There’s never been a better time to join our Krewe!

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Mike

2025 is looking to be an amazing year for the Mystic Krewe. We’re renovating areas of our clubhouse; we’ve got several active sub-groups happening with a variety of events from monthly card games to sewing circles.

We also host private parties and live concerts, sometimes with a limited number of public tickets, but if you’re a member, you always have access!

Stay tuned for dates for many new shows including: Consortium of Genius, Ever More Nest, Phil DeGruy, Mahmoud Chouki and many others. If you are in a popular musical group and want to see about performing at the PinChurch, contact us!

More than just a social scene… We are a collective of creative, compassionate people who look out for each other, which can be particularly desirable during these times when there’s so much hostility and intolerance around us. If you like to learn, share, collaborate and are looking to make new friends — life long friends with the same priorities, please look at our About/FAQ page to find out about how to join this amazing group!

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More events, parties and concerts!

Posted on October 28, 2024 by admin

There’s been no shortage of fun things happening within the Mystic Krewe.

From classes to movie nights, to parties and live concerts, as well as a wide variety of collaborate projects covering everything from arts & crafts to construction projects.

Our infamous Christmas party is coming; as well as our “Friendsgiving” celebration where we make a huge feast for everybody who wants to come who might not have their own family gathering to attend. We recently did a class on resin casting, and a fun Halloween-themed, “Witches and Warlocks” party featuring a “drink laboratory” and pumpkin carving.

We are also anxious to welcome back Alexis & Sam to the PinChurch for a special show on Friday, October 8th – a limited number of tickets might still be available.

There’s never been a better time to join the Mystic Krewe – a community of supportive, high-empathy people who like to learn, share and collaborate. You can’t choose your family, but you can use your FRamily. Consider joining ours. Visit our about page to learn more!

Also be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to see live shows!

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Live From the PinChurch: Clint Maedgen and the BandaPandas Oct 4th

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Mike

New Orleans artist and musician Clint Maedgen (Liquidrone, New Orleans Bingo! Show, Preservation Hall Jazz Band) has regrouped with a new lineup of musicians to form Clint Maedgen and the BandPandas, his latest endeavor in exploring the unique and electric sounds of his past and present catalogue. Whether reinventing songs from previous ensembles or playing newly released music, the group promises an eclectic mix of blues, country, rock, folk, and gospel. While this volume of music has a rich history spanning decades, The BandaPandas has its own interesting and recent origin story.

Like many artists and musicians during the era of pandemic lockdowns and social distancing, Clint sought new avenues to reach and connect with audiences, and found an answer in what quickly developed into a tight-nit Patreon group, dubbed The Panda Family, with members from all over the world meeting daily for exciting performances by Clint, or often just to hang and talk music and art and life as everyone navigated the new realities of the world.

When the world opened up again, several of the musically inclined and New Orleans adjacent Panda Fam decided to learn some of Clint’s material and proposed getting together with him for a jam. It only took one song for everyone to realize there was something more to explore here. Fast forward several months and the BandaPandas had developed a 2 1/2 hour revue of Clint’s varied and beloved musical catalogue, with Jason Spring on drums, Kevin Logsdon on electric guitar, and Jamie Digilormo on bass backing Clint’s unique voice and vocal melodies. The result is something unique and special, with artist and fans coming together as friends to recreate and perform with care and attention this music that they all share a love for.

To order tickets or for more info See the event page

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Mahmoud “Mood” Chouki with Yusa- Live from the PinChurch, Thu June 27, 2024 8:30pm

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Mike

With special guest Yusa and others.

Mahmoud “Mood” Chouki (Morocco, 1984) is a master guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and composer currently living and working in New Orleans. His art draws together music from several different international contexts to explore how music may speak across cultural divides. His own compositions incorporate musical influences from across the globe, ranging from European classical, Andalusian from Southern Spain, Levantine music from the Middle East, Maghrebian music from North Africa, Latin American music, and Jazz from the United States. Integrating sounds and rhythms from many different cultures, Chouki combines classical guitar with instruments such as the loutar, a traditional instrument of the Middle Atlas region of Morocco; the sintir, a Sub-Saharan instrument from the Sahel region (Mali); the oud, an oriental lute; the Algerian mandole, a steel-string fretted instrument resembling an elongated mandolin; the Bağlama saz, a Turkish long necked bowl-lute; the banjo, and a variety of percussion instruments.

Chouki’s projects have led him to perform around the world, such as the Magic Lutes Concerts with composer Hughes de Courson and the Symphonic Orchestras in Qatar; Magic Lutes Concerts with composer Hughes de Courson and the Symphonic Orchestras in Bahrain; Pireneos Sur Festival in Sallent de Gallego, Spain; Snug Harbor in New Orleans, USA; Cafe de la Danse, Paris, France; Gwangju world music festival, South Korea; and Safar music series at the New Orleans Museum of Art

As artistic director of Rencontre Orient-Occident at Chateau Mercier in Sierre, Switzerland, Chouki organizes annual artist residencies, bringing together master musicians from the East and West. For one week they share and explore each other’s styles and cultures through music and experiences, which culminates in a final concert. He also currently teaches music at the Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle Orléans, and is Music Curator for monthly music programs at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Most recently Chouki composed the film score for the2021 Sundance award winning film, Ma Belle, My Beauty (directed by New Orleans based filmmaker Marion Hill). In 2021, he was awarded 2020’s “Best Emerging Artist” by Offbeat Magazine’s Best of the Beat Awards.

Regarded as a top Ambassador of 21st Century Cuban Music, guitarist, bassist, vocalist, lyricist, composer and tres player, Yusa is one of the leading voices of Cuban music today. Her compositions have earned the acclaim of both her contemporaries on the island and international admirers. Born in Havana, music and the ocean have been central to her artistic production as a singer-songwriter.

Yusa blazed trails in her early years as a member of the all-women quintet Quasi Jazz, cementing her voice in the jazz fusion world, but she is perhaps most well-known as the original musical director of the popular Cuban band Interactivo.

She signed to Tumi Music as a solo artist in 2002 and released a handful of albums to critical acclaim, including multiple CubaDisco and BBC Radio World Music Awards. In 2008, she founded her own recording label, YUSA Music, on which she released her 5th album in 2012. She will be releasing her 6th album in 2023.

Yusa brings her vibrant blend of trova, son, pop, jazz, Cuban and Brasilian rhythms to the stage and leaves the audience always wanting more. She draws the listener in with her uncommon and very personal style, integrating Cuban styles with music from around

This is a very special, private venue, with many wonders and surprises. Only a limited number of tickets will be available. This will also be professionally filmed and recorded.