Irma Thomas Concert History

Irma Thomas (b. February 18, 1941, Ponchatoula, Louisiana) whose only national chart hit in a 50 year career is 1963's "Wish Someone Would Care", is an enduring, Grammy winning, soul, gospel, rhythm and blues singer from New Orleans. Known as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans", she is a contemporary of Aretha Franklin and Etta James, but did not tour as relentlessly, and industry support and major commercial success eluded her for decades. Thomas, who once was told by execs at Atlantic in the late 60's that "she just didn't have it anymore"...

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Irma Thomas Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 16)

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 14, 2010
"San Jose Jazz Festival" / Ruthie Foster / J.C. Smith / Jazz Mafia Brass Band / Irma Thomas

San Jose Jazz Festival

Downtown San Jose San Jose, California, United States
Jun 19, 2010
Irma Thomas Paragon Casino Resort Marksville, LA, US
Jun 05, 2010 –
Jun 06, 2010
Irma Thomas / Cowboy Mouth / Treme Brass Band / Bonerama / Rockin' Dopsie Jr. And The Zydeco Twisters / Mustang Sally

New Orleans Oyster Festival 2010

Unknown venue New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
May 22, 2010
Irma Thomas Scullers Jazz Club Boston, Massachusetts, United States
May 21, 2010
Irma Thomas Scullers Jazz Club Boston, Massachusetts, United States
May 19, 2010
Irma Thomas / Paul Sanchez / Glen David Andrews / Margie Perez

