Hot 8 Brass Band brings the Sunday-night horns back to the Howlin' Wolf

On Nov. 1 the Grammy-winning brass band takes its late-night Sunday slot on South Peters. It's the easiest way in town to hear one of the city's defining bands up close.

The weekend is technically over by 10:30 on a Sunday night in the Warehouse District. Then the horns start at the Howlin' Wolf, and it isn't.

Hot 8 Brass Band plays the Howlin' Wolf on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 10:30 p.m., billed as *The Grammy Winning Hot 8 Brass Band* on the club's Ticketmaster listings. The Wolf is at 907 South Peters St. The band's recent Wolf dates have been priced at $20 in advance and $25 at the door, 18+, per the club's TicketWeb page. Check the Nov. 1 page for final terms before you go.

This is the band's regular kind of night. Hot 8 has been holding down late Sundays at the Wolf through the year, from June dates to a Nov. 29 show already on sale. That's a big part of why our records count 589 Hot 8 shows in New Orleans, more than in any other market. Some bands come home between tours. Hot 8 keeps a standing appointment and tours around it.

That touring is serious. Around this year's local nights, the band has had dates at The State Theatre and a run of dates in England. The "Grammy winning" in the billing is earned, too. Their label, Tru Thoughts, notes that the band shared in a win at the 64th Grammy Awards in 2022 for its feature on Jon Batiste's Album of the Year. That came nearly a decade after their LP *The Life & Times Of…* was nominated for Best Regional Roots Album in 2013.

We didn't find a new Hot 8 album on the way, and nobody walks into the Wolf on a Sunday for a new album anyway. They come for the brass-band night itself. Tuba and drums lock in early, the horn line takes turns trying to top each other, and the dance floor fills up with people who knew all the words before the band got there. It's music made for parades and second lines, played in a room with a roof on it. Hot 8 has a way of making the roof feel optional.

Some bands come home between tours. Hot 8 keeps a standing appointment and tours around it.

If you're new in town, this is the low-stakes way to see why brass bands matter here. Twenty dollars buys you a band that has played international stages. If you've lived here forever, you already know the move. Go late, stay later, and pace yourself, because the second set is usually louder than the first.

Monday morning will be rough. That's part of the tradition, too.

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