Happy Wednesday Everybody!
Holiday Fun!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Music!!
Hang out in Mid-City for all kinds of good stuff tonight - first stop Banks Street Bar (4401 Banks)! Come early for for some Major Bacon and some FREE BLTs - tonight at 10:00 pm...you can never get enough of the bacon and no cover!!
Have more fun in Mid-City when you head on over to Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal) for an amazing night of music with with Rosita Kess and special guest Richard Julian at 8:00 pm...And come hungry - the kitchen is kickin' with pizza and all kinds of yummy food!
You don't have to go too far from Mid-City for some dinner and then some music for dessert? Rock 'N Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton) is the place! Get some yummy dinner 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 the Vince Vance Christmas Show at 8:30 pm - you'll be dancing the night away!
There's great music this evening on Frenchmen Street tonight at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) catch the early show at 7:00 pm with The Tin Men - and stay on for Walter "Wolfman" Washington and the Roadmasters at 10:00 pm - cover's only $5.00 and you know the Wolfman's worth it!
The Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has an afternoon and evening filled with music!! Brett Richardson at 4:00, The Orleans 6 at 6:00 pm and top off the night with St. Louis Jim & The Frenchmen St. Jug Band!
Have a wonderful Wednesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Celebratin' a Saints Win this Last Tuesday of 2011!!
Happy Tuesday Everybody - Celebrate your last Tuesday in 2011 with lots of good stuff goin' on around town!
You can get your day started off right with a trip to the Farmer's Market and stock up on your holiday menu items too!!! Visit the Crescent City's Farmer's Market at University Square (200 Broadway) from 9:00 to 1:00 pm and pick up some fresh seafood, veggies and you can even grab some lunch! December brings the fabulous food truck Geaux Plates to the Tuesday market. They'll be set-up right along side where the GPS tent usually is (making room for additional seating under the tent). Stop by and enjoy one of their delicious creations!!
Festive Fun!!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Good Music Tonight!
It's gonna be a beautiful evening to hang out at the The Columns (3811 St. Charles Ave.)...Have a hot toddy and listen to the guitar stylings of John Rankin at 8:00 pm!
Head on over to Mid-City and Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal) - For a rare treat about 8ish it's Anders Osborne, John Fohl and Johnny Sansonne - it's a great way to top off your last Tuesday in 2011!
There's some fun on Frenchmen tonight over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with the Treme Brass Band at 9:00 pm - there's a $5 cover, but this show is definitely worth the dinero!
Right down the street the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with no cover - Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Tuba Skinny at 6:00 pm and top off the evening with Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 10:00 pm!
Celebrate the holidays over at the Allways Lounge (2240 St. Claude) with the All-Star Covered-Dish Country Jamboree starting at 9:00 pm. It's local Honky-Tonk Legends, The Wasted Lives, bringing you up when yer feelin those low-down country blues! Bring a dish to pass around - See you there!
End your night over at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street...with the REBIRTH Brass Band they come on around 10:30ish - there's a cover, but you'll be glad you paid and stayed up late!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
You can get your day started off right with a trip to the Farmer's Market and stock up on your holiday menu items too!!! Visit the Crescent City's Farmer's Market at University Square (200 Broadway) from 9:00 to 1:00 pm and pick up some fresh seafood, veggies and you can even grab some lunch! December brings the fabulous food truck Geaux Plates to the Tuesday market. They'll be set-up right along side where the GPS tent usually is (making room for additional seating under the tent). Stop by and enjoy one of their delicious creations!!
Festive Fun!!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Good Music Tonight!
It's gonna be a beautiful evening to hang out at the The Columns (3811 St. Charles Ave.)...Have a hot toddy and listen to the guitar stylings of John Rankin at 8:00 pm!
Head on over to Mid-City and Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal) - For a rare treat about 8ish it's Anders Osborne, John Fohl and Johnny Sansonne - it's a great way to top off your last Tuesday in 2011!
There's some fun on Frenchmen tonight over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with the Treme Brass Band at 9:00 pm - there's a $5 cover, but this show is definitely worth the dinero!
Right down the street the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with no cover - Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Tuba Skinny at 6:00 pm and top off the evening with Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 10:00 pm!
Celebrate the holidays over at the Allways Lounge (2240 St. Claude) with the All-Star Covered-Dish Country Jamboree starting at 9:00 pm. It's local Honky-Tonk Legends, The Wasted Lives, bringing you up when yer feelin those low-down country blues! Bring a dish to pass around - See you there!
End your night over at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street...with the REBIRTH Brass Band they come on around 10:30ish - there's a cover, but you'll be glad you paid and stayed up late!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Happy Holiday Thursday!
Good Morning Everybody!
Thursday Events
Don't miss out on the weekly wine tasting at Cork and Bottle (3700 Orleans ) about 5:00 pm in Mid-City - Taste some amazing wines. So, come sip, shop and get some gifts for your friends and family! You can also stop at Clever (right next door) for their "tasting special" - $1 off your first cocktail after attending the free wine tasting. And be sure to stop by the Crescent City Farmer's Market and patronize local Louisiana vendors with fresh veggies, seafood and more!
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. The concert starts up at 6:00 pm with Michael Hurtt and His Haunted Hearts, a favorite of everyone from Lazy Lester to the late, great Hunter S. Thompson, the Haunted Hearts convened in 2003 with the sole purpose of single-handedly resurrecting New Orleans' once rich, now nearly invisible hillbilly music heritage! Come enjoy a delicious hot toddy at the "O" bar, and remember if you're a member of the Ogden you always get in free!
Holiday Fun!!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Some More Thursday Night Music
Spotted Cat Music Club (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Miss Sophie Lee at 6:00 and stay on and party with The Smokin' Time Jazz Club at 10:00 PM!!
There's more fun on Frenchmen over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 7:00 pm with no cover!! And stay on for Ernie Vincent and the Top Notes ($5 cover) at 10:00 pm - you don't want to miss it!!
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
Thursday Events
Don't miss out on the weekly wine tasting at Cork and Bottle (3700 Orleans ) about 5:00 pm in Mid-City - Taste some amazing wines. So, come sip, shop and get some gifts for your friends and family! You can also stop at Clever (right next door) for their "tasting special" - $1 off your first cocktail after attending the free wine tasting. And be sure to stop by the Crescent City Farmer's Market and patronize local Louisiana vendors with fresh veggies, seafood and more!
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. The concert starts up at 6:00 pm with Michael Hurtt and His Haunted Hearts, a favorite of everyone from Lazy Lester to the late, great Hunter S. Thompson, the Haunted Hearts convened in 2003 with the sole purpose of single-handedly resurrecting New Orleans' once rich, now nearly invisible hillbilly music heritage! Come enjoy a delicious hot toddy at the "O" bar, and remember if you're a member of the Ogden you always get in free!
Holiday Fun!!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Some More Thursday Night Music
Spotted Cat Music Club (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Miss Sophie Lee at 6:00 and stay on and party with The Smokin' Time Jazz Club at 10:00 PM!!
There's more fun on Frenchmen over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 7:00 pm with no cover!! And stay on for Ernie Vincent and the Top Notes ($5 cover) at 10:00 pm - you don't want to miss it!!
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
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Happy Holiday Wednesday w/Caroling, Opera and Music!
Happy Wednesday Everybody!
Experience an Evening of Cultural Indulgences at the JW Marriott Lobby Lounge (614 Canal Street)from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The featured artists this week are Bedonna Wakeman
with fine art acrylic paintings on canvas in the Pop-Art style and Hubie Vigreux with still photography. Enjoy the sounds of guitarist Javier Gutierrez and a spirit tasting with complimentary hors d’oeuvres....Make a purchase of $1,000 or more by either of our Local Artist tonight and the JW Marriott will give you a 1 night complimentary stay in the Presidential Bi-Level Suite a $1,500 value!! (Parking is available at a special event Rate of $5 on Common Street)
Holiday Fun!
There's Old Fashioned Christmas Caroling in Lakeview tonight at 7:00 pm over at 6246 Memphis Street - Sponsored by the Demo Diva Demolition Company. Join us as we let our little lights shine and bring good tidings to our Neighbors. Hot chocolate and cookies to follow.
Enjoy the sounds of the season at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in Jackson Square. Produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., the St. Louis Cathedral Concerts feature a variety of New Orleans artists including well-known jazz, classical, and gospel musicians. Beloved holiday classics and gospel favorites will be performed in one of the country's most beautiful and historic churches.
The last concert is tonight with the St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir from 6:00 to 7:00 pm!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Celebrate the Holidays on Bourbon Street with a FREE operatic performance by vocalists from the New Orleans Opera Association for a very special Opera on Tap at The Inn On Bourbon's Puccini Bar (541 Bourbon) tonight at 7:00 pm! The Inn On Bourbon is located at the site of the French Opera House (1859-1919) and continues to celebrate its history with the live performance series. Special $5 parking at The Inn On Bourbon is extended to all guests attending the performances.
More Wednesday Evening Music
Hang out in Mid-City for all kinds of good stuff tonight - first stop Banks Street Bar (4401 Banks)! Come early for Micah McKee's Songwriter Showcase at 9:00 pm and stay on for some Major Bacon and some FREE BLTs - tonight at 10:30 pm...you can never get enough of the bacon and no cover!!
Have more fun in Mid-City when you head on over to Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal) for an amazing night of music with with Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott at 8:00 pm...And come hungry - the kitchen is kickin' with pizza and all kinds of yummy food!
You don't have to go too far from Mid-City for some dinner and then some music for dessert? Rock 'N Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton) is the place! Get some yummy dinner 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 at 8:30 pm - you'll be dancing the night away!
There's great music this evening on Frenchmen Street tonight at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) catch the early show at 7:00 pm with The Tin Men - and stay on for Walter "Wolfman" Washington and the Roadmasters at 10:00 pm - cover's only $5.00 and you know the Wolfman's worth it!
The Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has an afternoon and evening filled with music!! Brett Richardson at 4:00, The Orleans 6 at 6:00 pm and top off the night with St. Louis Jim & The Frenchmen St. Jug Band!
Have a wonderful Wednesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
Experience an Evening of Cultural Indulgences at the JW Marriott Lobby Lounge (614 Canal Street)from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The featured artists this week are Bedonna Wakeman
with fine art acrylic paintings on canvas in the Pop-Art style and Hubie Vigreux with still photography. Enjoy the sounds of guitarist Javier Gutierrez and a spirit tasting with complimentary hors d’oeuvres....Make a purchase of $1,000 or more by either of our Local Artist tonight and the JW Marriott will give you a 1 night complimentary stay in the Presidential Bi-Level Suite a $1,500 value!! (Parking is available at a special event Rate of $5 on Common Street)
Holiday Fun!
There's Old Fashioned Christmas Caroling in Lakeview tonight at 7:00 pm over at 6246 Memphis Street - Sponsored by the Demo Diva Demolition Company. Join us as we let our little lights shine and bring good tidings to our Neighbors. Hot chocolate and cookies to follow.
Enjoy the sounds of the season at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in Jackson Square. Produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., the St. Louis Cathedral Concerts feature a variety of New Orleans artists including well-known jazz, classical, and gospel musicians. Beloved holiday classics and gospel favorites will be performed in one of the country's most beautiful and historic churches.
The last concert is tonight with the St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir from 6:00 to 7:00 pm!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Celebrate the Holidays on Bourbon Street with a FREE operatic performance by vocalists from the New Orleans Opera Association for a very special Opera on Tap at The Inn On Bourbon's Puccini Bar (541 Bourbon) tonight at 7:00 pm! The Inn On Bourbon is located at the site of the French Opera House (1859-1919) and continues to celebrate its history with the live performance series. Special $5 parking at The Inn On Bourbon is extended to all guests attending the performances.
More Wednesday Evening Music
Hang out in Mid-City for all kinds of good stuff tonight - first stop Banks Street Bar (4401 Banks)! Come early for Micah McKee's Songwriter Showcase at 9:00 pm and stay on for some Major Bacon and some FREE BLTs - tonight at 10:30 pm...you can never get enough of the bacon and no cover!!
