Celebration in the Oaks: Through January 2

Celebration in the Oaks is now open in City Park through January 1, 2012. As one of the most beautiful light displays in the country, it attracts over 100,000 visitors every year and features century-old oak trees adorned in thousands of lights. There are also a number of exhibits and attractions including a 20-minute Laser [...]

Oak Street Po-Boy Festival: November 20

Head down to Oak Street on November 20, 2011, for the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival. All held in celebration of the almighty po-boy, the festival features great food, live music and more. There are 45 food booths in all featuring food from such restaurants as Cafe Reconcile, Boucherie, Palace Cafe, Squeal, GW Fins, Bourbon House [...]

New Orleans Fringe Theatre Festival: November 16-20

See and experience all kinds of wild, strange and fresh theater this week at the New Orleans Fringe Theater Festival. The event runs from November 16-20, 2011 and features 63 performing groups and over 150 performing shows at 22 venues across the city. There’s also a parade that rolls on November 19 and a Free-For-All [...]

Louisiana Renaissance Festival in Hammond every weekend through December 11

If you ever wanted to take a step back in time, travel out to Hammond for the annual Louisiana Renaissance Festival. The event has grown so big that it’s essentially a mini theme park with an entire English village featuring over 100 shops, 50 shows and dozens of demonstrations every day. There are shows with [...]

Swamp Fest: November 5-6

Head down to the Audubon Zoo on November 5-6, 2011 for Swamp Fest. The event celebrates Louisiana’s Cajun culture and heritage with food, live music, demonstrations and arts and crafts. Some of this year’s performers include: Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas, Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, Pine Leaf Boys, Lafourche Cajun Band, Jenny Brooks, Washboard [...]

Rockin’ Dopsie plays FREE show at Lafreniere Park today

Today is the last day of the Live at Lafreniere Sunset Concert Series and you can catch Rockin’ Dopsie. The event takes place at the Lafreniere Park Pavilion every Thursday at 6 p.m. and features live music along with great food from restaurants such as Drago’s, Plum Street Snowballs, Lucky Dog, Zea’s Restaurant, Mellow Mushroom [...]

FREE concert with Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Jon Cleary

Head to Lafayette Square today at 5 p.m. for a FREE concert with Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Jon Cleary’s Filthy Few. It is part of the Harvest the Music concert series. Along with great music, there is food, arts and fun, with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit the Second Harvest Food [...]

Park-a-Boo at Lafreniere Park: October 28-30

Celebrate Halloween at Lafreniere Park on October 28-30, 2011, for Park-a-Boo. It’s a 3-day Halloween celebration for children under 13 years old with trick or treating, face-painting, games, a “boo house” and plenty of spooky activities for the kids. It is FREE for children under 3, $5 for children ages 3 through 12 and $7 [...]

Deutsches Haus Oktoberfest in Rivertown: October 14-16, 21-23

Celebrate Oktoberfest with the Deutsches Haus in Rivertown on October 14-16 and October 21-23, 2011. They moved the fest to Rivertown in Kenner this year because their temporary clubhouse in Metairie was not big enough to host the event. The good thing is that there will be a lot of space this year to accommodate [...]

Gretna Fest: October 7-9

Head to the Best Bank from October 7-9, 2011, for Gretna Fest. Over 130,000 people attended the event last year and it is growing bigger with every passing year. Some of this year’s performers include: Galactic, Grand Funk Railroad, Sara Evans, Dash Rip Rock, Molly Hatchet, New Orleans Bingo Show, Cowboy Mouth, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kyle [...]

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