Sunday Fun at the Children's Museum & Show Some Support with Sunpie!

Happy Sunday Everybody!


It's a Target Free Sunday at the Louisiana Children's Museum (420 Julia) all day long from Noon to 5:00 pm!! Visit the Museum for FREE this Sunday, courtesy of Target. Participate in fun, physical activities beginning at 1:00 p.m. Watch the Red Shirt Brigade perform their Let's Move dance at 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Plus, enjoy a special jump-rope performance at 2:45 p.m. Bring your dancing shoes and let's get fit together!

A benefit - Rock, Ride ’n’ Rescue, featuring musical entertainment by Sunpie Barnes, tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. at Rock ’n’ Bowl Mid-City Lanes, 3000 S. Carrollton Ave. There's gonna be a silent auction with each organization sponsoring a table, bowling, cash bar and a lot of fun. The cost is $10 per person and tickets can be purchased in advance through each organization, which will keep those admission fees. Proceeds from tickets sold at the door will be split among the groups. Organizations participating are:

• Greater New Orleans Therapeutic Riding Center www.gnotrc.com or call 504.466.9966
• Animal Rescue of New Orleans www.animalrescueneworleans.org or call 504.571.1900.
• Molly’s Foundation, St. Rose  www.mollythepony.com.
• Happy Trails Therapeutic Horsemanship Center Inc. of Franklinton www.happytrailstrc.org

For some more evening fun head down to Frenchmen Street for some great music this evening!!

Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) Rights of Swing at 3:00 pm, Kristina Morales and The Bayou Shufflers at 6:00 pm, Pat Casey and The New Sounds at 10:00 pm.
Cafe Negril (606 Frenchmen) John Lisi and Delta Funk at 7:00 pm.
dba (618 Frenchmen) Palmetto Bug Stompers at 6:00 and Dave Jordan at 10:00 pm.

For you night owls - there's a couple great late music shows going on Uptown tonight!

Le Bon Temp Roule' (4801 Magazine) has Chapter Soul featuring Calvin Johnson, Kirk Joseph & Kevin O'Day at 9:00 pm!

The Maple Leaf Bar (8316 Oak St.) has the Joe Krown Trio featuring Walter "Wolfman" Washington and Russell Batiste at 10:30 pm!

Have a great Sunday and for more good music going on around town be sure to check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!



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Celebrate Music for a Good Cause - A Benefit for Malcolm and More!

Happy Sunday Everybody!

Head on over to Tipitina's (501 Napoleon) today for the Sunday Music Workshop - come play on Tip's world famous stage with Steve Masakowski, Chris Severin, & Johnny Vidacovich from 1:00 to 3:00 pm!! This program is FREE and open to the public, but is geared towards young musicians (please bring your own instruments).

Looking for somewhere cool to hang out, hear some great music and help someone out - then go on over to BMC (1331 Decatur) for a Benefit for Malcolm Westin - Malcolm is a musician and one of the best independent auto mechanics in town, however he's been unable to work over a year due to a serious health condition that requires multiple surgeries and long stays in the hospital.  Enjoy music by Mas Mamones with special guest Mas Mamones, also Alex McMurray, MrGo, and Ritmo Calypso all this music for a measly $15. cover plus $5 more to enter the raffle of 20 donated prizes (food, art, and more). All proceeds will help Mal and his family.  So come on out for a good cause, have some fun and give what you can for this great hard-working guy.

Head to the French Market Fare Program with Chef Marilyn Doucette of Meals from the Heart Cafe' at 2:00 pm.  The Market and Farm discusses local ingredients, urban farming practices, demonstrates how to use various products in creative ways, and how to preserve season produce.  So come on out and learn some fun stuff and go shopping in the French Market (located between Ursulines and Governor Nicholls Street) - what a fun way to spend your Sunday afternoon!!

Enjoy music in a beautiful setting at Trinity Episcopal Church (1329 Jackson) the Trinity Artist Series continues this evening at 5:00 pm. with the High Ground Drifters Bluegrass Band with Albinas Prizgintas, organ This concert is FREE and open to the public.