Have more fun in Mid-City when you head on over to Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal) for an amazing night of music with with Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott at 8:00 pm...And come hungry - the kitchen is kickin' with pizza and all kinds of yummy food!
You don't have to go too far from Mid-City for some dinner and then some music for dessert? Rock 'N Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton) is the place! Get some yummy dinner 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 at 8:30 pm - you'll be dancing the night away!
There's great music this evening on Frenchmen Street tonight at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) catch the early show at 7:00 pm with The Tin Men - and stay on for Walter "Wolfman" Washington and the Roadmasters at 10:00 pm - cover's only $5.00 and you know the Wolfman's worth it!
The Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has an afternoon and evening filled with music!! Brett Richardson at 4:00, The Orleans 6 at 6:00 pm and top off the night with St. Louis Jim & The Frenchmen St. Jug Band!
Have a wonderful Wednesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Tuesday Holiday Fun w/some Irvin Mayfield & Benny Grunch!!
Happy Tuesday Everybody!
You can get your day started off right with a trip to the Farmer's Market and stock up on your holiday menu items too!!! Visit the Crescent City's Farmer's Market at University Square (200 Broadway) from 9:00 to 1:00 pm and pick up some fresh seafood, veggies and you can even grab some lunch! December brings the fabulous food truck Geaux Plates to the Tuesday market. They'll be set-up right along side where the GPS tent usually is (making room for additional seating under the tent). Stop by and enjoy one of their delicious Vietnamese po-boys......yummy!!
Festive Fun!!
Enjoy the sounds of the season at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in Jackson Square. Produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., the St. Louis Cathedral Concerts feature a variety of New Orleans artists including well-known jazz, classical, and gospel musicians. Beloved holiday classics and gospel favorites will be performed in one of the country's most beautiful and historic churches.
Tonight's concert is Irvin Mayfield from 6:00 to 7:00 pm - check out the full schedule below and make plans to hear some great music in a beautiful setting!
•Wednesday, December 21 -- St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir
More Christmas music with the Benny Grunch & The Bunch Christmas Concert
tonight from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM at Lakeview Presbyterian Church (5914 Canal Blvd) and it's Free!!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Good Music Tonight!
It's gonna be a beautiful evening to hang out at the The Columns (3811 St. Charles Ave.)...Have a hot toddy and listen to the guitar stylings of John Rankin at 8:00 pm!
There's some fun on Frenchmen tonight over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with the Treme Brass Band at 9:00 pm - there's a $5 cover, but this show is definitely worth the dinero!
Right down the street the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with no cover - Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Tuba Skinny at 6:00 pm and top off the evening with Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 10:00 pm!
Celebrate the holidays over at the Allways Lounge (2240 St. Claude) with the All-Star Covered-Dish Country Jamboree starting at 9:00 pm. It's local Honky-Tonk Legends, The Wasted Lives, bringing you up when yer feelin those low-down country blues! Bring a dish to pass around - See you there!
End your night over at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street...with the REBIRTH Brass Band they come on around 10:30ish - there's a cover, but you'll be glad you paid and stayed up late!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
You can get your day started off right with a trip to the Farmer's Market and stock up on your holiday menu items too!!! Visit the Crescent City's Farmer's Market at University Square (200 Broadway) from 9:00 to 1:00 pm and pick up some fresh seafood, veggies and you can even grab some lunch! December brings the fabulous food truck Geaux Plates to the Tuesday market. They'll be set-up right along side where the GPS tent usually is (making room for additional seating under the tent). Stop by and enjoy one of their delicious Vietnamese po-boys......yummy!!
Festive Fun!!
Enjoy the sounds of the season at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in Jackson Square. Produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., the St. Louis Cathedral Concerts feature a variety of New Orleans artists including well-known jazz, classical, and gospel musicians. Beloved holiday classics and gospel favorites will be performed in one of the country's most beautiful and historic churches.
Tonight's concert is Irvin Mayfield from 6:00 to 7:00 pm - check out the full schedule below and make plans to hear some great music in a beautiful setting!
•Wednesday, December 21 -- St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir
More Christmas music with the Benny Grunch & The Bunch Christmas Concert
tonight from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM at Lakeview Presbyterian Church (5914 Canal Blvd) and it's Free!!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Good Music Tonight!
It's gonna be a beautiful evening to hang out at the The Columns (3811 St. Charles Ave.)...Have a hot toddy and listen to the guitar stylings of John Rankin at 8:00 pm!
There's some fun on Frenchmen tonight over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with the Treme Brass Band at 9:00 pm - there's a $5 cover, but this show is definitely worth the dinero!
Right down the street the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with no cover - Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Tuba Skinny at 6:00 pm and top off the evening with Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 10:00 pm!
Celebrate the holidays over at the Allways Lounge (2240 St. Claude) with the All-Star Covered-Dish Country Jamboree starting at 9:00 pm. It's local Honky-Tonk Legends, The Wasted Lives, bringing you up when yer feelin those low-down country blues! Bring a dish to pass around - See you there!
End your night over at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street...with the REBIRTH Brass Band they come on around 10:30ish - there's a cover, but you'll be glad you paid and stayed up late!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
Monday, December 19, 2011
Happy Holiday Monday!
Happy Monday Everybody!
Festive Monday Fun!!
Enjoy the sounds of the season at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in Jackson Square. Produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., the St. Louis Cathedral Concerts feature a variety of New Orleans artists including well-known jazz, classical, and gospel musicians. Beloved holiday classics and gospel favorites will be performed in one of the country's most beautiful and historic churches.
Tonight's concert is the Dan Vappie from 6:00 to 7:00 pm - check out the full schedule below and make plans to hear some great music in a beautiful setting!
•Monday December 19 -- Dan Vappie
•Tuesday, December 20 -- Irvan Mayfield
•Wednesday, December 21 -- St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Monday Night Music
If you're Uptown - Enjoy an early holiday Monday with some porch sippin' over at the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles)....Tonight David Doucet of Beausoleil fame performs at 8:00 pm tonight!
Head on down to Mid-City and to the Banks Street Bar (4401 Banks) about 10:00 pm for the N'awlins Johnnys and FREE red beans 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....plus cheap and yummy and red beans (veggie red beans too) and it's smoke-free!!
Lots of fun around Frenchmen Street!
d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) has an excellent double header tonight with Luke Winslow King at 6:00 pm, and stay on for Glen David Andrews at 9:00 pm (there's a $5 cover for the late show - but that's not much to pay for this performance!)
BMC (1331 Decatur) has a great early show at 5:00 pm with Lil Red and Big Bad...then stay on for the next show at 9:30 with Smoky Greenwell's Blues Jam!!
And two great shows at the Maison (508 Frenchmen) with The Royal Roses at 7:00 pm, and The New Orleans Super Jam at 10:00 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, Dominick Grillo and The Frenchmen Street All Stars at 6:00 pm and be sure to stay on for Kristina Morales and the Bayou Shufflers at 10:00 pm.....it's sure to be another smokin' Monday evening show.
To top off you're evening....you gotta go Uptown and over to the Maple Leaf (8316 Oak) for Papa Grows Funk at 10:00 pm - they'll get your Monday night funked up - remember there's a cover - but it's worth it!!!
Have a great one...and for more musical fun check out WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar...until tomorrow!
www.gratisnola.com
Festive Monday Fun!!
Enjoy the sounds of the season at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in Jackson Square. Produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., the St. Louis Cathedral Concerts feature a variety of New Orleans artists including well-known jazz, classical, and gospel musicians. Beloved holiday classics and gospel favorites will be performed in one of the country's most beautiful and historic churches.
Tonight's concert is the Dan Vappie from 6:00 to 7:00 pm - check out the full schedule below and make plans to hear some great music in a beautiful setting!
•Monday December 19 -- Dan Vappie
•Tuesday, December 20 -- Irvan Mayfield
•Wednesday, December 21 -- St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Monday Night Music
If you're Uptown - Enjoy an early holiday Monday with some porch sippin' over at the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles)....Tonight David Doucet of Beausoleil fame performs at 8:00 pm tonight!
Head on down to Mid-City and to the Banks Street Bar (4401 Banks) about 10:00 pm for the N'awlins Johnnys and FREE red beans 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....plus cheap and yummy and red beans (veggie red beans too) and it's smoke-free!!
Lots of fun around Frenchmen Street!
d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) has an excellent double header tonight with Luke Winslow King at 6:00 pm, and stay on for Glen David Andrews at 9:00 pm (there's a $5 cover for the late show - but that's not much to pay for this performance!)
BMC (1331 Decatur) has a great early show at 5:00 pm with Lil Red and Big Bad...then stay on for the next show at 9:30 with Smoky Greenwell's Blues Jam!!
And two great shows at the Maison (508 Frenchmen) with The Royal Roses at 7:00 pm, and The New Orleans Super Jam at 10:00 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, Dominick Grillo and The Frenchmen Street All Stars at 6:00 pm and be sure to stay on for Kristina Morales and the Bayou Shufflers at 10:00 pm.....it's sure to be another smokin' Monday evening show.
To top off you're evening....you gotta go Uptown and over to the Maple Leaf (8316 Oak) for Papa Grows Funk at 10:00 pm - they'll get your Monday night funked up - remember there's a cover - but it's worth it!!!
Have a great one...and for more musical fun check out WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar...until tomorrow!
www.gratisnola.com
Friday, December 16, 2011
TGIF w/a NOMA B-day Celebration, Fancy Fur & X-mas Fun!
Hurray for Friday!!
Get your weekend started off right with wine tastings all over the Crescent City!!
Always a fun way to kick things off. It's the weekly wine tasting over at Cork & Bottle (Orleans at Moss St.) - from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Come out and sample some fantastic wines!
And you can double your wine tasting fun! Check out Swirl located on Ponce de Leon right off Esplanade and enjoy a FREE wine tasting at 6:00 pm. Once you've tasted one of their excellent choices you'll be sure to be buy a bottle!
No worries there's more wine and cheese samplings at Martin's Wine Cellar from 4:30 to 6:30 pm - Uptown (3500 Magazine Street) and in Metairie (714 Elmeer)! If you need to go shopping at Lakeside you may want to stop in at Martin's first!
It's NOMA'S 31-HOUR FREE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION! Starting tonight and going all the way through Saturday at 5 pm!! The Isaac Delgado Museum of Art opened its doors on December 16, 1911 owning just 9 works of art. Today NOMA has over 35,000 art objects in the permanent collection.
Join the celebration on tonigth as we celebrate NOMA's 100th Birthday! The museum will be open for 31 continuous hours with music, family art making activities, exhibition walk-throughs and more. NOMA's centennial celebration is FREE and open to the public.
December 16th:
•5 pm to 8 pm: Art Making Activities
•5 pm to 7 pm: Piano by Wayne Daigrepont
•6 pm: Comedic Improv Tour by The New Movement
•7pm to 8:30 pm: Isidore Newman Choir
•7:30 pm to 8 pm: Reading with Mark Yakich from Checking In/Checking Out
•8 pm to 12 am: Art Making Activities by Prospect.2
•8:30 pm: Tour by Modern and Contemporary Art Curator Miranda Lash
•9 pm to 12 am: New Orleans Jazz Institute Quartet
•9:30 pm: Irvin Mayfield performance and book signing
•10 pm: Comedic Improv Tour by The New Movement
December 17th: *Midnight showing of The Science of Sleep
•Midnight to 3 am: Quintron – DJ Set
•2 am showing of Basquiat
•3 am to 6 am: DJ Kazu
•4 am showing of The Science of Sleep
•8 am: Yoga in Second Floor Museum Galleries
•9 am to 11 am: NOCCA Jazz Band: Jazz Brunch in Café NOMA by Ralph Brennan
•11 am to 4 pm: Art Making Activities (Young Audiences, YAYA, KIDsmART)
•11 am: Roots of Music Second Line around NOMA leading to the front steps
•11:30 am to 2:30 pm: Educational Programming
•12:00 pm: Vocal performance from the New Orleans Opera Association
•2:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Amanda Shaw Finale Performance
Looking for some Christmas fun!!
