Havin' a Great Thursday with Phil Melancon at City Park, Brian Quezergue at the "O" and a Party on Magazine!

Happy Thursday!

It's a great night to hang out at City Park and enjoy Phil Melancon for the Twilight Garden Concert Series! Phil Melancon performs his music with the spirit and style of his hometown New Orleans. Phil will also perform songs from his current shows, “Ray Nagin’s Going Away Party”, and songs from French singer/songwriter Charles Aznavour. The 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.

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 has Brian Quezergue. Bassist Brian Quezergue is the son of the late Wardell Quezergue, who arranged “Chapel of Love” for the Dixie Cups and was dubbed the “Creole Beethoven” by Allen Toussaint. Last year at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Brian led a group of his father’s friends and band alumni including Tony Owens, Robert Parker and the Dixie Cups.
*Be sure to head on over to the bar for this month's signature drink - O-Sangria. And remember with your Ogden membership all of these excellent concerts are FREE - And my hubby Bill deTurk will be doing the interview - so you definitely don't want to miss it!

Tonight is Jess Leigh Jewels GRAND OPENING Party from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.! Come celebrate a new chapter in this local artist's journey! Jess Leigh Jewels, Fairy Boutique, and Katie Malone Makeup Studio (5700 block of Magazine) will all be open late for shoppin' and sippin' and dancin'! They'll have local DJ, Todd Taylor, doing that music thing, a champagne bar (with plenty of mixers), and a delicious array of treats (hint hint Blue Frog). In Store Promotions from all three shops...sounds like a good time to me!



For more fun stuff to do and more music...check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!


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Thursday w/ 2x The White Linen Kick-Off Fun Plus a Little More!

Good Morning Everybody!!

Thursday Events

Kick-off White Linen Night a little early with the Whitney White Linen Happy Hour tonight from 5:00 to 7:00 pm in the new SPUN Cafe at the CAC (900 Camp Street). There's going to be FREE Bombay Sapphire & Rain Vodka cocktails and the opportunity to PRE-BUY food & drink tickets for the big event on Saturday!

And after getting your drink tix head down Poydras for REFLEXION AND PROJECTION: AN ART PARTY from 5:00 to 9:00 pm tonight! It's the Second Annual White Linen Kick-off Art Party - over-looking downtown New Orleans, in the beautiful glass sky-lobby of 930 Poydras - the space will be transformed to display art for all to see. There's gonna be music by guest dj's, food from renowned restaurants and caterers, and beer & wine donated from local vendors - It's a celebration of art!!!

Need some more art, culture and music? Then 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 Riccardo Crespo and Sol Brasil -  Start this month off sizzling with this group's distinctive style of Musica Popular Brasiliera (MPG) fused with elements of folk, bossa nova and Latin jazz -- all with a New Orleans flavor! Tonight the O BAR's specialty drink is the Tequila Sunset - Greet your evening with this blend of tequila, Cointreau, Licor 43, lime juice, simple syrup and lemon-ginger echinacea - Don't miss it!

And if you don't feel like headin' downtown - no worries.....Go hang out at City Park this evening and enjoy music from Phil Melancon for the Thursdays at Twilight Garden Concert Series!  Phil performs the musical spirit and style of his hometown, New Orleans. As complex as gumbo, he cooks up a variety of musical flavors for your enjoyment. Phil will be joined by fellow entertainers Larry Beron, Alden Hagardorn, and vocalist Heidi Campbell! 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 :)


Have a wonderful Thursday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!



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