Looking for a romantic evening of a music?  Check out the Summer Twilight Romance Series at the Jazz Back Porch at the N.O. Jazz National Historical Park Visitor Center (918 N. Peters) at 7:00 pm -  Harmoniemusik New Orleans continues a summer series of classical chamber music at the Back Porch, including trios, quartets, quintets and more.  Admission is FREE - but donations are accepted and appreciated.

If you're looking for more good things to do this evening head on over to the Hi-Ho Lounge (2239 St. Claude) for the 6t'9 SAPC Back to School Recruit! This is one of many, but most important? All are invited to join, and we ask everyone, even if you don't join? to PLEASE donate a backpack for kids! Each year, 6t'9 donates new or used (good condition) backpacks to school children! won't you please help us and donate too? The meeting will be from six ta nine, and krewe members will be on hand to discuss parades past, and how you can join up, and participate too! Each year this parade goes through the sixth ward to the ninth ward, and brings candy and more to children in neighborhoods! A fter Katrina, there was so much blight, that 6t'9 decided to bring the halloween experience to the neighborhoods! they roll from the sixth ward to the ninth, in halloween costumes, with bands, floats and more. One of the most anticipated parades for any child. They are the only parade to bring the bands through the neighborhoods, and the families come out in droves to join in the fun!  Each year they accept new members, and this year is no exception!

For you night owls - there's a couple great late music shows going on Uptown tonight!

Le Bon Temp Roule' (4801 Magazine) has Chapter Soul featuring Calvin Johnson, Kirk Joseph & Kevin O'Day at 9:00 pm!

The Maple Leaf Bar (8316 Oak St.) has the Joe Krown Trio featuring Walter "Wolfman" Washington and Russell Batiste with the Honey Island Swamp Band all at 10:30 pm!

Have a great Sunday and for more good music going on around town be sure to check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!



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Rubber Duck Sunday and A Benefit for Colin

Good Morning - There's lots of stuff going on today!

The Bayou Boogaloo continues on today with a full day of fun starting up at 11:00 am on the banks of Bayou St. John (and Orleans Ave.) with a full weekend, of music, food, art and the "Derby Duck Race" for Second Harvest is today at 3:45 pm....Check out 10,000 rubber ducks in the Bayou!!!  I got my "Quack Pack" did you get yours???

Click on the link above for all the festival fun, and click on "Derby Duck" to get your duck in the race!!  See below for the today's music schedule:

NOLA.com Stage
JD Hill and the Jammers 11am-11:45am
Kevin Skehani 12:45pm-1:45pm
Sasha Masakowski’s Musical Playground 2:45pm-3:45pm
The Revivalists 4:45pm-5:45pm

Positive Vibration Stage
Lagniappe Brass Band 11am-12pm
Paul Soniat 12:20pm-1:20pm
Washboard Chaz Blues Trio 1:40pm-2:40pm
Kristin Diable 3pm - 4:00pm
Monk Boudreaux and Golden Eagles featuring Billy Iuso 4:20pm - 5:20pm
Kris Royal and Dark Matter 5:45pm - 7:00pm

Abita Stage
Karnival Kreyol featuring Cedric Watson 11:45am-12:45pm
Group Fantasma 1:45pm-2:45pm
Leah Chase + Gerrmaine Bazzle + Stephanie Jordan 3:45pm-4:45pm
Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters 5:45pm-7:00pm

Do you eat all your veggies???  and even if you don't you're gonna love Veggie Fest at the Zeitgeist (1618 Oretha Castle Haley) all weekend long and today 10:00 am to 4:00 pm...There's gonna be all types of veggie fun with music by Country Fried, Eudora and Deep Soul, and more...check out the link above for all the good stuff going on over there this weekend!!