Don't know what to get your special someone? Then you need to head on down to the Allways Lounge (2240 St. Claude) for Righteous Fur Holiday Trunk Show and Sale!! Nutria is the star of the show at this unique holiday sale. Handcrafted by 12+ local designers, every piece in the Righteous Fur collection of festive fashions, gifts and stocking stuffers is adorned with lustrous nutria fur — including the stockings themselves! You’ll find nutria-trimmed tree ornaments, catnippy mice with cats-love-em nutria tails, along with a fabulous selection of furry bags, hats, hair accessories and clothing, from nutria-embellished cumberbunds, bow-ties and bustiers to stunning nutria wraps and one-of-a-kind couture pieces. Also on display: elegant nutria-teeth earrings and pendants set in Balinese silver and handcast sterling. Models garbed in high nutria style will add to the fun of a worthy cause: part of all proceeds go to wetlands preservation.
For more info on the Righteous Fur project, check http://www.righteousfur.com/
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
You still don't know what to do?
Head on over to Chickie Wah Wah on Canal for their happy hour and a triple header of music this evening. Come on by around the 5 o'clock hour and music Jon Dee Graham joined by Susan Cowsill and Russ Broussard startin' up at 5:30, and stay on for Paul Sanchez at 8:00, and then Blue Mountain about 10:00 - featuring Cary Hudson and Laurie Stirratt - there's a small cover for the later shows, but you know it's worth it! The kitchen is back open so come hungry for delicious pizza and such!
And there's more good music in Mid-City (almost Uptown) over at Rock 'N Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton) for Honey Island Swamp Band + John Mooney 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'!
Alrighty, well that should keep you busy this evening...If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire - Have a good one!
www.gratisnola.com
Get your weekend started off right with wine tastings all over the Crescent City!!
Always a fun way to kick things off. It's the weekly wine tasting over at Cork & Bottle (Orleans at Moss St.) - from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Come out and sample some fantastic wines!
And you can double your wine tasting fun! Check out Swirl located on Ponce de Leon right off Esplanade and enjoy a FREE wine tasting at 6:00 pm. Once you've tasted one of their excellent choices you'll be sure to be buy a bottle!
No worries there's more wine and cheese samplings at Martin's Wine Cellar from 4:30 to 6:30 pm - Uptown (3500 Magazine Street) and in Metairie (714 Elmeer)! If you need to go shopping at Lakeside you may want to stop in at Martin's first!
It's NOMA'S 31-HOUR FREE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION! Starting tonight and going all the way through Saturday at 5 pm!! The Isaac Delgado Museum of Art opened its doors on December 16, 1911 owning just 9 works of art. Today NOMA has over 35,000 art objects in the permanent collection.
Join the celebration on tonigth as we celebrate NOMA's 100th Birthday! The museum will be open for 31 continuous hours with music, family art making activities, exhibition walk-throughs and more. NOMA's centennial celebration is FREE and open to the public.
December 16th:
•5 pm to 8 pm: Art Making Activities
•5 pm to 7 pm: Piano by Wayne Daigrepont
•6 pm: Comedic Improv Tour by The New Movement
•7pm to 8:30 pm: Isidore Newman Choir
•7:30 pm to 8 pm: Reading with Mark Yakich from Checking In/Checking Out
•8 pm to 12 am: Art Making Activities by Prospect.2
•8:30 pm: Tour by Modern and Contemporary Art Curator Miranda Lash
•9 pm to 12 am: New Orleans Jazz Institute Quartet
•9:30 pm: Irvin Mayfield performance and book signing
•10 pm: Comedic Improv Tour by The New Movement
December 17th: *Midnight showing of The Science of Sleep
•Midnight to 3 am: Quintron – DJ Set
•2 am showing of Basquiat
•3 am to 6 am: DJ Kazu
•4 am showing of The Science of Sleep
•8 am: Yoga in Second Floor Museum Galleries
•9 am to 11 am: NOCCA Jazz Band: Jazz Brunch in Café NOMA by Ralph Brennan
•11 am to 4 pm: Art Making Activities (Young Audiences, YAYA, KIDsmART)
•11 am: Roots of Music Second Line around NOMA leading to the front steps
•11:30 am to 2:30 pm: Educational Programming
•12:00 pm: Vocal performance from the New Orleans Opera Association
•2:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Amanda Shaw Finale Performance
Looking for some Christmas fun!!
Don't know what to get your special someone? Then you need to head on down to the Allways Lounge (2240 St. Claude) for Righteous Fur Holiday Trunk Show and Sale!! Nutria is the star of the show at this unique holiday sale. Handcrafted by 12+ local designers, every piece in the Righteous Fur collection of festive fashions, gifts and stocking stuffers is adorned with lustrous nutria fur — including the stockings themselves! You’ll find nutria-trimmed tree ornaments, catnippy mice with cats-love-em nutria tails, along with a fabulous selection of furry bags, hats, hair accessories and clothing, from nutria-embellished cumberbunds, bow-ties and bustiers to stunning nutria wraps and one-of-a-kind couture pieces. Also on display: elegant nutria-teeth earrings and pendants set in Balinese silver and handcast sterling. Models garbed in high nutria style will add to the fun of a worthy cause: part of all proceeds go to wetlands preservation.
For more info on the Righteous Fur project, check http://www.righteousfur.com/
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
You still don't know what to do?
Head on over to Chickie Wah Wah on Canal for their happy hour and a triple header of music this evening. Come on by around the 5 o'clock hour and music Jon Dee Graham joined by Susan Cowsill and Russ Broussard startin' up at 5:30, and stay on for Paul Sanchez at 8:00, and then Blue Mountain about 10:00 - featuring Cary Hudson and Laurie Stirratt - there's a small cover for the later shows, but you know it's worth it! The kitchen is back open so come hungry for delicious pizza and such!
And there's more good music in Mid-City (almost Uptown) over at Rock 'N Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton) for Honey Island Swamp Band + John Mooney 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'!
Alrighty, well that should keep you busy this evening...If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire - Have a good one!
www.gratisnola.com
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Thursday Holiday Fun!!
Good Morning Everybody - it's time for some special holiday shopping and music!
Thursday Events
Don't miss out on the weekly wine tasting at Cork and Bottle (3700 Orleans ) about 5:00 pm in Mid-City - Taste some amazing wines. So, come sip, shop and get some gifts for your friends and family! You can also stop at Clever (right next door) for their "tasting special" - $1 off your first cocktail after attending the free wine tasting. And be sure to stop by the Crescent City Farmer's Market and patronize local Louisiana vendors with fresh veggies, seafood and more!
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. The concert starts up at 6:00 pm with Jon Dee Graham, a legend on the Austin music scene. He's been inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame three times, in 2000 as a solo artist, in 2008 as a member of the Skunks, and in 2009 as a member of the True Believers, plus my hubby Bill deTurk will be on hand for the in depth interview! Come enjoy a delicious hot toddy at the "O" bar, and remember if you're a member of the Ogden you always get in free!
Holiday Fun!!
THE NEW ORLEANS CRAFT MAFIA PRESENTS: THE 6TH ANNUAL *LAST STOP SHOP AT THE BIG TOP! It's a holiday market and Party tonight from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm at the Big Top Art Gallery (1638 Clio St.). For all you last-minute shoppers - and we know there are lots of you - the New Orleans Craft Mafia's got you covered. The holiday market and party will feature unique and funky handmade creations from all 13 of the current members of the New Orleans Craft Mafia as well as snacks, a cash bar, live music and our annual Handmade Holiday Ornament + Tree Raffle, with proceeds benefiting KIDsmART. We hear Santa himself may even be in attendance! And to motivate you to get there early, the first 25 people in the door will get free gift bags with items from all the members of the New Orleans Craft Mafia!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Some More Thursday Night Music
It's a lovely evening for some winter cocktails and Latin music over at the the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles) this evening. Enjoy the sounds of Fredy Omar at 8:00 pm.
Spotted Cat Music Club (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Miss Sophie Lee at 6:00 and stay on and party with The Smokin' Time Jazz Club at 10:00 PM!!
There's more fun on Frenchmen over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with piano playin' man Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 7:00 pm with no cover!! And stay on for Egg Yolk Jubilee ($5 cover) at 10:00 pm - you don't want to miss it!!
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
Thursday Events
Don't miss out on the weekly wine tasting at Cork and Bottle (3700 Orleans ) about 5:00 pm in Mid-City - Taste some amazing wines. So, come sip, shop and get some gifts for your friends and family! You can also stop at Clever (right next door) for their "tasting special" - $1 off your first cocktail after attending the free wine tasting. And be sure to stop by the Crescent City Farmer's Market and patronize local Louisiana vendors with fresh veggies, seafood and more!
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. The concert starts up at 6:00 pm with Jon Dee Graham, a legend on the Austin music scene. He's been inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame three times, in 2000 as a solo artist, in 2008 as a member of the Skunks, and in 2009 as a member of the True Believers, plus my hubby Bill deTurk will be on hand for the in depth interview! Come enjoy a delicious hot toddy at the "O" bar, and remember if you're a member of the Ogden you always get in free!
Holiday Fun!!
THE NEW ORLEANS CRAFT MAFIA PRESENTS: THE 6TH ANNUAL *LAST STOP SHOP AT THE BIG TOP! It's a holiday market and Party tonight from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm at the Big Top Art Gallery (1638 Clio St.). For all you last-minute shoppers - and we know there are lots of you - the New Orleans Craft Mafia's got you covered. The holiday market and party will feature unique and funky handmade creations from all 13 of the current members of the New Orleans Craft Mafia as well as snacks, a cash bar, live music and our annual Handmade Holiday Ornament + Tree Raffle, with proceeds benefiting KIDsmART. We hear Santa himself may even be in attendance! And to motivate you to get there early, the first 25 people in the door will get free gift bags with items from all the members of the New Orleans Craft Mafia!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Some More Thursday Night Music
It's a lovely evening for some winter cocktails and Latin music over at the the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles) this evening. Enjoy the sounds of Fredy Omar at 8:00 pm.
Spotted Cat Music Club (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Miss Sophie Lee at 6:00 and stay on and party with The Smokin' Time Jazz Club at 10:00 PM!!
There's more fun on Frenchmen over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with piano playin' man Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 7:00 pm with no cover!! And stay on for Egg Yolk Jubilee ($5 cover) at 10:00 pm - you don't want to miss it!!
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
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Wednesday - Fun Under the Frescoes w/Becky Allen, Chris Wecklein & Harry Mayronne!!
Good Morning Everybody!
If you're doing one thing this evening you should head on out to St. Alphonsus Church (2025 Constance) in the Irish Channel for Fun Under the Frescoes premier concert!! The concert begins at 6:00 pm with the The outrageous Becky Allen and Chris Wecklein join Harry Mayronne for a once in a lifetime holiday show!!! Admission is $10 and includes three complimentary beverages and a $25 membership (per person) gets you a free pass to the entire concert series! (see below)
And a special big thank you for a generous grant from the Red Dress Run!!!!
**St. Alphonsus Catholic Church was built in 1855 to serve the needs of the Irish Catholic immigrants who began settling in the neighborhood in the 1840s. In 1979, the church was closed. After a continuing fall into decline, FOSA was formed in 1990; in 1996, the building was declared a National Historic Landmark. With glorious, yet deteriorating, ceiling frescoes and stained glass windows over a century old, the building is breathtakingly beautiful and has been featured in several movies… and the acoustics rock!
Enjoy fabulous music with your friends and support one of New Orleans’ cultural treasures, the 155 year-old Saint Alphonsus Church. We will see you this season for Fun Under the Frescoes!
