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Vibe with Ayanna & Zahria brings together sound curator and DJ Ayanna Cooper Vasquez and saxophonist and bandleader Zahria Sims for a live collaboration that sits at the intersection of house music and jazz. Ayanna is a New Orleans and Milwaukee-based DJ whose sets draw from house, disco, Afro-Latin rhythms, and globally inspired sounds, built around deep grooves and soulful, unhurried programming. Zahria Sims is a Baton Rouge native now rooted in New Orleans and founder of the Zahria Sims Collective, whose layered saxophone melodies and looped textures bring a live jazz voice to Ayanna's DJ sets. A Loyola University jazz graduate, Sims' credits include opening slots for Kenny Garrett and Arturo Sandoval, a recording with Nicholas Payton, and a 2025 debut EP. The two have developed their collaborative format through regular performances at 3oneone6, a creative collective and art space on St. Claude Avenue.

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.

Gov't Majik is a New Orleans collective led by bassist and co-founder Bru Bruser and fronted by vocalist Ten Spencer. Self-described as "The Dirty South Afro-Beat Arkestra," the band blends 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 2023 EP The Bass Age features Parliament-Funkadelic saxophonist Greg Thomas. Their new album, This Magic Feeling, is due out in February 2027

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.

Good Measure goes dark for the night. Local DJ duo TWIN PEAKS takes over from 8–11pm — sponsored by Liquid Death.

First 100 through the door get a Liquid Death swag, merch and more!

Costumes encouraged. Come thirsty.

Full bar on-site. No check-in required.

Entry is free.

Join us in Good Measure. Come for the music. Stay for the night. Happy Halloween!

Helen Gillet is a Belgian-born cellist, singer, and composer who has made New Orleans her home since 2002. She holds degrees in music and anthropology from Beloit College and a master's in music from Loyola University New Orleans, and her training under Hindustani cellist Nancy Lesh launched her into a career built around live looping, layering cello and vocal lines into a singular, genre-resistant style. She has performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Voodoo Festival, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, and has recorded with Arcade Fire, Dr. John, and Marianne Faithful. Her original score for Katrina & Beyond plays above Fats Domino's wrecked piano in a permanent exhibit at the Louisiana State Museum.

Mahmoud Chouki returns to the Good Measure stage.

A Moroccan-born master guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who has made New Orleans his home and his sounding board. His compositions draw on an unusually wide range of traditions, Andalusian and North African music, Levantine strings, Latin American rhythms, European classical training, and New Orleans jazz, woven together into something that feels like a genuine musical dialogue rather than a fusion exercise.

Chouki serves as music curator for the New Orleans Museum of Art, where his site-specific performance series Safar explored how music can speak across cultural divides. He composed the score for Ma Belle, Ma Beauty, which won at the Sundance Film Festival, and was named Best Emerging Artist by OffBeat Magazine. As artistic director of Rencontre Orient-Occident in Switzerland, he has built a career around bringing international musicians into conversation, with New Orleans, and with each other.

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, […]

Good Measure is Saints game day headquarters for the Warehouse District—just blocks from the Dome, with all the pre-game energy and none of the ticket line. Watch every home game […]

OVJ Collective is a New Orleans Latin music band whose name is an acronym for its three founding musicians: vocalist Ovi Giron, pianist Victor Campbell, and drummer and percussionist Jafet […]

Prolific across a wide swath of sonic topography, Detroit-raised, New Orleans-based musician Ari Teitel keeps many hot irons in his creative fire. A soulful expressionist, Ari’s guitar styles incorporate foundational influences R&B, funk, gospel, jazz, hip-hop, blues, and psychedelic rock, a greasy gumbo that coalesces with many multi-hued endeavors. A co-founder of premiere Mardi Gras Indian Funk band The Rumble feat. Chief Joseph Boudreaux, they released debut studio LP Stories From the Battlefield in 2024, and were swiftly GRAMMY nominated for the second straight year. The versatile 30-year old guitarist was recently drafted into Dumpstaphunk, the mighty Crescent City institution founded by Ivan Neville, a NOLA icon with whom Teitel has performed extensively. In May 2025, Teitel released an LP  titled Another Side of The Sound with drummer Adam Deitch (Lettuce, John Scofield) and organ master Sam Fribush (Hiss Golden Messenger) to wide acclaim.   Tonight marks the release of his new album ‘honest.’.

Sari Jordan (they/them) is a force of sweetness and warmth, packing a punch in their unique style and bold expression. A student of the New Orleans music scene, Sari's interpretations shine in their playfulness and freedom. A prolific songwriter, they perform original material in their band as well as new interpretations with local greats.

D.V.S. brings together three titans of New Orleans music: vibraphonist and percussionist Mike Dillon, drummer Johnny Vidacovich, and bassist James Singleton. Widely considered one of New Orleans' greatest rhythm sections, Vidacovich and Singleton have been the backbone of Astral Project since its inception. Dillon, a genre-defying percussionist known for his work in Garage a Trois and The Dead Kenny G's, has spent over two decades sharing stages with the pair. The trio released their debut album, Bones, in 2013, and their rare reunions remain among the most anticipated shows in the city's creative music scene.

Chloe Marie is a Baton Rouge-born singer-songwriter and guitarist now based in New Orleans, working in the Black Americana tradition, folk, roots, and soul built around a rich, expressive voice. She came up performing in choirs and musical theatre before fronting Baton Rouge band Alabaster Stag, which opened for Big Freedia, Tank and the Bangas, Flow Tribe, and GIVERS. She has since relocated to New Orleans to develop her solo work, releasing the 2023 record I Guess It's Just Me Now. A featured performer at the BlackAmericana Fest alongside Joy Clark, Leyla McCalla, and Mia Borders, she occupies a distinct space in the city's growing Americana scene.

Trumpeter, vocalist, and bandleader Aurelien Barnes represents a new generation of New Orleans musicians carrying the city's brass and jazz traditions forward while expanding their reach. The son of Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes, he grew up immersed in blues, zydeco, and Afro-Caribbean music, an upbringing that shaped both his versatility and his instinct for cross-cultural musical conversation.

Mentored from an early age by some of the city's most respected voices, including Leroy Jones, Gregg Stafford, and the Treme Brass Band, Barnes has performed as a featured artist with the Preservation Hall All Stars, and has gone on to work with Grammy-nominated ensembles Cha Wa and the Rumble, as well as the Palmetto Bug Stompers and Kings of Brass. His collaborations span a wide range of artists and genres, including Nicholas Payton, Solange, Dr. John, and Carlos Vives.

A Tulane graduate fluent in French, Spanish, and Portuguese, Barnes brings an international perspective to a distinctly New Orleans sound, rooted in tradition, open to the world.