Looking for a ride to the beach you can head on over to Downtown Bay St. Louis, Mississippi for Bay Bridge Fest...Enjoy the Bay town with great Mississippi seafood, arts and crafts and music, the fun is all weekend long and starts up at 11:00 am today!!  Here's just some of of the great line-up:

• Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars (Tab Benoit, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, Monk Boudreaux, Johnny Vidacovich, Waylon Thibodeaux, Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone, George Porter, Jr.)
• George Porter Jr. and the Runnin’ Pardners
• Amanda Shaw
• John Mooney
• Honey Island Swamp Band
• Los Po-Boy-Citos
• John “Papa” Gros
• Jeremy Mojo Phipps and the Outsiders
• Dread Clampitt
• US Navy Rock Band

For all the Fest fun and the complete schedule - click on the above link!!!

Tonight please come out to support A Night of for Care for Colin Benefit Show at The Howlin Wolf (907 South Peters) from 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm....This tribute will be a healing experience for everyone and a way to pay tribute to Colin through music and help support his family.  There's gonna be a fantastic silent auction and raffle items, and of course amazing music with Fred LeBlanc + Dash Rip Rock + Motorway + Blue Plate + Jimmy Robinson.  For more info on the event and auction items, please click the link above.  See you tonight!

For more good stuff going on today...Be sure to check out the WWOZ Livewire.  Until tomorrow!

Music Factory, Symphonies and Threadheads!!!

Good Morning Everybody,

So much to do....so little time...let's get going!!

Okay start off your day at the Louisiana Music Factory (201 Decatur) for their annual in-store Jazz Fest concerts...here's the line-up for today!!  Click on the link above for the complete Fest line-up

• Los Po-Boy-Citos at 2:00 PM
• Andy J Forest at 3:00 PM
• Johnny Sansone with Anders Osborne + Stanton Moore at 4:00 PM
• Neslort at 5:00 PM
• Jamie McLean at 6:00 PM
• Troy Turner at 7:00 PM
• Delfeayo Marsalis at 8:00 PM

While you're in the Quarter head on over La Belle Galerie (309 Chartres) from 4:00 to 8:00 pm for their Jazz Fest Kick-Off Party with The annual celebration features:

• The Revealers
• Rebirth Brass Band
• The Revolution Steppers and more!!

And head on down to City Park early because there's two amazing events happening this evening!!

It's the LPO Swing in the Oaks starting up 5:30pm on the Goldring/Woldenberg Great Lawn....Join City Park and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra for the annual LPO program!  At 5:30 p.m. it's the British Band of New Orleans and at 6:30 p.m. it's the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra!  Be sure to bring chairs, your picnic basket and blankets. Concessions available for purchase and it's FREE!

It's also Threadhead Thursday this evening for with an, only New Orleans line-up:  Shamar Allen and the Underdawgs, Ensemble Fatien, Alex McMurray Band, New Orleans Nightcrawlers and Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show!!  Gates open up at 5:00 pm and the performance starts at 6:00 pm and goes to 11:00 pm in the City Park Botanical Garden at the Robert B. Haspel Outdoor Garden Stage...Admission is FREE and there will be concessions available for purchase...be sure to bring your chairs and blankets!!

Don't worry if you're not headed to City Park there's more music and more culture!  You gotta go to the show at the Ogden Southern Museum of Art - better known as Ogden after Hours.  The concert starts up at 6:00 pm. with Preservation Hall Hot 5: Ben Jaffe, Clint Maedgen, Rickie Monie, Charlie Gabriel and Joe Lastie ....so come on down for some music, culture and fun....don't miss it!!

That should keep you busy this evening, and get you groovin' for Jazz Fest!!  If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire!

Windy Wednesday with Lots to Do!!

It's a pre-festin' Wednesday, and there's lots to do!!

First things first...don't head down to City Park this evening for the "Swingin' in the Oaks" due to inclement weather the event has been rescheduled for tomorrow evening.

Never fear....there's other good stuff goin' on to keep you busy.

