Happy Three Day Weekend - Woop woop!!!
Start your weekend off with a little wine close to Bayou St. John (cause it's a wine kind of weekend!) It's the Friday Free for All from 6 to 8 pm at Swirl Wine Bar & Market (3143 Ponce de Loen). Jared Breaux from International will take you on a European tour tonight with 4 free wines from Italy, Spain, France and Portugal. Chef Richard will be in the house serving up his delicious tapas plates. This tasting is free! See you there!
Well, if it's Memorial Day weekend it can only mean one thing...and that's Greek Fest (1200 Robert E. Lee Blvd.)....Come out and experience Greece on the Bayou, and the 39th annual Hellenic party with a uniquely New Orleans flair! Join the fun for delicious food, delightful drinks, and entertainment the entire family will enjoy. (Entrance fee is only $5...and children under 12 get in FREE!) The fest runs all weekend, and tonight things get kickin' at 5:00 pm...Oh....and make sure you check out the ouzo daiquiri...it's a good one!
Looking for amazing vino, delicious food, and you have a little money to spare. Then head on down to the Convention Center today and tomorrow for the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience (NOWFE) Grand Tastings this evening from 6 to 9 pm and tomorrow from 2 to 5 pm. Click on the link for all the information and get on down there for the fun!! http://nowfe.com/
And if you're searching for a great little road trip...(it's really not that far)...You've got to head on over to Gonzales for the Jambalaya Festival today through Sunday in Gonzales (120 Irma Blvd.)!! The festivities get kickin' up today with cooking contests starting up at 11:30 am and the fun runs through midnight....."The World's Largest Jambalaya Cook-Off" is the big event with rides, music, a car show, cooking contests and more then 20 bands!! For more details on all the fun and how to get there...click on the link above!!
You still don't know what to do?
Get on down to Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal) for happy hour with Gallivan Burwell and the Predatory Drifters and stay on for two shows with The Malone Brothers at 9:00 and 11:00 pm! Be sure to come hungry for delicious pizza and other Italian treats!!
And there's more good music in Mid-City (almost Uptown) over at Rock 'N Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton) for The Bucktown Allstars at 9:30 pm!! Remember if you eat at Ye Olde College Inn right next door you get a discount to the show! Happy rockin' and bowlin'!
Need more music - head to Frenchmen Street??
You can get started early at the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) with Ben Polcer at 4:00 pm, Washboard Chaz Jazz Trio at 6:00 pm, and the New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings at 10:00 pm.
Right down the street you have another trio of shows at BMC (1331 Decatur)...with El the Orazio and Friends at 3:00 pm, Kipori Woods Band at 6:00 pm, and Dana Abbot at 9:00 pm!!
d.b.a.'s (618 Frenchmen) got and early show with The Hot Club of New Orleans at 6:00 pm and stay on for Eric Lindell at 10:00 pm...there's a $10 cover, but you don't want to miss the show!!
And there's two great shows at the Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen) - You've got Kermit Ruffins & the BBQ Swingers at 7:00 pm and stay on late for The Stooges Brass Band - it's a fun night at the Nile! (I'm pretty sure there's a cover for the shows - but it's worth it!)
That should get you going this evening...if you're looking for musical fun be sure to click on the WWOZ Livewire..and make sure you tune in to www.WWOZ.org today from 11- 2 pm for the best music show in town..The Louisiana Music Party with your host Bill deTurk!!
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Thursday w/a Stroll, Concerts in Parks & a Museum, & Top it off w/a Benefit!
What a beautiful evening for a stroll on Royal!
This evening is the Royal Street Stroll sponsored by Rouses the fun starts up at 5:30pm and goes until 8:30pm at the 300 Royal Street, The Wine and Food Experience Event brings together New Orleans' greatest gifts: rare antiques, fine art, live jazz and stunning historic architecture with the world's outstanding wines. Shop the enchanting galleries of Royal Street while experiencing wine offerings at each stop, as live jazz music fills the air. As always, the Krewe of Cork will parade down Royal Street to add to the fun!
At the event, in exchange for your ticket, you will receive a 2012 Wine Glass & Wristband that allows you receive wine & food offerings. Tickets are $75 per person in advance ($90 on-site), available at NOWFE....If you're poor like me and can't afford the wristband...be sure to head down anyway and support the shops and establishments on Royal this evening...it's a fun event!!!
*Rescheduled for Tonight Swing in the Park with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra from 6:00-8:30 p.m. at Lafreniere Park under the gazebo on the center island of the Park. The LPO is hosting FREE outdoor concert which will feature traditional classic and modern favorites that will please any and all generations of listeners. Selections include: Overture to Light Cavalry, Suite from Carmen, Selections from Phantom of the Opera, Strike Up the Band, Muppet Medley, Traditional New Orleans Medley, Big Band Fantasy, Irving Berlin - A Symphonic Portrait, and Stars and Stripes Forever. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnics for a relaxed evening at the park. While refreshments will be available for purchase, guests are invited to bring their own ice chests, food and beverage. Attendees are asked to bring non-perishable food items for Second Harvest Food Bank. Swing in the Park is presented by Fidelity and co-sponsored by Lakelawn Funeral Home and Cemeteries.