Have a wonderful Wednesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
If you're doing one thing this evening you should head on out to St. Alphonsus Church (2025 Constance) in the Irish Channel for Fun Under the Frescoes premier concert!! The concert begins at 6:00 pm with the The outrageous Becky Allen and Chris Wecklein join Harry Mayronne for a once in a lifetime holiday show!!! Admission is $10 and includes three complimentary beverages and a $25 membership (per person) gets you a free pass to the entire concert series! (see below)
- The dynamic and vivacious Margie Perez helps us kick off the new year on January 11.
- Celebrating the rich history of St. Alphonsus, the series culminates on March 14 with an Irish extravaganza featuring the Crescent City Celtic Band and the McTeggart Irish Dancers.
And a special big thank you for a generous grant from the Red Dress Run!!!!
**St. Alphonsus Catholic Church was built in 1855 to serve the needs of the Irish Catholic immigrants who began settling in the neighborhood in the 1840s. In 1979, the church was closed. After a continuing fall into decline, FOSA was formed in 1990; in 1996, the building was declared a National Historic Landmark. With glorious, yet deteriorating, ceiling frescoes and stained glass windows over a century old, the building is breathtakingly beautiful and has been featured in several movies… and the acoustics rock!
Enjoy fabulous music with your friends and support one of New Orleans’ cultural treasures, the 155 year-old Saint Alphonsus Church. We will see you this season for Fun Under the Frescoes!
Have a wonderful Wednesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Tuesdsay Festive Fun!
Happy Tuesday Everybody!
You can get your day started off right with a trip to the Farmer's Market and stock up on your holiday menu items too!!! Visit the Crescent City's Farmer's Market at University Square (200 Broadway) from 9:00 to 1:00 pm and pick up some fresh seafood, veggies and you can even grab some lunch! December brings the fabulous food truck Geaux Plates to the Tuesday market. They'll be set-up right along side where the GPS tent usually is (making room for additional seating under the tent). Stop by and enjoy one of their delicious homemade soups or their Barq's Root Beer Braised Cochon de Lait......yummy!!
Festive Fun!!
Enjoy the sounds of the season at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in Jackson Square. Produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., the St. Louis Cathedral Concerts feature a variety of New Orleans artists including well-known jazz, classical, and gospel musicians. Beloved holiday classics and gospel favorites will be performed in one of the country's most beautiful and historic churches.
Tonight's concert is The Faubourg Quartet from 6:00 to 7:00 pm - check out the full schedule below and make plans to hear some great music in a beautiful setting!
•Wednesday, December 14 -- The Preservation Hall Allstars Present a Creole Christmas
•Sunday, December 18 -- St. Louis Basilica annual Christmas Concert ( at 5 p.m.)
•Monday December 19 -- Dan Vappie
•Tuesday, December 20 -- Irvan Mayfield
•Wednesday, December 21 -- St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Good Music Tonight!
It's gonna be a beautiful evening to hang out at the The Columns (3811 St. Charles Ave.)...Have a hot toddy and listen to the guitar stylings of John Rankin at 8:00 pm!
There's some fun on Frenchmen tonight over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with the Treme Brass Band at 9:00 pm - there's a $5 cover, but this show is definitely worth the dinero!
Right down the street the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with no cover - Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Tuba Skinny at 6:00 pm and top off the evening with Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 10:00 pm!
Celebrate the holidays over at the Allways Lounge (2240 St. Claude) with the All-Star Covered-Dish Country Jamboree starting at 9:00 pm. It's local Honky-Tonk Legends, The Wasted Lives, bringing you up when yer feelin those low-down country blues! Bring a dish to pass around - See you there!
End your night over at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street...with the REBIRTH Brass Band they come on around 10:30ish - there's a cover, but you'll be glad you paid and stayed up late!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
You can get your day started off right with a trip to the Farmer's Market and stock up on your holiday menu items too!!! Visit the Crescent City's Farmer's Market at University Square (200 Broadway) from 9:00 to 1:00 pm and pick up some fresh seafood, veggies and you can even grab some lunch! December brings the fabulous food truck Geaux Plates to the Tuesday market. They'll be set-up right along side where the GPS tent usually is (making room for additional seating under the tent). Stop by and enjoy one of their delicious homemade soups or their Barq's Root Beer Braised Cochon de Lait......yummy!!
Festive Fun!!
Enjoy the sounds of the season at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in Jackson Square. Produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., the St. Louis Cathedral Concerts feature a variety of New Orleans artists including well-known jazz, classical, and gospel musicians. Beloved holiday classics and gospel favorites will be performed in one of the country's most beautiful and historic churches.
Tonight's concert is The Faubourg Quartet from 6:00 to 7:00 pm - check out the full schedule below and make plans to hear some great music in a beautiful setting!
•Wednesday, December 14 -- The Preservation Hall Allstars Present a Creole Christmas
•Sunday, December 18 -- St. Louis Basilica annual Christmas Concert ( at 5 p.m.)
•Monday December 19 -- Dan Vappie
•Tuesday, December 20 -- Irvan Mayfield
•Wednesday, December 21 -- St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Good Music Tonight!
It's gonna be a beautiful evening to hang out at the The Columns (3811 St. Charles Ave.)...Have a hot toddy and listen to the guitar stylings of John Rankin at 8:00 pm!
There's some fun on Frenchmen tonight over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with the Treme Brass Band at 9:00 pm - there's a $5 cover, but this show is definitely worth the dinero!
Right down the street the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with no cover - Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Tuba Skinny at 6:00 pm and top off the evening with Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 10:00 pm!
Celebrate the holidays over at the Allways Lounge (2240 St. Claude) with the All-Star Covered-Dish Country Jamboree starting at 9:00 pm. It's local Honky-Tonk Legends, The Wasted Lives, bringing you up when yer feelin those low-down country blues! Bring a dish to pass around - See you there!
End your night over at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street...with the REBIRTH Brass Band they come on around 10:30ish - there's a cover, but you'll be glad you paid and stayed up late!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
Monday, December 12, 2011
Monday - Come Celebrate the Life of Coco Robicheaux
Happy Monday Everybody - Celebrate the life a true New Orleans original - Coco Robicheaux!
Family, friends and fans of Coco Robicheaux, beloved local musician and ever familiar face on Frenchmen Street, will commemorate and celebrate his life with a Second-Line Parade and Concert today. The second line will begin on Frenchmen Street in in the Faubourg Marigny at 3:30 p.m. and the Treme Brass Band will lead the procession through the Marigny and French Quarter. The procession will conclude at the House of Blues (225 Decatur) at about 6 p.m. and there will be a free concert featuring Glen David Andrews, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Honey Island Swamp Band, John Mooney, J. Monque'D, Irene Sage and others. Come celebrate the life of a true New Orleans character.
Festive Monday Fun!!
Enjoy the sounds of the season at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in Jackson Square. Produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., the St. Louis Cathedral Concerts feature a variety of New Orleans artists including well-known jazz, classical, and gospel musicians. Beloved holiday classics and gospel favorites will be performed in one of the country's most beautiful and historic churches.
Tonight's concert is the Philip Manuel & the Shades of Praise from 6:00 to 7:00 pm - check out the full schedule below and make plans to hear some great music in a beautiful setting!
•Monday, December 12 -- Philip Manuel & the Shades of Praise
•Tuesday, December 13 -- The Faubourg Quartet
•Wednesday, December 14 -- The Preservation Hall Allstars Present a Creole Christmas
•Sunday, December 18 -- St. Louis Basilica annual Christmas Concert ( at 5 p.m.)
•Monday December 19 -- Dan Vappie
•Tuesday, December 20 -- Irvan Mayfield
•Wednesday, December 21 -- St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Monday Night Music
If you're Uptown - Enjoy an early holiday Monday with some porch sippin' over at the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles)....Tonight David Doucet of Beausoleil fame performs at 8:00 pm tonight!
Head on down to Mid-City and to the Banks Street Bar (4401 Banks) about 10:00 pm for the N'awlins Johnnys and FREE red beans 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....plus cheap and yummy and red beans (veggie red beans too) and it's smoke-free!!
Lots of fun around Frenchmen Street!
d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) has an excellent double header tonight with Washboard Chaz Blues Trio at 6:00 pm, and stay on for Glen David Andrews at 9:00 pm (there's a $5 cover for the late show - but that's not much to pay for this performance!)
BMC (1331 Decatur) has a great early show at 5:00 pm with Lil Red and Big Bad...then stay on for the next show at 9:30 with Smoky Greenwell's Blues Jam!!
And two great shows at the Maison (508 Frenchmen) with The Royal Roses at 7:00 pm, and The New Orleans Super Jam at 10:00 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, Dominick Grillo and The Frenchmen Street All Stars at 6:00 pm and be sure to stay on for Kristina Morales and the Bayou Shufflers at 10:00 pm.....it's sure to be another smokin' Monday evening show.
To top off you're evening....you gotta go Uptown and over to the Maple Leaf (8316 Oak) for Papa Grows Funk at 10:00 pm - they'll get your Monday night funked up - remember there's a cover - but it's worth it!!!
Have a great one...and for more musical fun check out WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar...until tomorrow!
www.gratisnola.com
Family, friends and fans of Coco Robicheaux, beloved local musician and ever familiar face on Frenchmen Street, will commemorate and celebrate his life with a Second-Line Parade and Concert today. The second line will begin on Frenchmen Street in in the Faubourg Marigny at 3:30 p.m. and the Treme Brass Band will lead the procession through the Marigny and French Quarter. The procession will conclude at the House of Blues (225 Decatur) at about 6 p.m. and there will be a free concert featuring Glen David Andrews, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Honey Island Swamp Band, John Mooney, J. Monque'D, Irene Sage and others. Come celebrate the life of a true New Orleans character.
Festive Monday Fun!!
Enjoy the sounds of the season at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in Jackson Square. Produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., the St. Louis Cathedral Concerts feature a variety of New Orleans artists including well-known jazz, classical, and gospel musicians. Beloved holiday classics and gospel favorites will be performed in one of the country's most beautiful and historic churches.
Tonight's concert is the Philip Manuel & the Shades of Praise from 6:00 to 7:00 pm - check out the full schedule below and make plans to hear some great music in a beautiful setting!
•Monday, December 12 -- Philip Manuel & the Shades of Praise
•Tuesday, December 13 -- The Faubourg Quartet
•Wednesday, December 14 -- The Preservation Hall Allstars Present a Creole Christmas
•Sunday, December 18 -- St. Louis Basilica annual Christmas Concert ( at 5 p.m.)
•Monday December 19 -- Dan Vappie
•Tuesday, December 20 -- Irvan Mayfield
•Wednesday, December 21 -- St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Monday Night Music
If you're Uptown - Enjoy an early holiday Monday with some porch sippin' over at the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles)....Tonight David Doucet of Beausoleil fame performs at 8:00 pm tonight!
Head on down to Mid-City and to the Banks Street Bar (4401 Banks) about 10:00 pm for the N'awlins Johnnys and FREE red beans 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....plus cheap and yummy and red beans (veggie red beans too) and it's smoke-free!!
Lots of fun around Frenchmen Street!
d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) has an excellent double header tonight with Washboard Chaz Blues Trio at 6:00 pm, and stay on for Glen David Andrews at 9:00 pm (there's a $5 cover for the late show - but that's not much to pay for this performance!)
BMC (1331 Decatur) has a great early show at 5:00 pm with Lil Red and Big Bad...then stay on for the next show at 9:30 with Smoky Greenwell's Blues Jam!!
And two great shows at the Maison (508 Frenchmen) with The Royal Roses at 7:00 pm, and The New Orleans Super Jam at 10:00 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, Dominick Grillo and The Frenchmen Street All Stars at 6:00 pm and be sure to stay on for Kristina Morales and the Bayou Shufflers at 10:00 pm.....it's sure to be another smokin' Monday evening show.
To top off you're evening....you gotta go Uptown and over to the Maple Leaf (8316 Oak) for Papa Grows Funk at 10:00 pm - they'll get your Monday night funked up - remember there's a cover - but it's worth it!!!
Have a great one...and for more musical fun check out WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar...until tomorrow!
www.gratisnola.com
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Merry Saturday with Holiday Events all Over the Crescent City!!
