Goose, photo by Stevo Rood
Goose took the stage in New Orleans last night to wrap up their double-header at the historic Saenger Theatre. On the eve of the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the incoming musical celebration charged Goose’s Big Easy shows with an urgent anticipation, and the ascendant jam quartet met the room’s pensive energy with a kinetic two-set recitation of fan favorites from their live catalog, plus a couple of unexpected covers.
Goose began their second performance at the Saenger Theatre with the Peter Anspach-penned Great Blue original “Yeti,” stretched out to 13 minutes before finally falling away. This expansive introduction set the tone for a night of unrelenting jams, with only one track clocking in under ten minutes. With that, the group’s first frame consisted of only five songs, with “Silver Rising” and “Draconian Meter Maid” framing a monstrous 27-minute rendition of the uptempo Shenanigans Nite Club setlist staple “Same Old Shenanigans,” which landed as one of the track’s longest treatments on record. To cap off the first frame, the band paid tribute to the foundational innovators of jamband music, taking on the Grateful Dead’s “Peggy-O” for the first time since November 2024.
Goose’s second set held to the standard of engrossing experimentation established by the first, beginning with a sweet and hypnotic 25-minute stay in the seven-year heavy-hitter “Tumble.” After seamless transitions into “Creatures” and “Slow Ready,” the band landed on their second treatment to date of Rockwell and Michael Jackson’s electro-funk classic “Somebody’s Watching Me,” which they debuted at last year’s Suwannee Hulaween headline set. To add some synth wizardry to the finale, the band welcomed Umphrey’s McGee’s Joel Cummins, who returned for an encore of “Arcardia.”
Goose will race through three shows in Texas from April 23-25, then fly out to their second annual Viva El Gonzo event from May 7-9. Find the band’s full live itinerary at goosetheband.com/tour.
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