Knock off of work a little early and head on down to Lafayette Square you can stop by Ditcharo's Restaurant & Pub (640 Carondelet) for a cold beer and some pre-Square music with the Chris Alford & Jesse Morrow Duo...they get started at 4:30 pm!!

Then head on down to Lafayette Square for another stellar line-up for this year's concert series....there will be crafts, food and libations....Irvin Mayfield & The Jazz Playhouse Review get things blowin' this evening at 5:00 pm - and check out the entire line-up so you can make your plans.

Wednesday Evening Music

If you're all revved up from your early evening fun...check this out...

Since you're already downtown at the Square stop by Victory (339 Baronne) for some great cocktails, delicious bites and music with Sombras Brilhantes at 6:30 pm...if you haven't been here yet you really need to check it out....it's super cool!!

Hang out in Mid-City where there's yummy food and great music at Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal) for an early show at 7:00 pm with Tom McDermott & Meschiya Lake, and stay on for the Iguanas at 10:00 pm...they'll have you dancing the night away!! 

Heading over to Frenchmen Street?  Start off your evening with the early show over at dba (618 Frenchmen)....The Tin Men get things kickin' at 7:00 pm....and then stay on for Walter "Wolfman" Washington & The Roadmasters at 10:00 pm (as always) it's gonna be a fun one!!

Another great evening full of music at the Spotted Cat with Brett Richardson at 4:00 p.m., Swing Dance Lessons at 5:00 pm, The Orleans 6 at 6:00 p.m., and to top off the night St. Louis Slim & The Frenchmen St. Jug Band at 10:00 p.m.!

Looking for some dinner and then some music for dessert?  Rock 'N Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton) can help you out!  Get an entree' over at Ye Olde College Inn and then get a half price ticket to the show right next door at Rock N' Bowl....Tonight they've got Swing-A-Roux to get you swingin' at 8:30 pm!!

If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire!

Celebrate the Hornets Win with some Monday Fun!!

Happy Monday Everybody!

What a beautiful weekend....hope everyone got a full Easter basket and enjoyed the Hornets incredible win!!

There's some good stuff going on today to help you keep those Monday blues away, and get you in the mood for some Jazz Festin'!!

Concert and Lecture
Tonight at 8:00 pm saxophonist and Mardi Gras Indian, Chief Donald Harrison, is performing a free presentation at Dillard University's Cook Theatre.  This evening is hosted in conjunction with the African World Studies Program.  The theme of the institute is “Finding Answers to the Future.” The mini-lecture preceding this performance is entitled, “Jazz as America’s Classical Music,” and will be given by Dr. Acklyn Lynch, emeritus professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

And Frenchmen and Decatur are kickin' with lots of music tonight!

BMC (1331 Decatur) has a great early show at 6:00 pm with Fun in the Pocket featuring Mayumi Shara (drummer extraordinaire)...then stay on for the next show at 9:30 with Smoky Greenwell's Blues Jam!!

Head down Frenchmen Street to d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) for two great shows!!  It's  Luke Winslow King at 6:00 pm and stay on for Glen David Andrews at 9:00 pm!

Be sure to make a stop by the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) early for this great line-up of music....Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Dominic Grillo and The Frenchmen Street All Stars at 6:00 pm and be sure to stay on for the Jazz Vipers at 10:00 pm.....it's sure to be another smokin' Monday evening show.

Head on down to Mid City for even more music at Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal) with piano player (and sometimes guitar man) John Cleary at 8:00 pm...and come hungry - the kitchen is open with good food!!

You can stay in the Mid-City 'hood and go on over to Banks Street Bar (4401 Banks)about 10:00 pm for the N'awlins Johnnys tonight!

And If you're lookin' for some bluegrass music tonight you don't have to go too far to find it....Check out the Hi Ho Lounge (2239 St. Claude) and the Bluegrass Pickin' Party at 8:00 pm...there's no cover and FREE red beans!  And stay on for the Old Tire Swingers at 11:00 pm!!

To top off you're evening....you gotta go Uptown and over to the Maple Leaf (8316 Oak) for Papa Grows Funk at 11:00 pm they really know how to get your Monday night funkified!!!