at Lafayette Square

Lafayette Square New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
May 02, 2010
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
"New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" / The Neville Brothers / Van Morrison / B.B. King / Irma Thomas / The Dead Weather / Maze Feat. Frankie Beverly / Richie Havens / Clarence Carter / Juvenile / Wayne Shorter / Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars / The Radiators / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Clarence "frogman" Henry / Ellis Marsalis / DJ Captain Charles / Davell Crawford / Ruthie Foster / Luther Kent / Sherman Washington & The Zion Harmonizers / Mia Borders / Jimmy Johnson / Benny Grunch & The Bunch / Bo Dollis Jr. And The Wild Magnolias / Delfeayo Marsalis / John Rankin / Tim Laughlin / Creole Jazz Serenaders with Don Vappie / Willie Tee / Warren Storm / Feufollet / Reggie Hall & The Twilighters / Ernie Vincent / Phillip Manuel / TBC Brass Band / Los Po-Boy-Citos / Dukes Of Dixieland / Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys / Some Like It Hot (LA) / Jo "Cool" Davis / Franklin IV / Hazel & The Delta Ramblers / Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indians / Creole Zydeco Farmers / Black Eagles (Mardi Gras Indians) / Tye Tribbett & G.A. Show all bands
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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
May 01, 2010 –
May 02, 2010
New Orleans jazz and Heritage Fest
Band of Horses / Anders Osborne / Galactic / Pearl Jam / Irma Thomas / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Van Morrison / The Dead Weather / The Neville Brothers / Ivan Neville's Dumstaphunk / Gov't Mule / The Radiators / Widespread Panic / Buckwheat Zydeco / Allen Toussaint / Aretha Franklin / The Subdudes / The Derek Trucks Susan Tedeschi Band / Elvis Perkins In Dearland Show all bands
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Fairgrounds racecourse New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 23, 2010
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
"New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" / Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys / Baaba Maal / Joe Lovano / Irma Thomas / The Black Crowes / Kenny Neal / Elvin Bishop / The Revivalists / Steel Pulse / George Clinton And Parliament Funkadelic / Joe Krown / Lionel Richie / Dr. John / Chocolate Milk / Jon Cleary / Frankie Ford / Deacon John / Lena Prima / Anders Osborne / John Fohl / Johnny Sansone / Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers / Maurice Brown / Glen David Andrews / Mia X / Cheeky Blakk / Ms. Tee / Otra / Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas / Leah Chase / Bruce Daigrepont / Little Freddie King / Leroy Jones / Tommy Sancton Quartet / Lost Bayou Ramblers / New Orleans Night Crawlers / The Revealers / Rotary Downs / James Rivers Movement / Spencer Bohren / David Egan / Kipori "Babywolf" Woods / Mas Mamones / Real Untouchables Brass Band / Beth Patterson / June Gardner / Kevin Thompson / Wanda Rouzan / Comanche Hunters Mardi Gras Indians / Bester Singers / Dynamic Smooth Family Show all bands
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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Show Duplicate for Apr 23, 2010
Apr 23, 2010 –
May 02, 2010
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2010
Drake / Pearl Jam / Van Morrison / Band of Horses / Lionel Richie / Darius Rucker / My Morning Jacket / Elvis Costello / The Allman Brothers Band / The Black Crowes / Old Crow Medicine Show / Gipsy Kings / Kirk Franklin / The Dead Weather / Blues Traveler / Juvenile / Simon & Garfunkel / Jeff Beck / Jose Feliciano / The Revivalists / anita baker / Better Than Ezra / Ledisi / Dr. John / B.B. King / Average White Band / Steel Pulse / Aaron Neville / Widespread Panic / Gov't Mule / Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Shawn Colvin / Elvin Bishop / Jonny Lang / Galactic / Irma Thomas / Richie Havens / Mannie Fresh / Maze / Baaba Maal / Wayne Shorter / The Derek Trucks Band / Big Freedia / Dixie Cups / Smokie Norful / The Blind Boys of Alabama / Preservation Hall Jazz Band / Kirk Whalum / The Neville Brothers / Martin Sexton / Steve Martin / Terence Blanchard / gerald albright / Take 6 / Elvis Perkins / Parliament-Funkadelic / Tab Benoit / The Dirty Dozen Brass Band / Anders Osborne / Hiromi / The Wiseguys / Allen Toussaint / Dee Dee Bridgewater / Sam Bush / Joe Lovano / Jeff Lorber / Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars / Sonny Landreth / Buckwheat Zydeco / Steep Canyon Rangers / Cowboy Mouth / Blessed / Theresa Andersson / Ruthie Foster / The Radiators / The Subdudes - Touring as Individuals / Keely Smith / Marcia Ball / Furious 5 / Mia X / Chocolate Milk / Jon Cleary / Lindsay Mendez / BeauSoleil / Bernard Allison / Bonerama / Imagination Movers / Juan Luis Guerra Y 4.40 / Donald Harrison / Frankie Ford / Grayson Capps / Big Sam's Funky Nation / Treme Brass Band / Papa Grows Funk / Andrew Duhon / The Four Freshmen / Kenny Neal / Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers / Funky Meters / Pete Fountain / Dr. Michael White / Walter "Wolfman" Washington / Lost Bayou Ramblers / Honey Island Swamp Band / Wycliffe Gordon / Bill Summers / Red Stick Ramblers / teena marie / James Andrews / Davell Crawford / michael doucet / Rotary Downs / magnolia shorty / Susan Cowsill / Amanda Shaw / Katey Red / D.L. Menard / Big Chief Monk Boudreaux / Campbell Brothers / C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band / Deacon John / Leroy Jones / Jambalaya Cajun Band / Cheeky Blakk / Jeremy Davenport / Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue / Ms. Tee / The New Orleans Bingo! Show / Spencer Bohren / Johnette Downing / Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience / Kevin Thompson / Panorama Jazz Band / Rockie Charles / Butch Thompson / Beth Patterson / Victor Goines / Reggie Hall / The Levon Helm Band / Tin Men / Bob French / Germaine Bazzle / DJ Poppa / Lena Prima / David Egan / Lil' Buck Sinegal / Otra / Joe Krown Trio / Voice of the Wetlands Allstars / Steve Masakowski / Walter Washington / John Fohl / Sammy Rimington / Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band / Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra / George French / Mahogany Brass Band / Jeffery Broussard / Revealers / Dala (Canada) / June Gardner / Midnite Disturbers / New Orleans Night Crawlers / Little Freddie King Blues Band / Jewel Brown / Leah Chase / Betty Shirley / Bleu Orleans / Kipori Woods / Rumba Buena / Jesse Mcbride / Shades Of Praise / The Maurice Brown Effect / Zydeco Trouble / Seguenon Kone / James Rivers Movement / Thais Clark / Franklin Avenue Baptist Church Mass Choir / Real Untouchables Brass Band / Semolian Warriors / Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders / Earth, Wind & Fire Show all bands
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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Feb 06, 2010
Irma Thomas The Addition (Formerly Yoshi's SF) San Francisco, California, United States
Feb 05, 2010
Irma Thomas The Addition (Formerly Yoshi's SF) San Francisco, California, United States
Oct 24, 2009
Irma Thomas / Allen Toussaint

