January
Our top picks for this month’s events
College Football Playoff National Championship
Get ready for kickoff, sports fans. The 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship will be coming to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Jan. 13. It’s sure to be a exhilerating atmosphere and an exciting game. Information, CollegeFootballPlayoff.com.
Wizard World Comic Con
Fans of sci-fi, fantasy, comic books, and ingenious costumes will want to go to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center from Jan. 3-5 for Wizard World Comic Con. Guests at this year’s event include Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride), Tom Welling (Smallville) and Wallace Shawn (The Princess Bride, Clueless). Information, WizardWorld.com.
Mother Courage and Her Children
From Jan. 22-Feb. 2, poet-playwright Ntozake Shange translates Bertolt Brecht’s classic play “Mother Courage and Her Children” from Europe during the Thirty Years War to the American Southwest after the Civil War. Information, SouthernRep.com
Bill Burr
Fresh off his 6th hour-long special (“Bill Burr: Paper Tiger”) on Netflix, Bill Burr, the comedian once described by Rolling Stone Magazine as “the undisputed heavyweight champ of rage-fueled humor,” is coming to the Mahalia Jackson Theater for shows on Jan. 9-10. Information, MahaliaJacksonTheater.com
Calendar
Jan. 1
Allstate Sugar Bowl, Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Information, AllStateSugarBowl.com
Jan. 1
Allstate Sugar Bowl Fan Jam, Champions Square. Information, Champions-Square.com
Jan. 6
Phunny Phorty Phellows, Uptown. Information, PhunnyPhortyPhellows.com
Jan. 6
Krewe Jeanne d’Arc, French Quarter. Information, JoanOfArcParade.org
Jan. 9-11
LPO: Beethoven’s “Eroica”, Orpheum Theater. Information, OrpheumNOLA.com
Jan. 9
Morgan Wallen’s Whiskey Glasses Road Show, The Fillmore. Information, FillmoreNOLA.com
Jan. 9-10
Bill Burr, Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts. Information, MahaliaJacksonTheater.com
Jan. 10-26
Oliver!, Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts. Information, RivertownTheaters.com
Jan. 11
Super Saturday Comedy Explosion with Ms. Shirleen, Saenger Theater. Information, SaengerNOLA.com
Jan. 15-19
Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival, Ellis Marsalis Center for Music. Information, DannyBarkerFestival.com.
Jan. 16-26
Harry and the Thief, Contemporary Arts Center. Information, NOLAProject.com
Jan. 16
Miranda Sings, Orpheum Theater. Information, OrpheumNOLA.com
Jan. 17-Feb. 2
Something Rotten! Le Petit Theater. Information, LePetitTheatre.com
Jan. 17-Feb. 9
Viagara Falls, Westwego Performing Arts Theater. Information, jpas.org
Jan 25
Jim Jeffries: Oblivious, The Joy Theater. Information, TheJoyTheater.com
Jan. 26
Ms. Saigon, Saenger Theater. Information, SaengerNOLA.com
Jan. 29
Live Nation, Disco Donnie, and Amps Present Armin Van Buuren, The Fillmore. Information, FillmoreNOLA.com
Jan. 31-Feb. 1
Louis C.K., Orpheum Theater. Information, OrpheumNOLA.com
Jan. 31-Feb. 1
The Trey Anastasio Band, Civic Theater. Information, CivicNOLA.com
Jan. 31-Feb. 9
The Mousetrap, Jefferson Performing Arts Center. Information, jpas.org