Have a great one...and for more musical fun check out WWOZ Livewire ....until tomorrow.

Bunnies, and Markets and Music...OH MY!!!

Good Morning Everybody,

Hope you're having a great weekend!!  Lots of Easter Saturday events today...what's goin' on??

If you're looking for your last minute Easter gifts then be sure to head on over to the Palmer Park Arts Market!!  There are all sorts of pre-Easter events going on today!  The fun starts up at 10 am with an Easter Egg Hunt filled with treats and surprises at the Kids Tent.  After the Easter egg hunt head back to the Kids Tent for The Hippety-Hoppety Rabbit Magic Show at 10:30 am. Children can make Faux Faberge Eggs, the craft project of the day, after the show. In the Music Tent Tony Green & Gypsy Jazz performs at 1:00 p.m., followed by traditional jazz from Some Like it Hot! at 2:30 p.m.  It's gonna be a great day to hang out in the Park, celebrate Easter and get your special someone that amazing gift!

And there's more markets!!  Check out the new Piety Street Market at the Old Ironworks on 612 Piety (just off Chartres) today from noon to 5:00 pm!!  There's gonna be plenty of art, crafts, vintage, flea, live music and great food!!

Check out the fun schedule!

12 PM: The Pan American Trio
2:30 PM: Goodchildren Parade Stop
3PM: Aurora Neiland & The Royal Roses with Aurora Neiland

And passing by the Market will be the 4th Annual Goodchildren Easter Parade line-up starts at Poland and St. Claude for 1:00 pm and the parade gets rolling at 2:00 pm it's the "Year of the Rabbit" and marchers will detour from St. Claude Avenue to celebrate Easter at Old Ironworks.  It's gonna be loads of good times with King Al "Carnival Time" Johnson and Queen Tee Eva and her fabulous Baby Dolls will reign over the parade, which features the Goodchildren Band, Burning Spear Mardi Gras Indians, 504 Dancing Man and more than a dozen marching krewes, from the Bearded Oysters and Big Easy Roller Girls to NOLA Pyrates and the Guardian Angels, along with Goodchildren's signature hand-decorated doll throws.

After all the marketing....be sure to get your groove on in the French Quarter today at the Lousiana Music Factory (210 Decatur) with three in-store concerts today starting at 3:00 pm with the Creole Syncopators, at 4:00 pm it's Chief Juan Pardo and rounding out the fun Tony Green hits the stage at 5:00 pm!  Don't forget to grab your beer discount coupons on the counter and to buy lots of Louisiana local music while you're there!!

This evening get your bunny gear on for the NOLA BUNARCHY hop starting up at 7:00 pm throughout the Marigny and the Quarter!!  NOLA BUNARCHY is a bar hop around the Marigny and French Quarter neighborhoods. Hundreds of bunnies hop from bar to bar to raise money for Animal rescue charities.

Here's the hoppin' beer stoppin' schedule!!
* Mimi's at 7pm and goes to
* Hi Ho Lounge at 8pm-9
* Dragons Den 9pm - 10
* TBA - 10pm - 11
* Flanagan's 11pm - 12am
* More stops tba
Bunarchy Passes are $10 and are available at Funrockn and PopCity locations and at the bar stops.

Have a beautiful Easter Saturday and for more fun stuff going on be sure to check out the WWOZ Livewire!!

Love the Gulf!

A year ago today the worst oil spill in our nation's history occurred in the Gulf of Mexico...let's take a moment to remember the lives that were lost, and let's move forward to protect our environment and this beautiful place we call home.

It's the third and final day for Gulf Alive....so head on down to the French Market for these wonderful events, and be sure to click on the link above for more information.

