul, and Latin music, Walker developed her sound through a wide range of musical environments, from a jazz-Latin band in Rome to a psychedelic rock group during her college years. She has served as a resident performer with the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, and her debut album Love, a swing and Latin-infused record, was released at Sweet Lorraine's in New Orleans.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 8 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
The Majik Feelings

August 21 @ 9:00 pm - August 22 @ 12:00 am

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

The Majik Feelings are a condensed configuration of the long-running New Orleans collective Gov't Majik, led by bassist and co-founder Bru Bruser and fronted by vocalist Ten Spencer. Gov't Majik is self-described as "The Dirty South Afro-Beat Arkestra," blending the music of Fela Kuti and other Afrobeat and Afrofunk pioneers with the funk, jazz, rap, and rock and roll of New Orleans, landing somewhere between Fela, OutKast, and Kool & the Gang. Founded in 2005, the band made their Jazz Fest debut in 2007 and returned to the festival stage in 2026. Their new album, also titled The Majik Feelings, is due out this fall. Made up entirely of Gov't Majik members, this more intimate configuration puts the spotlight on the group's songwriting, vocal work, and deeper groove.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 9 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Brasinola

August 22 @ 9:00 pm - August 23 @ 12:00 am

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Brasinola plays the music of Brazil's Tropicalia movement with a New Orleans rhythm underneath. The band draws on the late 1960s and 1970s heyday of that Brazilian sound -- its blend of samba, funk, folk, and psychedelia -- while grounding everything in the feel of the city where they perform. As bassist and co-founder Ron Johnson has put it, "the NOLA in our name is the foot of the New Orleans drummer." A longtime presence on the city's club circuit, the band first made their name at the Maple Leaf Bar and have been a Frenchmen Street fixture since.

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 9 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Cutting Edge Presents Blues Showcase

August 27 @ 6:00 pm - August 28 @ 12:00 am

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Good Measure is teaming up with Cutting Edge Nola for three nights of live music showcases. Now in its fourth decade, Cutting Edge brings together musicians and industry professionals from across the country for panels on music business, entertainment law, film, and networking — and each night wraps with a rotating lineup of live sets right here on our stage.

6:00 – 6:40 PM                   Russell Gullery (Fort Payne, AL)

6:50 – 7:30 PM                   Dana Abbott & Alex Mallet (New Orleans)

7:40 – 8:20 PM                   Ed Wills (New Orleans)

8:30 – 9:10 PM                   Tiffany Pollack Trio (New Orleans)

9:25 – 9:55 PM                   Jake Castillo Trio (San Antonio, TX)

10:10 – 11:00 PM Henry Turner, Jr and Flavor

11:15 – 11:55 PM TBA

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 8 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Cutting Edge Presents Rock Showcase

August 28 @ 6:00 pm - August 29 @ 1:00 am

Good Measure 600 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA, United States

Good Measure is teaming up with Cutting Edge Nola for three nights of live music showcases. Now in its fourth decade, Cutting Edge brings together musicians and industry professionals from across the country for panels on music business, entertainment law, film, and networking — and each night wraps with a rotating lineup of live sets right here on our stage.

6:00 – 6:40 PM                   Touchstone Bishop (Walker, LA)

6:55 – 7:35 PM The Sparklers (Thibodaux, LA)

7:50 – 8:30 PM                   Out of the Ashes (Miami, FL

8:45 – 9:25 PM                   Trainwreck Boyfriend (Philadelphia, PA)

9:40 – 10:20 PM                 Sue Ford’s Cone of Uncertainty (New Orleans)

10:35 – 11:15 PM Vickis Dream (Libum, GA)

11:30 – 12:10 AM MoonSoda (New Orleans, LA)

12:25 – 1:05 AM                 100 Meters Scream (Miami, FL)

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 8 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.
Cutting Edge Artist Showcase

August 29 @ 2:00 pm - August 30 @ 1:00 am

Good Measure is teaming up with Cutting Edge Nola for three nights of live music showcases. Now in its fourth decade, Cutting Edge brings together musicians and industry professionals from across the country for panels on music business, entertainment law, film, and networking — and each night wraps with a rotating lineup of live sets right here on our stage.

2:00 – 8:00 PM SpringBoard/WeGet Artists Show (Multiple Artist)

Pop/Southern Soul/HipHop

8:15 : 8:50 PM                    OSKI (Miami, FL)

9:00 – 9:15 PM                   Sharnette Hyter (New Orleans)

9:20 – 9:35 PM                   IRAHJON (Geimar, LA)

9:40 – 9:55 PM                   Geekster The SuperNerd (Belzoni, MS)

10:00 – 10:15 PM Cook the Hard Way (New Orleans)

10:20 – 10:35 PM              Tony G Copeland (Houston, TX)

10:40 – 10:55 PM              Déjà vu (Tugaloosa, AL)

11:00 – 11:15 PM G. I. Peachez (New Orleans/Houston)

11:20 – 11:35 PM Brianna (New Orleans)

11:40 – 11:55 PM Beni (New Orleans)

12:05 – 1:00 AM Odanga & the CapitolView Austin Ensemble featuring, Pat G and Anastasia Hera

Full bar on-site.

No check-in required.

Entry is free, with standing room and some seating at first come, first serve basis.

Doors open at 8 pm. Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night.

August 2026

Sarah Quintana Trio

Watson’s Theory feat. Mecca Notes

Zehrin Sims

Evan Oberla

Ado Soul & the Tribe

Flowtribe

Saskia Says!

The Majik Feelings

Brasinola

Cutting Edge Presents Blues Showcase

Cutting Edge Presents Rock Showcase

Cutting Edge Artist Showcase

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