Go hang out at City Park this evening and enjoy Wendell Brunious for the Thursdays at Twilight Garden Concert Series! Wendell Brunious, trumpet player and vocalist, has recorded and toured with an impressive array of jazz greats. Wynton Marsalis, Lionel Hampton, Harry Connick, Jr., The Olympia Brass Band, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, many others. Gates open up at 5:00 pm and the performance starts at 6:00 pm in the City Park Botanical Garden Pavilion of the Two Sisters...There is an admission charge, but hey, it's helping the Park out...$10 for adults and $3 for children (it was $3 last year :)
Need a little art, culture and music? You gotta go to the show at the Ogden Southern Museum of Art (925 Camp St.) - better known as Ogden after Hours. Tonight the Ogden presents The Spinning Leaves - The Spinning Leaves are a glowing experience, steeped in traditional American music, sweetened with psychedelic folk and a garnish of New Weird America. The duo consists of Michael Baker, whose Kentucky heritage is not only evident but absolutely authentic, and Barbara Gettes, a Pennsylvania native whose voice is simultaneously suggestive and comforting! And tonight the O BAR's specialty drink is The Mint Julep - Seersucker, white linen and mint juleps -- summer has arrived. The O Bar will concoct a refreshing julep to rival those served at the Kentucky Derby!!
Support the Gulf Restoration Network and Sweet Home New Orleans tonight at the Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen) at 9:00 pm. It's a very special concert where New Orleans' own Bonerama and Sunpie Barnes will be performing with special guests Elvis Perkins, Erin McKeown, Jeanie Schroder (Devotchka), Justin Poree (Ozomatli), Lateef The Truthspeaker, MartÃn Perna (Antibalas + Ocote Soul), Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs), Spank Rock, Thao Nguyen (Thao And The Get Down Stay Down), and more for "Dear NOLA: A Concert for New Orleans". This show is a benefit for Sweet Home New Orleans and Gulf Restoration Network, two New Orleans-based nonprofits working to support and sustain the region's unique musical and cultural traditions and to protect and restore vital environmental and community resources for future generations. Tickets are only $12 for this amazing night of music!
For more fun stuff to do and more music...check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
This evening is the Royal Street Stroll sponsored by Rouses the fun starts up at 5:30pm and goes until 8:30pm at the 300 Royal Street, The Wine and Food Experience Event brings together New Orleans' greatest gifts: rare antiques, fine art, live jazz and stunning historic architecture with the world's outstanding wines. Shop the enchanting galleries of Royal Street while experiencing wine offerings at each stop, as live jazz music fills the air. As always, the Krewe of Cork will parade down Royal Street to add to the fun!
At the event, in exchange for your ticket, you will receive a 2012 Wine Glass & Wristband that allows you receive wine & food offerings. Tickets are $75 per person in advance ($90 on-site), available at NOWFE....If you're poor like me and can't afford the wristband...be sure to head down anyway and support the shops and establishments on Royal this evening...it's a fun event!!!
*Rescheduled for Tonight Swing in the Park with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra from 6:00-8:30 p.m. at Lafreniere Park under the gazebo on the center island of the Park. The LPO is hosting FREE outdoor concert which will feature traditional classic and modern favorites that will please any and all generations of listeners. Selections include: Overture to Light Cavalry, Suite from Carmen, Selections from Phantom of the Opera, Strike Up the Band, Muppet Medley, Traditional New Orleans Medley, Big Band Fantasy, Irving Berlin - A Symphonic Portrait, and Stars and Stripes Forever. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnics for a relaxed evening at the park. While refreshments will be available for purchase, guests are invited to bring their own ice chests, food and beverage. Attendees are asked to bring non-perishable food items for Second Harvest Food Bank. Swing in the Park is presented by Fidelity and co-sponsored by Lakelawn Funeral Home and Cemeteries.
Go hang out at City Park this evening and enjoy Wendell Brunious for the Thursdays at Twilight Garden Concert Series! Wendell Brunious, trumpet player and vocalist, has recorded and toured with an impressive array of jazz greats. Wynton Marsalis, Lionel Hampton, Harry Connick, Jr., The Olympia Brass Band, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, many others. Gates open up at 5:00 pm and the performance starts at 6:00 pm in the City Park Botanical Garden Pavilion of the Two Sisters...There is an admission charge, but hey, it's helping the Park out...$10 for adults and $3 for children (it was $3 last year :)
Need a little art, culture and music? You gotta go to the show at the Ogden Southern Museum of Art (925 Camp St.) - better known as Ogden after Hours. Tonight the Ogden presents The Spinning Leaves - The Spinning Leaves are a glowing experience, steeped in traditional American music, sweetened with psychedelic folk and a garnish of New Weird America. The duo consists of Michael Baker, whose Kentucky heritage is not only evident but absolutely authentic, and Barbara Gettes, a Pennsylvania native whose voice is simultaneously suggestive and comforting! And tonight the O BAR's specialty drink is The Mint Julep - Seersucker, white linen and mint juleps -- summer has arrived. The O Bar will concoct a refreshing julep to rival those served at the Kentucky Derby!!
Support the Gulf Restoration Network and Sweet Home New Orleans tonight at the Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen) at 9:00 pm. It's a very special concert where New Orleans' own Bonerama and Sunpie Barnes will be performing with special guests Elvis Perkins, Erin McKeown, Jeanie Schroder (Devotchka), Justin Poree (Ozomatli), Lateef The Truthspeaker, MartÃn Perna (Antibalas + Ocote Soul), Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs), Spank Rock, Thao Nguyen (Thao And The Get Down Stay Down), and more for "Dear NOLA: A Concert for New Orleans". This show is a benefit for Sweet Home New Orleans and Gulf Restoration Network, two New Orleans-based nonprofits working to support and sustain the region's unique musical and cultural traditions and to protect and restore vital environmental and community resources for future generations. Tickets are only $12 for this amazing night of music!
For more fun stuff to do and more music...check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
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