Digitized collection of Black New Orleans nightlife posters, 1979-1980, published

Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce a digitized collection of Black New Orleans nightlife posters, 1979-1980, newly published via the Tulane University Digital Library. 

The collection consists of posters representing concerts and other music and dance events presented in New Orleans and the surrounding region for young participants who made up the primary target audience for R&B, funk, disco, DJ and dance culture, and hip hop in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The posters reveal happenings, locations, events, businesses, photographs, and both locally and nationally known artists of Black New Orleans popular culture and youth culture of the time. 

Notable local artists listed include Johnny Adams, Chocolate Milk, The Creators (featuring Branford Marsalis and Wynton Marsalis), DJ Sabu, the Electrified A. G. B. (All Girls Band), Earl King, Bobby Marchan, The Meters, the Sugar Hill dancers, Patsy Valdez, Walter Wolfman Washington, and more. Notable locations for events or tickets include the Autocrat Club, City Park Stadium, Crash Landing, D.H. Holmes, Dooky Chase, I.L.A. Hall, Municipal Auditorium, Our Lady of Lourdes School Gym, Prout’s Club Alhambra, Saenger Theatre, Werlein’s, and more.  

The selected posters are a sub-collection from the Hogan Archive poster and calendar collection, HJA-095, of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, a unit of Tulane University Special Collections.

The digitized collection of Black New Orleans nightlife posters, 1979-1980, is accessible at this link: https://library.search.tulane.edu/discovery/collectionDiscovery?vid=01TUL_INST:Tulane&collectionId=81478083450006326

For more information, contact Hogan Archive curator Melissa A. Weber at mweber3@tulane.edu or 504-247-1807. To learn more about Tulane University Special Collections, visit the TUSC website at library.tulane.edu/tusc, email specialcollections@tulane.edu, and follow them on Facebook and Instagram. 

Published July 31, 2025

Photo caption: Poster advertising “The Easter Sunday Night Dance and Jam" featuring the bands Chocolate Milk, The Electrified A.G.B. (All Girls Band), Flashback, Cool Enterprise, and The Creators at The Grand Hotel on Sunday, April 15, 1979, New Orleans, Hogan Archive poster and calendar collection, HJA-095, Tulane University Special Collections, Tulane University Libraries.

Poster advertising “The Easter Sunday Night Dance and Jam" featuring the bands Chocolate Milk, The Electrified A.G.B. (All Girls Band), Flashback, Cool Enterprise, and The Creators at The Grand Hotel on Sunday, April 15, 1979, New Orleans, Hogan Archive poster and calendar collection, HJA-095, Tulane University Special Collections, Tulane University Libraries.