Happy Saturday Everybody - Christmas is in the Air!!
There's a Holiday on the Boulevard - Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard! Ashe Cultural Arts Center Presents this fun event with entertainment including Phillip Manuel, Sharon Martin, Bamboula 2000, and Rebirth Brass Band. There will also be some yummy food and a marketplace for your holiday shopping - Today from Noon to 8:00 pm!
There's more fun, music and shopping at the Treme Gumbo Festival today from 11 to 5:30 pm. The festival includes a Jazz and Heritage Holiday Bazaar, lots of gumbo and music by the Rebirth Brass Band, Glen David Andrews, the Treme Brass Band and Shannon Powell...It's a free fest so come on out! For more info visit: www.jazzand heritage.org.
And you don't want to miss Freretstivus!! A true holiday celebration on Freret and Napoleon from Noon to 5:00pm....There's gonna be a 100 local vendors, selling food, art, jewelry, and collectibles. Please shop locally for the holiday season.
This fun fest features:
*The Airing of Grievances. Win a prize if your grievance is selected!
*Feats of Strength. Tug of war with the Big Easy Roller Girls.
*Freretstivus Pole. Unadorned, of course.
*Regifting Booth. Give one. Take one.
*Serenity NOW Booth. Chair massages by Magnolia Physical Therapy! Ahhhh.
*Pet Adoptions from Zeus' Place
*FREE live music by with - 3 Piece Spicy at Noon - ChaWa at 1:45 - Parishoners at 3:30...Don't miss out on the fun!!
Looking more more holiday fun??
Go crawlin' with some Very Bad Santas tonight!!
Here's the Very Bad Santa Crawl Schedule:
5:00 Washington Square - corner of Royal and Frenchman
5:15 Cafe Negril on Frenchman - happy hour prices for Santas and Elves
6:00 Turtle Bay on Decatur - get yourself a $1 beer, happy hour prices on everything else
7:00 Coyote Ugly - Ladies get to dance on the bar - drink specials
8:00 Carousel at the Monteleone - yeah it's crowded but we love the place
9:00 Barely Legal - They'll be dancing with bells on, and little else - how festive!
10:00 Turtle Bay on Bourbon - more $1 beers and tons of giveaways
11:00 Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop - they have a piano and it's a nice stop on the way back.
12:00 Buffa's on Esplanade - the band is staying late just for us
1:00 Country Club - discounted admission, cheap drinks & a 95 degree pool - Ho, ho!
The crawl includes drink specials, $1 beers at some stops, free jello shots, lots of drinking schwag, and more.
Cost to you? Only $5 now or if you have to wait to the last minute $10 along the route. Includes wristband for the night and Very Bad Santa button. We're asking everyone to donate a little so we don't have to cover it all ourselves, but it's still the best crawl deal in town!! Schedule and other information are at http://
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Alrighty, well that should keep you busy this evening..If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire!!
www.gratisnola.com
There's a Holiday on the Boulevard - Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard! Ashe Cultural Arts Center Presents this fun event with entertainment including Phillip Manuel, Sharon Martin, Bamboula 2000, and Rebirth Brass Band. There will also be some yummy food and a marketplace for your holiday shopping - Today from Noon to 8:00 pm!
There's more fun, music and shopping at the Treme Gumbo Festival today from 11 to 5:30 pm. The festival includes a Jazz and Heritage Holiday Bazaar, lots of gumbo and music by the Rebirth Brass Band, Glen David Andrews, the Treme Brass Band and Shannon Powell...It's a free fest so come on out! For more info visit: www.jazzand heritage.org.
And you don't want to miss Freretstivus!! A true holiday celebration on Freret and Napoleon from Noon to 5:00pm....There's gonna be a 100 local vendors, selling food, art, jewelry, and collectibles. Please shop locally for the holiday season.
This fun fest features:
*The Airing of Grievances. Win a prize if your grievance is selected!
*Feats of Strength. Tug of war with the Big Easy Roller Girls.
*Freretstivus Pole. Unadorned, of course.
*Regifting Booth. Give one. Take one.
*Serenity NOW Booth. Chair massages by Magnolia Physical Therapy! Ahhhh.
*Pet Adoptions from Zeus' Place
*FREE live music by with - 3 Piece Spicy at Noon - ChaWa at 1:45 - Parishoners at 3:30...Don't miss out on the fun!!
Looking more more holiday fun??
Go crawlin' with some Very Bad Santas tonight!!
Here's the Very Bad Santa Crawl Schedule:
5:00 Washington Square - corner of Royal and Frenchman
5:15 Cafe Negril on Frenchman - happy hour prices for Santas and Elves
6:00 Turtle Bay on Decatur - get yourself a $1 beer, happy hour prices on everything else
7:00 Coyote Ugly - Ladies get to dance on the bar - drink specials
8:00 Carousel at the Monteleone - yeah it's crowded but we love the place
9:00 Barely Legal - They'll be dancing with bells on, and little else - how festive!
10:00 Turtle Bay on Bourbon - more $1 beers and tons of giveaways
11:00 Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop - they have a piano and it's a nice stop on the way back.
12:00 Buffa's on Esplanade - the band is staying late just for us
1:00 Country Club - discounted admission, cheap drinks & a 95 degree pool - Ho, ho!
The crawl includes drink specials, $1 beers at some stops, free jello shots, lots of drinking schwag, and more.
Cost to you? Only $5 now or if you have to wait to the last minute $10 along the route. Includes wristband for the night and Very Bad Santa button. We're asking everyone to donate a little so we don't have to cover it all ourselves, but it's still the best crawl deal in town!! Schedule and other information are at http://
And don't forget these Holiday favorites!!!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Alrighty, well that should keep you busy this evening..If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire!!
www.gratisnola.com
Friday, December 9, 2011
TGIF with Wine, Christmas Fun and Lots o' Music!
Hurray for Friday and it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!!
Get your weekend started off right with wine tastings all over the Crescent City!!
Always a fun way to kick things off. It's the weekly wine tasting over at Cork & Bottle (Orleans at Moss St.) - from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Come out and sample these fantastic wines selections: Segura Viudas Cava, Barone Fini Pinot Grigio, Drytown Cellars Sauvignon Blanc, Morgan Pinot Noir and the Tapiz Mendoza Merlot.
And you can double your wine tasting fun! Check out Swirl located on Ponce de Leon right off Esplanade and enjoy a FREE wine tasting at 6:00 pm. Once you've tasted one of their excellent choices you'll be sure to be buy a bottle!
No worries there's more wine and cheese samplings at Martin's Wine Cellar from 4:30 to 6:30 pm - Uptown (3500 Magazine Street) and in Metairie (714 Elmeer)! If you need to go shopping at Lakeside you may want to stop in at Martin's first!
Check out The Where Y'Art? party this evening over at the New Orleans Museum of Art starting at 5:00 pm with Gallery & Exhibition Tours, lots of fun activities and music!! The event is FREE with museum admissions. $10 Adults, $8 seniors, students, active military, $6 children ages 17 to 7, children 6 and under are free.
* 5 pm to 8 pm: Art Making for the kids
* 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm: Harpist, Cathy Anderson
* 6 pm a discussion with Wayne Gonzales, artist of Light to Dark / Dark to Light, now on display in the Weismann Galleries
Looking for some Christmas fun!!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
It's Holiday Movies on the Mississippi at the Riverwalk’s Spanish Plaza at 6:30 p.m. - The Downtown Development District and Riverwalk Marketplace present two weekends of special outdoor movie showings! Tonight it's th classic The Year Without a Santa Claus. Enjoy hot chocolate, tasty treats and the beautiful Mississippi River with your family, friends and neighbors. The first 50 families at each showing will receive a free Canal Street: Home for the Holidays fleece blanket!
You still don't know what to do?
Head on over to Chickie Wah Wah on Canal for their happy hour and a triple header of music this evening. Come on by around the 5 o'clock hour and music the Pfister Sisters startin' up at 5:30, and stay on for Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition at 9:30 pm there's a small cover, but you know it's worth it! The kitchen is back open so come hungry for delicious pizza and such!
And there's more good music in Mid-City (almost Uptown) over at Rock 'N Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton) for The Levee Dogs and the Iguanas 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'!
Tonight don't miss Los Po Boy Citos performing at Maison (508 Frenchmen) on the big stage! And Yojimbo at Midnight on the front stage till the wee hours. NO COVER! And upstairs as always is the sexiest latin dance party in Nola every Friday 10:00 pm till late!
Alrighty, well that should keep you busy this evening and tomorrow...If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar and tune in today from 11-2 pm for the Louisiana Music Party with my hubby Bill deTurk!!
www.gratisnola.com
Get your weekend started off right with wine tastings all over the Crescent City!!
Always a fun way to kick things off. It's the weekly wine tasting over at Cork & Bottle (Orleans at Moss St.) - from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Come out and sample these fantastic wines selections: Segura Viudas Cava, Barone Fini Pinot Grigio, Drytown Cellars Sauvignon Blanc, Morgan Pinot Noir and the Tapiz Mendoza Merlot.
And you can double your wine tasting fun! Check out Swirl located on Ponce de Leon right off Esplanade and enjoy a FREE wine tasting at 6:00 pm. Once you've tasted one of their excellent choices you'll be sure to be buy a bottle!
No worries there's more wine and cheese samplings at Martin's Wine Cellar from 4:30 to 6:30 pm - Uptown (3500 Magazine Street) and in Metairie (714 Elmeer)! If you need to go shopping at Lakeside you may want to stop in at Martin's first!
Check out The Where Y'Art? party this evening over at the New Orleans Museum of Art starting at 5:00 pm with Gallery & Exhibition Tours, lots of fun activities and music!! The event is FREE with museum admissions. $10 Adults, $8 seniors, students, active military, $6 children ages 17 to 7, children 6 and under are free.
* 5 pm to 8 pm: Art Making for the kids
* 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm: Harpist, Cathy Anderson
* 6 pm a discussion with Wayne Gonzales, artist of Light to Dark / Dark to Light, now on display in the Weismann Galleries
Looking for some Christmas fun!!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
It's Holiday Movies on the Mississippi at the Riverwalk’s Spanish Plaza at 6:30 p.m. - The Downtown Development District and Riverwalk Marketplace present two weekends of special outdoor movie showings! Tonight it's th classic The Year Without a Santa Claus. Enjoy hot chocolate, tasty treats and the beautiful Mississippi River with your family, friends and neighbors. The first 50 families at each showing will receive a free Canal Street: Home for the Holidays fleece blanket!
You still don't know what to do?
Head on over to Chickie Wah Wah on Canal for their happy hour and a triple header of music this evening. Come on by around the 5 o'clock hour and music the Pfister Sisters startin' up at 5:30, and stay on for Jimbo Mathus and the Tri-State Coalition at 9:30 pm there's a small cover, but you know it's worth it! The kitchen is back open so come hungry for delicious pizza and such!
And there's more good music in Mid-City (almost Uptown) over at Rock 'N Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton) for The Levee Dogs and the Iguanas 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'!
Tonight don't miss Los Po Boy Citos performing at Maison (508 Frenchmen) on the big stage! And Yojimbo at Midnight on the front stage till the wee hours. NO COVER! And upstairs as always is the sexiest latin dance party in Nola every Friday 10:00 pm till late!
Alrighty, well that should keep you busy this evening and tomorrow...If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar and tune in today from 11-2 pm for the Louisiana Music Party with my hubby Bill deTurk!!
www.gratisnola.com
Thursday, December 8, 2011
TGIT w/Holiday Shopping and Good Music!!
Good Morning Everybody - go out enjoy this cold weather with some special holiday shopping and music!
Thursday Events
Don't miss out on the weekly wine tasting at Cork and Bottle (3700 Orleans ) about 5:00 pm in Mid-City - Taste some amazing wines. So, come sip, shop and get some gifts for your friends and family! You can also stop at Clever (right next door) for their "tasting special" - $1 off your first cocktail after attending the free wine tasting. And be sure to stop by the Crescent City Farmer's Market and patronize local Louisiana vendors with fresh veggies, seafood and more!
