We’re back at the Holy Diver with 2 more local bands: Spaghetti Heist plays soundtrack, lounge and exotica music, featuring Paul Grass of Egg Yolk Jubilee. And the Brewing Means is vintage indie rock featuring veterans of Big Blue Marble, Mahayla, the Beams, and the Grasshoppers.

Doors are at 8PM, and the cover charge is $10. Ages 21 and over. Address: 1200 St. Bernard Ave., New Orleans.

Chef Menteur will be playing first this time, at around 9PM, again at the Holy Diver, one of our favorite places to play our present version of garage-psych-drone (post-)rock. We will be followed by Caldwell, which is the solo project of Kevan Caldwell (formerly of the Planchettes), with a full band presenting some lovely retro-inspired tunes of his own, and Get Dressed who are also from New Orleans, and will appeal to fans of 80s-90s indie punk.

Doors are at 8PM, and the cover charge is $10. Ages 21 and over. Address: 1200 St. Bernard Ave., New Orleans.

Chef Menteur returns to Carrollton Station in New Orleans on Thursday, December 11, 2025, joined by Fantasy Non Fiction and Bright Cloud. Doors at 8pm. $10 cover.

After 9 months of more shows than we’ve probably ever done in a row, we took a long summer break from playing live. Although we have continued to work on recordings for the new album, the usual New Orleans summer doldrums still worked its magic on us.

But now we are back, with 4 other bands, at the Okay Bar, Friday October 17, 2025. We will be playing 2nd, and the show will start around 7 or 7:30pm, so a good one for you early-to-bed types to come out to.

Address: 1700 Port St, New Orleans, LA 70117

$10.

NOTE: Despite the flyer, Ben & DC are not able to play this event.

We are playing this Friday May 23 at the Holy Diver with Josh Nagel’s (Luxurious Faux Furs) new side project Nite Nurse and the always wonderful and psychedelic Shining Fields. 

Come get your minds blown… Likely our last show until fall comes around again.

Olivia Valentine | Chef Menteur | Across Phoenix
April 23, 2025
Gasa Gasa
4920 Freret St., New Orleans

Chef Menteur and Ben from Bipolaroid open for Olivia Valentine at No Dice on Thurs, Feb 27, 2025.

No Dice is at 2239 St. Claude Ave. in New Orleans and is the former location of the Hi-Ho Lounge. Music starts at 9pm.

Bipolaroid joins Chef Menteur for a show at Carrollton Station, New Orleans, on Saturday Jan 3, 2025.

Chef Menteur is playing another gig — this time at The Holy Diver with Norco Lapalco and Sunrise:Sunset, Saturday 14 December 2024.

It’s an early show. Doors at 8pm. $10.

It’s our first live show since January 2020.

Come see us (early, 3:45pm sharp!) at the Broadside this Sunday (13 October 2024). Tons of bands, including many of our old comrades from the good old days at the illustrious Mermaid Lounge.

It’s also a fundraiser for the live-saving New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic.

Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/881312277265928

Current lineup is: Alec Vance (guitar, vocals), Dan Haugh (drums), Court Batson (bass), Philip Cooper (keyboards).

Other bands playing (in no particular order):