Irma Thomas / Allen Toussaint at Roosevelt Hotel

Roosevelt Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Oct 12, 2009
Alison Krauss & Union Station / Mary Chapin Carpenter / Béla Fleck / Irma Thomas / Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas Grand Ole Opry House Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Show Duplicate for Oct 12, 2009
Oct 10, 2009
"Gentilly Fest" / Charmaine Neville / Rebirth Brass Band / Irma Thomas

Gentilly Fest

Pontchartrain Park Playground New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Sep 12, 2009
Bull Durham Blues Festival
"Bull Durham Blues Festival" / Homemade Jamz' Blues Band / Elvin Bishop / Irma Thomas / The Lee Boys / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Zac Harmon
The Hayti Heritage Center Durham, North Carolina, United States
Sep 06, 2009
Irma Thomas Harbourfront Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sep 05, 2009
Detroit Jazz Festival
"Detroit Jazz Festival" / Christian McBride & Inside Straight / Brian Auger's Oblivion Express / Dee dee bridgewater / Irma Thomas / The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Jose James / Gretchen Parlato / Wendell Harrison / Sean Jones / Carl Allen / Rodney Whitaker / Brubeck Brothers Quartet / Sherman Mitchell Show all bands
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Downtown Detroit Detroit, Michigan, United States
Aug 15, 2009
Irma Thomas Harrah's New Orleans Hotel & Casino New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Jul 12, 2009
"Festival International De Jazz De Montreal" / Glenn Miller Orchestra / Harry James Orchestra / Eliades Ochoa / Irma Thomas

Festival International De Jazz De Montreal

Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jul 10, 2009
"Festival International De Jazz De Montreal" / Irma Thomas / Asa

Festival International De Jazz De Montreal

Métropolis Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Concerts Per Year:

2026 4 concerts
2025 11 concerts
2024 10 concerts
2023 19 concerts
2022 18 concerts
2021 2 concerts
2020 2 concerts
2019 9 concerts
2018 13 concerts
2017 55 concerts
2016 14 concerts
2015 31 concerts
2014 13 concerts
2013 31 concerts
2012 20 concerts
2011 26 concerts
2010 33 concerts
2009 27 concerts
2008 27 concerts
2007 14 concerts
2006 16 concerts
2005 7 concerts
2004 1 concert
2003 5 concerts
2002 1 concert
2001 2 concerts
2000 1 concert
1998 6 concerts
1997 2 concerts
1996 2 concerts
1995 2 concerts
1994 2 concerts
1993 1 concert
1992 4 concerts
1991 2 concerts
1990 9 concerts
1989 5 concerts
1988 5 concerts
1987 13 concerts
1986 2 concerts
1985 2 concerts
1984 5 concerts
1983 2 concerts
1982 4 concerts
1981 5 concerts
1978 2 concerts
1977 2 concerts
1976 1 concert
1975 1 concert
1966 7 concerts
1965 7 concerts
1964 8 concerts
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