Black Flag returns to Southport Hall in April, its first New Orleans show since 2024

Greg Ginn's band follows its 50th-anniversary U.S. tour with a Wednesday, April 21, 2027 date in the old Jefferson Parish gambling hall it last played in 2024.

Southport Hall has a past. Before it was a music room on Monticello Avenue, it was a gambling club, and Collectors Weekly ties it to Carlos Marcello. In April, the oldest name in American hardcore comes back to it.

Black Flag plays Southport Hall on Wednesday, April 21, 2027, at 8pm. Tickets are $25–$60 through See Tickets. The date was announced Oct 30. The room holds 250, which makes this one of the smaller rooms on the band's schedule. It's the same stage Black Flag played on Aug 23, 2024, its last New Orleans show.

Since that 2024 visit, the band has spent a long stretch on the road. Black Flag marked 50 years with a summer and fall 2026 U.S. tour. Pollstar reported that the run covered 45 cities from September into early November and closed Nov 1 at House of Blues in Houston, so it wrapped less than a week ago. Greg Ginn leads the current lineup with vocalist Max Zanelly, bassist David Rodriguez and drummer Bryce Weston.

The tour didn't really end in Houston. Blabbermouth reports that 2027 dates were added on top of the fall run, mostly in January and April, across California, Washington, Oregon, Colorado and other markets. New Orleans lands in that April stretch.

What's changed since 2024? The lineup is newer. The San Antonio Current called it a "new Gen Z lineup" when the band came back to that city, and Blabbermouth posted video of the new lineup's first live show. Ginn is the constant. Around him is a band young enough to be his grandkids' friends, playing songs older than they are.

Ginn is the constant. Around him is a band young enough to be his grandkids' friends, playing songs older than they are.

The room adds something too. Southport sits at 200 Monticello Ave. in Old Jefferson, just over the parish line. The Historic New Orleans Collection's archive holds a 1940 postcard of the "New Southport Club," and the venue still has original wooden ceiling beams and a keno board from its gambling days. It's a strange old building for a punk show, and it fits.

Practical notes: it's a Wednesday with an 8pm start. At 250 capacity the room will fill fast, so if you went in 2024, or missed it, don't wait. Ticket prices range from $25 to $60 on See Tickets.

Fifty years in, Black Flag is still booking 250-capacity rooms. Book the night off.

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