It's the Second Annual Green Light Distict Holiday Party tonight in the 2000/2100 blocks of Magazine Street. The evening includes festive drinks and nibbles, launch event and lighting of holiday trees and decoration made by students of Sacred Heart Enviromental Club from recycled light bulbs and sponsered by Greenlight New Orleans and Unique Products holiday tunes from Ms. Mec and Belizaire, chance to win a wonderful green holdiay gift basket, info from local green non-profits, Green Santa and lots more holiday happenings!
And there's more shopping fun with some Hot Glass and Cold Cocktails at Vella Vetro and Studio Inferno (3000 Royal). It's a holiday sale kick off and open house at Vella Vetro Art Glass and Studio Inferno! Come check out hot glass blowing and over 10 other artist studios open and holiday sales! Very Cool! Great COCKTAILS!!
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. The concert starts up at 6:00 pm with Spencer Bohren, his music resonates with the ambience of the rivers, roads, and bayous of the American South. He has a marvelous gift for sharing his great love for America's wealth of traditional folk, blues, gospel, and country music with audiences of all ages. Come enjoy a delicious hot toddy at the "O" bar, and remember if you're a member of the Ogden you always get in free!
Some More Thursday Night Music
It's a lovely evening for some winter cocktails and Latin music over at the the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles) this evening. Enjoy the sounds of Fredy Omar at 8:00 pm.
Spotted Cat Music Club (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Miss Sophie Lee at 6:00 and stay on and party with The Smokin' Time Jazz Club at 10:00 PM!!
There's more fun on Frenchmen over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with piano playin' man Jon Cleary at 7:00 pm with no cover!! And stay on for the Jack Eckert Band ($5 cover) at 10:00 pm!
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
Thursday Events
Don't miss out on the weekly wine tasting at Cork and Bottle (3700 Orleans ) about 5:00 pm in Mid-City - Taste some amazing wines. So, come sip, shop and get some gifts for your friends and family! You can also stop at Clever (right next door) for their "tasting special" - $1 off your first cocktail after attending the free wine tasting. And be sure to stop by the Crescent City Farmer's Market and patronize local Louisiana vendors with fresh veggies, seafood and more!
It's the Second Annual Green Light Distict Holiday Party tonight in the 2000/2100 blocks of Magazine Street. The evening includes festive drinks and nibbles, launch event and lighting of holiday trees and decoration made by students of Sacred Heart Enviromental Club from recycled light bulbs and sponsered by Greenlight New Orleans and Unique Products holiday tunes from Ms. Mec and Belizaire, chance to win a wonderful green holdiay gift basket, info from local green non-profits, Green Santa and lots more holiday happenings!
And there's more shopping fun with some Hot Glass and Cold Cocktails at Vella Vetro and Studio Inferno (3000 Royal). It's a holiday sale kick off and open house at Vella Vetro Art Glass and Studio Inferno! Come check out hot glass blowing and over 10 other artist studios open and holiday sales! Very Cool! Great COCKTAILS!!
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. The concert starts up at 6:00 pm with Spencer Bohren, his music resonates with the ambience of the rivers, roads, and bayous of the American South. He has a marvelous gift for sharing his great love for America's wealth of traditional folk, blues, gospel, and country music with audiences of all ages. Come enjoy a delicious hot toddy at the "O" bar, and remember if you're a member of the Ogden you always get in free!
Some More Thursday Night Music
It's a lovely evening for some winter cocktails and Latin music over at the the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles) this evening. Enjoy the sounds of Fredy Omar at 8:00 pm.
Spotted Cat Music Club (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Miss Sophie Lee at 6:00 and stay on and party with The Smokin' Time Jazz Club at 10:00 PM!!
There's more fun on Frenchmen over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with piano playin' man Jon Cleary at 7:00 pm with no cover!! And stay on for the Jack Eckert Band ($5 cover) at 10:00 pm!
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
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Happy Wednesday with Bubbly, Beer & Music!
Happy Wednesday Everybody - Get in the Spirit of Christmas with some bubbly and beer!
Special Events Tonight!
Enjoy some bubbly tonight at Cork & Bottle (3700 Orleans) - It's Holiday Sparklers: A Festive Bubbly Sip and Shop! This casual, reception-style tasting will feature over 20 top sparkling wines including French Champagne, Italian Prosecco, American Sparklers and Spanish Cava. Featured brands include Taittinger, Moet & Chandon, Piper Sonoma, and Capitello to name a few. Also, get into the holiday spirit by shopping for an artfully designed, handcrafted holiday fascinator or cocktail hat made by Les Dames Chapeaux. Cost is $25 per person and tickets are sold in advance by calling 483-6314.
And enjoy some beer too! A Stout Beer for a Stout People - The NOLA Brewing Company will throw a release party for their new "Irish Channel Stout" brew at The Irish House (1432 St. Charles Ave.) tonight at 6 p.m. The 6.8 percent alcohol brewski will fortify you against the chilly-albeit brief-New Orleans winter.
Experience an Evening of Cultural Indulgences at the JW Marriott Lobby Lounge (614 Canal Street)from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The featured artist this week is Isabelle Jacopin - she will be showcasing her new jazz series of acrylics on paper – perfect gifts for music lovers! Enjoy the sounds of Gypsy Swing with Raphael Bas and Pierre Pichon and a spirit tasting with complimentary hors d’oeuvres....Make a purchase of $1,000 or more by either of our Local Artist tonight and the JW Marriott will give you a 1 night complimentary stay in the Presidential Bi-Level Suite a $1,500 value!! (Parking is available at a special event Rate of $5 on Common Street)
More Wednesday Evening Music
Hang out in Mid-City for all kinds of good stuff tonight - first stop Banks Street Bar (4401 Banks)! Come early for Micah McKee's Songwriter Showcase at 9:00 pm and stay on for some Major Bacon and some FREE BLTs - tonight at 10:30 pm...you can never get enough of the bacon and no cover!!
Have more fun in Mid-City when you head on over to Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal) for an amazing night of music with with Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott at 8:00 pm...And come hungry - the kitchen is kickin' with pizza and all kinds of yummy food!
You don't have to go too far from Mid-City for some dinner and then some music for dessert? Rock 'N Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton) is the place! Get some yummy dinner 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 Rocky's Hot Fox Trot Orchestra at 8:30 pm - you'll be dancing the night away!
There's great music this evening on Frenchmen Street tonight at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) catch the early show at 7:00 pm with The Tin Men - and stay on for Walter "Wolfman" Washington and the Roadmasters at 10:00 pm - cover's only $5.00 and you know the Wolfman's worth it!
The Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has an afternoon and evening filled with music!! Brett Richardson at 4:00, The Orleans 6 at 6:00 pm and top off the night with St. Louis Jim & The Frenchmen St. Jug Band!
Have a wonderful Wednesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
Special Events Tonight!
Enjoy some bubbly tonight at Cork & Bottle (3700 Orleans) - It's Holiday Sparklers: A Festive Bubbly Sip and Shop! This casual, reception-style tasting will feature over 20 top sparkling wines including French Champagne, Italian Prosecco, American Sparklers and Spanish Cava. Featured brands include Taittinger, Moet & Chandon, Piper Sonoma, and Capitello to name a few. Also, get into the holiday spirit by shopping for an artfully designed, handcrafted holiday fascinator or cocktail hat made by Les Dames Chapeaux. Cost is $25 per person and tickets are sold in advance by calling 483-6314.
And enjoy some beer too! A Stout Beer for a Stout People - The NOLA Brewing Company will throw a release party for their new "Irish Channel Stout" brew at The Irish House (1432 St. Charles Ave.) tonight at 6 p.m. The 6.8 percent alcohol brewski will fortify you against the chilly-albeit brief-New Orleans winter.
Experience an Evening of Cultural Indulgences at the JW Marriott Lobby Lounge (614 Canal Street)from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The featured artist this week is Isabelle Jacopin - she will be showcasing her new jazz series of acrylics on paper – perfect gifts for music lovers! Enjoy the sounds of Gypsy Swing with Raphael Bas and Pierre Pichon and a spirit tasting with complimentary hors d’oeuvres....Make a purchase of $1,000 or more by either of our Local Artist tonight and the JW Marriott will give you a 1 night complimentary stay in the Presidential Bi-Level Suite a $1,500 value!! (Parking is available at a special event Rate of $5 on Common Street)
More Wednesday Evening Music
Hang out in Mid-City for all kinds of good stuff tonight - first stop Banks Street Bar (4401 Banks)! Come early for Micah McKee's Songwriter Showcase at 9:00 pm and stay on for some Major Bacon and some FREE BLTs - tonight at 10:30 pm...you can never get enough of the bacon and no cover!!
Have more fun in Mid-City when you head on over to Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal) for an amazing night of music with with Meschiya Lake & Tom McDermott at 8:00 pm...And come hungry - the kitchen is kickin' with pizza and all kinds of yummy food!
You don't have to go too far from Mid-City for some dinner and then some music for dessert? Rock 'N Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton) is the place! Get some yummy dinner 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 Rocky's Hot Fox Trot Orchestra at 8:30 pm - you'll be dancing the night away!
There's great music this evening on Frenchmen Street tonight at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) catch the early show at 7:00 pm with The Tin Men - and stay on for Walter "Wolfman" Washington and the Roadmasters at 10:00 pm - cover's only $5.00 and you know the Wolfman's worth it!
The Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has an afternoon and evening filled with music!! Brett Richardson at 4:00, The Orleans 6 at 6:00 pm and top off the night with St. Louis Jim & The Frenchmen St. Jug Band!
Have a wonderful Wednesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
A Tuesday with Veggies, Holiday Music and More!
Happy Tuesday Everybody!
You can get your day started off right with a trip to the Farmer's Market and stock up on your holiday menu items too!!! Visit the Crescent City's Farmer's Market at University Square (200 Broadway) from 9:00 to 1:00 pm and pick up some fresh seafood, veggies and you can even grab some lunch! December brings the fabulous food truck Geaux Plates to the Tuesday market. They'll be set-up right along side where the GPS tent usually is (making room for additional seating under the tent). Stop by and enjoy a Bayou or Veggie Banh Mi, one of their delicious homemade soups or their Barq's Root Beer Braised Cochon de Lait......yummy!!
Festive Fun!!
Enjoy the sounds of the season at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in Jackson Square. Produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., the St. Louis Cathedral Concerts feature a variety of New Orleans artists including well-known jazz, classical, and gospel musicians. Beloved holiday classics and gospel favorites will be performed in one of the country's most beautiful and historic churches.
Tonight's concert is Ronnie Kole from 6:00 to 7:00 pm - check out the full schedule below and make plans to hear some great music in a beautiful setting!
•Sunday, December 11 -- Rachel Van Voorhies
•Monday, December 12 -- Philip Manuel & the Shades of Praise
•Tuesday, December 13 -- The Faubourg Quartet
•Wednesday, December 14 -- The Preservation Hall Allstars Present a Creole Christmas
•Sunday, December 18 -- St. Louis Basilica annual Christmas Concert ( at 5 p.m.)
•Monday December 19 -- Dan Vappie
•Tuesday, December 20 -- Irvan Mayfield
•Wednesday, December 21 -- St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Good Music Tonight!
It's gonna be a beautiful evening to hang out at the The Columns (3811 St. Charles Ave.)...Have a hot toddy and listen to the guitar stylings of John Rankin at 8:00 pm!
There's some fun on Frenchmen tonight over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with the Treme Brass Band at 9:00 pm - there's a $5 cover, but this show is definitely worth the dinero!
Right down the street the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with no cover - Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Smokin' Time Jazz Club at 6:00 pm and top off the evening with Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 10:00 pm!
Celebrate the holidays over at the Allways Lounge (2240 St. Claude) with the All-Star Covered-Dish Country Jamboree starting at 9:00 pm. It's local Honky-Tonk Legends, The Wasted Lives, bringing you up when yer feelin those low-down country blues! Bring a dish to pass around - See you there!
