The Whirlybird Compound

04/10/2026

Y'all -

BomaBango On the Fire April 3 — Grant & Dirk April 8 — Boma Bango April 11–12 — Les Étoiles du Marais April 19 — Robin May & Band (Afternoon) Friday, April 3, 2026 — The Whirlybird Doors at 6pm — Open Bar, Snacks & Social Music around 7pm $10Dirk & Grant Tickets online are $12This isn...

04/10/2026

Come on out to The Whirlybird Compound on Sunday at 5 PM to support and hear these young talented Cajun and Zydeco musicians - need directions" email jim at

04/09/2026

These talented young musicians are putting together an awesome evening of music you will not want to miss. The public performance takes place this Sunday April 12 at 5 PM at The Whirlybird. Entry is by donation to support the venue and keep local folk traditions thriving. We look forward to seeing you there for a night of culture and community

04/09/2026

Y’all The Whirlybird Project is so excited and proud to be collaborating to make this happen

These talented young musicians are putting together an awesome evening of music you will not want to miss. The public performance takes place this Sunday April 12 at 5 PM at The Whirlybird. Entry is by donation to support the venue and keep local folk traditions thriving. We look forward to seeing you there for a night of culture and community

04/02/2026

Y'all Jim's been working hard behind the scenes - well, sometimes right up front - anyway he is proud of the new CALENDAR page that keeps folks updated with all the cool stuff that they may miss otherwise - and he will put a link to this page on the emails he sends out from "the list" - if you are not on, get yo' se'f on dere, Cher - check out the page for APRIL (On The Fire) - at bottom of wbrd logo:

Kelly Hunt (Artist in Residence) with Dirk Powell & Amelia Powell — Album Preview Show Saturday, April 21Doors: 6 PM for cash bar — eat dinner before you come — snacks onlyMusic: 7 PM Suggested Door Donation: $10 at the door ($12 online to help cover bank fees) Join us for an intimate evening ...

03/31/2026

Y'all - Books Along The Teche Literary Festival coming up -

The Books Along the Teche Literary Festival invites you to the Bouligny Plaza Steamboat Pavilion in New Iberia at 5:30 on Saturday, April 11 as we bring to life the themes from the afternoon Swamp Sounds panel presentation with Shane Bernard, Herman Fuselier, and Philip Gould (2:00-3:20 PM, Sliman T...

03/29/2026

Y'all WBRD FIELD REPORT — Luke the Drifter & The Blackpot — April, 2026

I’m Nicky Butler, Y’all… Broadcasting from the edge of the Basin… where the signal don’t come in straight—it comes in sideways… like memory does.

Tonight we’re talkin’ about a man who carried two voices. One of ‘em sang. The other one… told the truth.

Now most folks know Hank Williams. Honky-tonk. Heartbreak. Jukebox glow and neon hum.

But there was another fella—slipped in between those records like a shadow that didn’t quite leave the room. He didn’t sing much. Didn’t dance. Didn’t ask anybody to clap.

He called himself… Luke the Drifter.

The rest of this report is here: https://wbrd.org/wbrd-field-reports/

03/17/2026

Y'all - after many, many (too manys, right?) hours of slaving in confusion and frustration (I know, bitch, bitch, bitch) I think I have the Whirlybird Email signup fixed and transferred over to our simpler form (ha! simpler...) without losing those who were already signed up and ready for those who want to sign up. There may be a few lost in transition... "anyway", I find myself saying that word a lot these days usually at the end of some "mental and emotional laundry", here the link - https://forms.gle/gpBkPaKQu5RBrmyK7 - and it is correct on website

Music • Dancing • Storytelling • Art Open Studio • Signals from the Elvis Tower The Whirlybird doesn’t advertise much. But every now and then we send a note when something’s happening at the Bird. Music. Stories. A few signals drifting out of the Elvis Tower. Leave your email below and w...

03/17/2026

Y’all —

Some folks have been asking,
“Why do you call WBRD a ghost radio station?”

The short answer is…

because the signal coming out of the Elvis Tower
doesn’t just belong to us.

Places like the Whirlybird remember
the people and cultures that helped build them.

And every now and then — when the signal’s right —
we can hear them again.

Nicky Butler wrote a little Field Report about it.

You can read the whole piece, “Ghost Frequencies of the Whirlybird,” here — right after the short intro:

https://wbrd.org/wbrd-field-reports/