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
GULF ALIVE! RIVERFRONT CELEBRATION

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
FRENCH MARKET SECOND LINE STROLL
Begins on the riverfront at the aquarium and ends at the French Market

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
FEED ME "SOMETHIN' MISTA"
The Edible School Yard in New Orleans

12:00 AM - 12:45 AM
REDISCOVERING THE SPANISH GOAT AND LOCAL CHEESE
Heritage goats and their cheeses re-emerge in Louisiana markets

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
FOOD FROM THE SWAMP, Y'ALL
Frog Legs, Turtle Soup, & Alligator Tails

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
COCHON - SNOUT TO TAIL
Cajun butchers and smokehouses of Acadiana

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
GULF SHRIMP - A LOCAL FISHERMAN'S WILD CATCH
Catch How to catch it, cook it and clean it

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
CULINARY CRAFT BREWING
Local ingredients create a unique Louisiana flavor

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
HERBSAINT BAR OPEN
Cash Bar - Barley Oak

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
MARKET BASH
Ticketed party benefiting the Edible School Yard (see http://www.gulfalive.com/ and http://www.edibleneworleans.com/)

Come on down to Lafayette Square for another stellar line-up for this year's concert series....there will be crafts, food and libations....Anders Osborne and The Honey Island Swamp Band get things movin' this evening at 5:00 pm - and check out the entire line-up so you can make your plans.

MORE GULF EVENTS/BENEFITS AND CONCERTS!

Oil Spill Memorial Concert tonight at 7:30 pm....A benefit concert featuring: Dr. John, Drew Landry, Shannon McNally, Michael Juan Nunez, The Treater Band,Grey Hawk, Fi Yi Yi and more at Tipitina's French Quarter (233 N. Peters St.)$25 in advance, $30 at the door.

It's the Harmony for Health/ Unity for the Gulf Concert at the House of Blues (225 Decatur St.).....Kevin Costner & Modern West headline this benefit concert, with the Voices of the Wetlands All-Stars featuring Tab Benoit, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, Johnny Vidacovich, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Johnny Sansone and Waylon Thibodeaux. All the proceeds will be go to The Oil Spill Memorial Fund administered by the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation and the Gulf Coast Fund. $50. Patron party at 5:30 p.m.; general admission at 7 p.m.

Before you head down to the House of Blues be sure to stop by the Louisiana Music Factory (210 Decatur) for another great in store performance by Drew Landry at 5:00 pm...remember to grab a discounted beer ticket on the counter, and purchase some only in New Orleans (and Louisiana) music!

Come on down to Lafayette Square for another stellar line-up for this year's concert series....there will be crafts, food and libations....Anders Osborne and The Honey Island Swamp Band get things movin' this evening at 5:00 pm - and check out the entire line-up so you can make your plans.


More Wednesday Evening Music

If you forgot to eat some food at the Square and are looking for some great music and food after the concert head on over to The Rendon Inn (4501 Eve Street - in beautiful Broadmoor) for some great food and some excellent music with Marc Stone at 7:00 pm!!

And there's more yummy food and music in Mid-City - Go by Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal) for Tom McDermott & Meschiya Lake at 8:00 pm!!  And don't forget to come hungry for some Taceaux Loceaux (they've been doin' the food truck thing - but have settled down at CWW and it's truly delicious!!)

Heading over to Frenchmen Street?  Lots of places with no cover, but don't forget to tip the talent!!

Start off your evening with the early show over at dba (618 Frenchmen)....The Tin Men get things kickin' at 7:00 pm (no cover)....and then stay on for Walter "Wolfman" Washington & The Roadmasters (small cover, but it's worth it!!) at 10:00 pm (as always) it's gonna be a fun one!!

Another great evening full of music at the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) with Brett Richardson at 4:00 p.m., The Orleans 6 at 6:00 p.m., and to top off the night St. Louis Slim & The Frenchmen St. Jug Band at 10:00 p.m.!

Looking for some dinner and then some music for dessert?  Rock 'N Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton) can help you out!  Get an entree' over at Ye Olde College Inn and then get a half price ticket to the show right next door at Rock N' Bowl....Tonight they've got Jerry Embree to get you dancing at 8:30 pm!!

If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire!