Fifty For Five Celebration on Saturday in Lafayette Square

Head to Lafayette Square on Saturday 8/28 from 2-6 p.m. for the Fifty For Five block party celebration. The event will feature live music by the World Class Rockers (featuring former members of Santana, Journey, Boston, Steppenwolf, Toto and Lynyrd Skynyrd) along with the George French Band featuring Germaine Bazzle, Anders Osborne and Treme Brass [...]

Special discounted tickets to La Fete Cultural on 8/25

Readers of New Orleans on the Cheap are being offered a special discounted rate on tickets to La Fete Cultural on 8/25. Call the Contemporary Arts Center box office at (504) 528-3800 to order the tickets and mention the code word “CHEAP25.” You’ll get your tickets for only $25, saving $10 off the full price [...]

Food, art and music at White Linen Night, 8/07

If you ever wanted to check out the local art scene but never felt fancy enough to walk into some of the local art galleries you’ll have  change on Saturday, 8/07. At White Linen Night, more than a dozen fancy, hoity-toit art galleries open their doors to everyone for a fun night of art, food, [...]

Satchmo Summerfest this weekend. Oh, and it’s FREE!

Celebrate the legacy of Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong in the French Quarter this weekend for Satchmo Summerfest. It runs August 6-8 and features dozens of performances on the lawn of the Old US Mint. This is the festival’s 10th anniversary and did we mention that it’s FREE? Yep, it’s FREE! The fun all starts on Friday [...]

Great American Seafood Cook-off on 8/07

Head to the Ernest Morial Convention Center on 8/07 at 11:30 a.m. for the Great American Seafood Cook-off. The event will feature 16 states competing for the title of “King or Queen of American Seafood” (yeah, we all know that’s Louisiana!). There will also be the Louisiana Seafood Soiree on 8/08 from noon until 3:30 [...]

3 great festivals in the French Quarter this weekend!

It’s going to be a great weekend to get down to the French Quarter. Three festivals will be held near the French Market and the Old U.S. Mint. At the Creole Tomato Festival, you’ll be able to shop for arts and crafts and sample tomato dishes and celebrate the vegetable that makes Louisiana cuisine so [...]

Louisiana Seafood Festival 6/11/-6/13

With oil in the Gulf constantly headed closer and threatening our fisheries, now is the time to enjoy your fill of shrimp, oysters and crab. You can still get great seafood here in Louisiana now but there’s not telling how long it wont be before that is no longer a possibility. That makes the Louisiana [...]

Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival in French Quarter 6/11-6/13

Head down to the lawn of the Old US Mint (400 Esplanade Ave.) in the French Quarter for the fourth annual Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival. The event is FREE and features live performances by some of the best Cajun acts in Louisiana. Some of this year’s performers include Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Steve Riley [...]

Galactic and Soul Rebels play FREE at Lafayette Square today

Today is the last day of Wednesday at the Square which brings live music and good times to the Central Business District every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Catch Galactic and Soul Rebels for the last show. The event is FREE and supported by concession sales of food and drink from such restaurants as Zoe, Lucy’s [...]

Creole Tomato Festival this weekend, 6/11-6/13

The 24th annual Creole Tomato Festival will take place this weekend in the French Market. The FREE event honors the Creole tomato and features live music, a parade, cooking demonstrations, kids activities and lots of great cuisine. Some of this year’s performers include Fredy Omar con su Banda, Preservation Hall Stars, Thelonious Monk Institute Ensemble [...]

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