End your night over at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street...with the REBIRTH Brass Band they come on around 10:30ish - there's a cover, but you'll be glad you paid and stayed up late!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
You can get your day started off right with a trip to the Farmer's Market and stock up on your holiday menu items too!!! Visit the Crescent City's Farmer's Market at University Square (200 Broadway) from 9:00 to 1:00 pm and pick up some fresh seafood, veggies and you can even grab some lunch! December brings the fabulous food truck Geaux Plates to the Tuesday market. They'll be set-up right along side where the GPS tent usually is (making room for additional seating under the tent). Stop by and enjoy a Bayou or Veggie Banh Mi, one of their delicious homemade soups or their Barq's Root Beer Braised Cochon de Lait......yummy!!
Festive Fun!!
Enjoy the sounds of the season at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in Jackson Square. Produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., the St. Louis Cathedral Concerts feature a variety of New Orleans artists including well-known jazz, classical, and gospel musicians. Beloved holiday classics and gospel favorites will be performed in one of the country's most beautiful and historic churches.
Tonight's concert is Ronnie Kole from 6:00 to 7:00 pm - check out the full schedule below and make plans to hear some great music in a beautiful setting!
•Sunday, December 11 -- Rachel Van Voorhies
•Monday, December 12 -- Philip Manuel & the Shades of Praise
•Tuesday, December 13 -- The Faubourg Quartet
•Wednesday, December 14 -- The Preservation Hall Allstars Present a Creole Christmas
•Sunday, December 18 -- St. Louis Basilica annual Christmas Concert ( at 5 p.m.)
•Monday December 19 -- Dan Vappie
•Tuesday, December 20 -- Irvan Mayfield
•Wednesday, December 21 -- St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Good Music Tonight!
It's gonna be a beautiful evening to hang out at the The Columns (3811 St. Charles Ave.)...Have a hot toddy and listen to the guitar stylings of John Rankin at 8:00 pm!
There's some fun on Frenchmen tonight over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with the Treme Brass Band at 9:00 pm - there's a $5 cover, but this show is definitely worth the dinero!
Right down the street the Spotted Cat (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with no cover - Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Smokin' Time Jazz Club at 6:00 pm and top off the evening with Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns at 10:00 pm!
Celebrate the holidays over at the Allways Lounge (2240 St. Claude) with the All-Star Covered-Dish Country Jamboree starting at 9:00 pm. It's local Honky-Tonk Legends, The Wasted Lives, bringing you up when yer feelin those low-down country blues! Bring a dish to pass around - See you there!
End your night over at the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street...with the REBIRTH Brass Band they come on around 10:30ish - there's a cover, but you'll be glad you paid and stayed up late!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday and for more fun shows and events going on click on the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!
www.gratisnola.com
Monday, December 5, 2011
Celebrate Big Football Wins w/Some Monday Fun!!
Happy Monday Everybody - What an amazing football weekend - celebrate our two big wins tonight!!
Festive Monday Fun!!
Enjoy the sounds of the season at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in Jackson Square. Produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., the St. Louis Cathedral Concerts feature a variety of New Orleans artists including well-known jazz, classical, and gospel musicians. Beloved holiday classics and gospel favorites will be performed in one of the country's most beautiful and historic churches.
Tonight's concert is the Friendly Travelers from 6:00 to 7:00 pm - check out the full schedule below and make plans to hear some great music in a beautiful setting!
•Tuesday, December 6 -- Ronnie Kole
•Sunday, December 11 -- Rachel Van Voorhies
•Monday, December 12 -- Philip Manuel & the Shades of Praise
•Tuesday, December 13 -- The Faubourg Quartet
•Wednesday, December 14 -- The Preservation Hall Allstars Present a Creole Christmas
•Sunday, December 18 -- St. Louis Basilica annual Christmas Concert ( at 5 p.m.)
•Monday December 19 -- Dan Vappie
•Tuesday, December 20 -- Irvan Mayfield
•Wednesday, December 21 -- St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Monday Night Music
If you're Uptown - Enjoy an early holiday Monday with some porch sippin' over at the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles)....Tonight David Doucet of Beausoleil fame performs at 8:00 pm tonight!
Head on down to Mid-City and to the Banks Street Bar (4401 Banks) about 10:00 pm for the N'awlins Johnnys and FREE red beans 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 and be sure to stay of for Jerry Giddens at 10:00 pm.....plus cheap and yummy and red beans (veggie red beans too) plus it's smoke-free!!
Lots of fun around Frenchmen Street!
d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) has an excellent double header tonight with Luke Winslow King at 6:00 pm, and stay on for Glen David Andrews at 9:00 pm (there's a $5 cover for the late show - but that's not much to pay for this performance!)
BMC (1331 Decatur) has a great early show at 5:00 pm with Lil Red and Big Bad...then stay on for the next show at 9:30 with Smoky Greenwell's Blues Jam!!
And two great shows at the Maison (508 Frenchmen) with Aurora Nealand and The Royal Roses at 7:00 pm, and The New Orleans Super Jam at 10:00 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, Dominick Grillo and The Frenchmen Street All Stars at 6:00 pm and be sure to stay on for Kristina Morales and the Bayou Shufflers at 10:00 pm.....it's sure to be another smokin' Monday evening show.
To top off you're evening....you gotta go Uptown and over to the Maple Leaf (8316 Oak) for Papa Grows Funk at 10:00 pm - they'll get your Monday night funked up - remember there's a cover - but it's worth it!!!
Have a great one...and for more musical fun check out WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar...until tomorrow!
www.gratisnola.com
Festive Monday Fun!!
Enjoy the sounds of the season at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis in Jackson Square. Produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc., the St. Louis Cathedral Concerts feature a variety of New Orleans artists including well-known jazz, classical, and gospel musicians. Beloved holiday classics and gospel favorites will be performed in one of the country's most beautiful and historic churches.
Tonight's concert is the Friendly Travelers from 6:00 to 7:00 pm - check out the full schedule below and make plans to hear some great music in a beautiful setting!
•Tuesday, December 6 -- Ronnie Kole
•Sunday, December 11 -- Rachel Van Voorhies
•Monday, December 12 -- Philip Manuel & the Shades of Praise
•Tuesday, December 13 -- The Faubourg Quartet
•Wednesday, December 14 -- The Preservation Hall Allstars Present a Creole Christmas
•Sunday, December 18 -- St. Louis Basilica annual Christmas Concert ( at 5 p.m.)
•Monday December 19 -- Dan Vappie
•Tuesday, December 20 -- Irvan Mayfield
•Wednesday, December 21 -- St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” The beautiful light display is nightly from dusk 'til 9:00 pm and admission is $3 a car. The light display is generously donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park comes alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
Monday Night Music
If you're Uptown - Enjoy an early holiday Monday with some porch sippin' over at the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles)....Tonight David Doucet of Beausoleil fame performs at 8:00 pm tonight!
Head on down to Mid-City and to the Banks Street Bar (4401 Banks) about 10:00 pm for the N'awlins Johnnys and FREE red beans 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 and be sure to stay of for Jerry Giddens at 10:00 pm.....plus cheap and yummy and red beans (veggie red beans too) plus it's smoke-free!!
Lots of fun around Frenchmen Street!
d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) has an excellent double header tonight with Luke Winslow King at 6:00 pm, and stay on for Glen David Andrews at 9:00 pm (there's a $5 cover for the late show - but that's not much to pay for this performance!)
BMC (1331 Decatur) has a great early show at 5:00 pm with Lil Red and Big Bad...then stay on for the next show at 9:30 with Smoky Greenwell's Blues Jam!!
And two great shows at the Maison (508 Frenchmen) with Aurora Nealand and The Royal Roses at 7:00 pm, and The New Orleans Super Jam at 10:00 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, Dominick Grillo and The Frenchmen Street All Stars at 6:00 pm and be sure to stay on for Kristina Morales and the Bayou Shufflers at 10:00 pm.....it's sure to be another smokin' Monday evening show.
To top off you're evening....you gotta go Uptown and over to the Maple Leaf (8316 Oak) for Papa Grows Funk at 10:00 pm - they'll get your Monday night funked up - remember there's a cover - but it's worth it!!!
Have a great one...and for more musical fun check out WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar...until tomorrow!
www.gratisnola.com
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Saturday Christmas Fun and Woopin' Some Dogs!!
Christmas is in the air and it's time to start celebrating! We're sure to be doing some celebrating tonight when the Tiger's beat down them Bulldogs!!
Start your Saturday off with a shopping spree on Magazine Street with Merriment on Magazine!! The Street presents its annual fun-filled and relaxed shopping extravaganza today! You’ll find something perfect for everyone on your list. Plus, you’ll find plenty of unique, New Orleans-themed decorations for your home, and endless holiday treats! Storefronts will be decked out for the holidays and many will be offering sales, refreshments, entertainment, contests and even free workshops! Most shops stay open till 9 pm for your convenience. Bring the whole family to enjoy!
Head on down to Canal Street at 1:00 pm for the Krewe of Jingle Parade - Back for its fourth year, New Orleans’ official holiday parade, the “Krewe of Jingle,” will once again delight locals and visitors alike with authentic parade floats, marching bands, stilt walkers, Christmas characters and many more magical surprises! After the parade, all are invited to join in the merriment at The Roosevelt New Orleans hotel’s Baronne Street entrance for the “Jingle Mingle”—this block party will transform the block into a wonderful wintery wonderland with music, games, food, crafts and more!
Click here for route info!! http://canalstreetholiday.com/ParadeMap2011.pdf
There's more Christmas fun in the French Market with the St. Nicholas Day Fair and Christmas Parade (1008 N. Peters). It's a family festival in Dutch Alley with music, children's activities, photos with St. Nick and a parade down Decatur Street at 2:00 pm and to top i off holiday music in the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park from Noon to 5:00 pm! For more info visit www.frenchmarket.org
While you're having fun in the Quarter make sure you make plans for the Louisiana Music Factory's (210 Decatur) in store concerts today! Robert Eustis at 2:00 pm, The Help at 3:00 pm and Luke Winslow-King at 4:00 pm!
If you're looking for a place to watch the LSU game with a thousand of your closest buddies - then go no further than Champion Square to cheer on the Tigers!! The fun kicks off at 1:30 with food drink, and music - bring your own chair so you can hang out all day and watch your champs tear up them bulldogs on the gigantic screen!! GEAUX TIGERS!!
After the big LSU win there's gonna be some great music tonight!!
It's time for birthday celebrating at Tipitina's (501 Napoleon) with the WWOZ Birthday Bash tonight at 9:00 pm with Big Sam's Funky Nation plus The Treme Brass Band!! (there's a cover - but don't miss out on the fun!)
Alrighty, it's time to get kickin'! Have a wonderful day.....If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!!
www.gratisnola.com
Start your Saturday off with a shopping spree on Magazine Street with Merriment on Magazine!! The Street presents its annual fun-filled and relaxed shopping extravaganza today! You’ll find something perfect for everyone on your list. Plus, you’ll find plenty of unique, New Orleans-themed decorations for your home, and endless holiday treats! Storefronts will be decked out for the holidays and many will be offering sales, refreshments, entertainment, contests and even free workshops! Most shops stay open till 9 pm for your convenience. Bring the whole family to enjoy!
Head on down to Canal Street at 1:00 pm for the Krewe of Jingle Parade - Back for its fourth year, New Orleans’ official holiday parade, the “Krewe of Jingle,” will once again delight locals and visitors alike with authentic parade floats, marching bands, stilt walkers, Christmas characters and many more magical surprises! After the parade, all are invited to join in the merriment at The Roosevelt New Orleans hotel’s Baronne Street entrance for the “Jingle Mingle”—this block party will transform the block into a wonderful wintery wonderland with music, games, food, crafts and more!
Click here for route info!! http://canalstreetholiday.com/ParadeMap2011.pdf
There's more Christmas fun in the French Market with the St. Nicholas Day Fair and Christmas Parade (1008 N. Peters). It's a family festival in Dutch Alley with music, children's activities, photos with St. Nick and a parade down Decatur Street at 2:00 pm and to top i off holiday music in the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park from Noon to 5:00 pm! For more info visit www.frenchmarket.org
While you're having fun in the Quarter make sure you make plans for the Louisiana Music Factory's (210 Decatur) in store concerts today! Robert Eustis at 2:00 pm, The Help at 3:00 pm and Luke Winslow-King at 4:00 pm!
If you're looking for a place to watch the LSU game with a thousand of your closest buddies - then go no further than Champion Square to cheer on the Tigers!! The fun kicks off at 1:30 with food drink, and music - bring your own chair so you can hang out all day and watch your champs tear up them bulldogs on the gigantic screen!! GEAUX TIGERS!!
After the big LSU win there's gonna be some great music tonight!!
It's time for birthday celebrating at Tipitina's (501 Napoleon) with the WWOZ Birthday Bash tonight at 9:00 pm with Big Sam's Funky Nation plus The Treme Brass Band!! (there's a cover - but don't miss out on the fun!)
Alrighty, it's time to get kickin'! Have a wonderful day.....If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!!
www.gratisnola.com
Friday, December 2, 2011
'Tis the Friday for Celebratin' with Holiday Fun!
Hurray for Friday and what a beautiful day it is!!
Get your weekend started off right with wine tastings all over the Crescent City!!
Always a fun way to kick things off. It's the weekly wine tasting over at Cork & Bottle (Orleans at Moss St.) - from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Come out and sample these fantastic wines selections: Segura Viudas Cava, Barone Fini Pinot Grigio, Drytown Cellars Sauvignon Blanc, Morgan Pinot Noir and the Tapiz Mendoza Merlot.
And you can double your wine tasting fun! Check out Swirl located on Ponce de Leon right off Esplanade and enjoy a FREE wine tasting at 6:00 pm. Once you've tasted one of their excellent choices you'll be sure to be buy a bottle!
No worries there's more wine and cheese samplings at Martin's Wine Cellar from 4:30 to 6:30 pm - Uptown (3500 Magazine Street) and in Metairie (714 Elmeer)! If you need to go shopping at Lakeside you may want to stop in at Martin's first!
Check out The Where Y'Art? party this evening over at the New Orleans Museum of Art starting at 5:00 pm with Gallery & Exhibition Tours, lots of fun activities and music!! The event is FREE with museum admissions. $10 Adults, $8 seniors, students, active military, $6 children ages 17 to 7, children 6 and under are free.
* 5 pm to 8 pm: Art Making by KIDsmART
* 5 pm to 8 pm: Jewelry artist GoGo in Museum Shop
* 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm: NOCCA Choir
* 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Pianist, Wayne Daigrepont
Looking for some Christmas fun!!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” light display kicks off tonight! The lighting ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m., and the New Orleans Concert Band will perform at 6 p.m. The beautiful light display is donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park will come alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
It's Holiday Movies on the Mississippi at the Riverwalk’s Spanish Plaza at 6:30 p.m. - The Downtown Development District and Riverwalk Marketplace present two weekends of special outdoor movie showings! Tonight enjoy the movie Elf, and and make plans for December 9th for The Year Without a Santa Claus. Enjoy hot chocolate, tasty treats and the beautiful Mississippi River with your family, friends and neighbors. The first 50 families at each showing will receive a free Canal Street: Home for the Holidays fleece blanket!
You still don't know what to do?
Head on over to Chickie Wah Wah on Canal for their happy hour and a triple header of music this evening. Come on by around the 5 o'clock hour and music from Wasted Lives startin' up at 5:30, and stay on for Paul Sanchez at 8:00 pm there's a small cover, but Paul is worth the dinero! Top off the evening with Grain Fed Reunion at 10:00 pm! The kitchen is back open so come hungry for delicious pizza and such!
And there's more good music in Mid-City (almost Uptown) over at Rock 'N Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton) for Flow Tribe and the Vettes 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'!
Head on over to Le Bon Temps (4801 Magazine) and help Lynn Drury celebrate her birthday!! The Honeypots will open at 10:30 pm, ending in a free-for-all rocking show with special guests Casandra Faulconer on bass, Chris Pylant on Drums & Damien Louviere on guitar.
Alrighty, well that should keep you busy this evening...If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!!
www.gratisnola.com
Get your weekend started off right with wine tastings all over the Crescent City!!
Always a fun way to kick things off. It's the weekly wine tasting over at Cork & Bottle (Orleans at Moss St.) - from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Come out and sample these fantastic wines selections: Segura Viudas Cava, Barone Fini Pinot Grigio, Drytown Cellars Sauvignon Blanc, Morgan Pinot Noir and the Tapiz Mendoza Merlot.
And you can double your wine tasting fun! Check out Swirl located on Ponce de Leon right off Esplanade and enjoy a FREE wine tasting at 6:00 pm. Once you've tasted one of their excellent choices you'll be sure to be buy a bottle!
No worries there's more wine and cheese samplings at Martin's Wine Cellar from 4:30 to 6:30 pm - Uptown (3500 Magazine Street) and in Metairie (714 Elmeer)! If you need to go shopping at Lakeside you may want to stop in at Martin's first!
Check out The Where Y'Art? party this evening over at the New Orleans Museum of Art starting at 5:00 pm with Gallery & Exhibition Tours, lots of fun activities and music!! The event is FREE with museum admissions. $10 Adults, $8 seniors, students, active military, $6 children ages 17 to 7, children 6 and under are free.
* 5 pm to 8 pm: Art Making by KIDsmART
* 5 pm to 8 pm: Jewelry artist GoGo in Museum Shop
* 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm: NOCCA Choir
* 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Pianist, Wayne Daigrepont
Looking for some Christmas fun!!
Celebrate the season at Lafreniere Park (3000 Downs Boulevard) - The annual “Holiday in the Park” light display kicks off tonight! The lighting ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m., and the New Orleans Concert Band will perform at 6 p.m. The beautiful light display is donated by the family of the late Al Copeland - The park will come alive for the holidays with thousands of twinkling lights and displays.
And there's more holiday fun at City Park with Celebration in the Oaks! The Celebration runs nightly through January 1st - Sunday thru Thursday from 6:00 pm to 10:00pm and Friday & Saturday 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm (closed Christmas Eve and New Years Eve). There are fabulous new exhibits, nightly entertainment, synthetic ice skating rink, amusement park rides. "Experience and enjoy one of the country's most unique month-long holiday festival of lights!" A beloved holiday tradition for the last 25 years - visit www.celebrationintheoaks.com for more info!
It's Holiday Movies on the Mississippi at the Riverwalk’s Spanish Plaza at 6:30 p.m. - The Downtown Development District and Riverwalk Marketplace present two weekends of special outdoor movie showings! Tonight enjoy the movie Elf, and and make plans for December 9th for The Year Without a Santa Claus. Enjoy hot chocolate, tasty treats and the beautiful Mississippi River with your family, friends and neighbors. The first 50 families at each showing will receive a free Canal Street: Home for the Holidays fleece blanket!
You still don't know what to do?
Head on over to Chickie Wah Wah on Canal for their happy hour and a triple header of music this evening. Come on by around the 5 o'clock hour and music from Wasted Lives startin' up at 5:30, and stay on for Paul Sanchez at 8:00 pm there's a small cover, but Paul is worth the dinero! Top off the evening with Grain Fed Reunion at 10:00 pm! The kitchen is back open so come hungry for delicious pizza and such!
And there's more good music in Mid-City (almost Uptown) over at Rock 'N Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton) for Flow Tribe and the Vettes 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'!
Head on over to Le Bon Temps (4801 Magazine) and help Lynn Drury celebrate her birthday!! The Honeypots will open at 10:30 pm, ending in a free-for-all rocking show with special guests Casandra Faulconer on bass, Chris Pylant on Drums & Damien Louviere on guitar.
Alrighty, well that should keep you busy this evening...If you're looking for more fun stuff to do...check out the WWOZ Livewire - http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar!!
www.gratisnola.com
Thursday, December 1, 2011
TGIT with Rootstock and Fancy Beers plus Lots of Music!
Good Morning Everybody - go out enjoy this beautiful cool weather with some great music!
Thursday Events
Don't miss out on the weekly wine tasting at Cork and Bottle (3700 Orleans ) about 5:00 pm in Mid-City - Taste these amazing wines - Babcock Blend, Babcock Identity Crisis Syrah, Babcock Rita's Earth Pinot Noir, No Place Like Home Syrah, Kendall Jackson "Jackson Hills", Cabernet Sauvignon Wente, "Morning Fog" Chardonnay and Hartford Napa Zinfandel. So, come sip, shop and get some gifts for your friends and family! You can also stop at Clever (right next door) for their "tasting special" - $1 off your first cocktail after attending the free wine tasting. And be sure to stop by the Crescent City Farmer's Market and patronize local Louisiana vendors with fresh veggies, seafood and more!
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. The concert starts up at 6:00 pm with Rayland Baxter, a singer/songwriter, born in the untamed hills of Bon Aqua, Tennessee. He tells a story unlike any other, a story that is true and full of unravelling emotion. Tradition is a staple in Rayland's music. Come enjoy a delicious hot toddy at the "O" bar, and remember if you're a member of the Ogden you always get in free!
Head on down to Rock N' Bowl (3000 S. Carrollton) and join Louisiana Folk Roots and Bayou Teche Brewing for Rootstock a very special night of music, beer and dancing in celebration of the release of the critically acclaimed "En Français: Cajun'n'Creole Rock'n'Roll" CD and two new LA-31 beers! Check out this lineup!
Bands:
The Lost Bayou Ramblers
Corey "Lil' Pop" Ledet & His Zydeco Band
Beer:
LA-31 Bière Pâle
LA-31 Boucanée
LA-31 Grenade
LA-31 Bière Noire
LA-31 Bière de Joi - Mello Dubbel
*Proceeds from this great event benefit Louisiana Folk Roots,and we'll also have some great Louisiana food and a book signing on tap. While you're at Rock'n'Bowl you can pick up copies of the all-star CD of classic rock'n'pop songs performed in French for everyone on your list! For tickets, please visit rocknbowl.com, and for more information, please visit www.lafolkroots.org, e-mail info@lafolkroots.org or call Louisiana Folk Roots at(337) 234-8360.
Some More Thursday Night Music
It's a lovely evening for some yummy cocktails and Latin music over at the the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles) this evening. Enjoy the sounds of Fredy Omar at 8:00 pm.
Spotted Cat Music Club (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Miss Sophie Lee at 6:00 and stay on and party with The Smokin' Time Jazz Club at 10:00 PM!!
There's more fun on Frenchmen over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with piano playin' man Jon Cleary at 7:00 pm with no cover!! And stay on for Andrew Duhon and the Lonsome Crows ($5 cover) at 10:00 pm!
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
Thursday Events
Don't miss out on the weekly wine tasting at Cork and Bottle (3700 Orleans ) about 5:00 pm in Mid-City - Taste these amazing wines - Babcock Blend, Babcock Identity Crisis Syrah, Babcock Rita's Earth Pinot Noir, No Place Like Home Syrah, Kendall Jackson "Jackson Hills", Cabernet Sauvignon Wente, "Morning Fog" Chardonnay and Hartford Napa Zinfandel. So, come sip, shop and get some gifts for your friends and family! You can also stop at Clever (right next door) for their "tasting special" - $1 off your first cocktail after attending the free wine tasting. And be sure to stop by the Crescent City Farmer's Market and patronize local Louisiana vendors with fresh veggies, seafood and more!
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. The concert starts up at 6:00 pm with Rayland Baxter, a singer/songwriter, born in the untamed hills of Bon Aqua, Tennessee. He tells a story unlike any other, a story that is true and full of unravelling emotion. Tradition is a staple in Rayland's music. Come enjoy a delicious hot toddy at the "O" bar, and remember if you're a member of the Ogden you always get in free!
Head on down to Rock N' Bowl (3000 S. Carrollton) and join Louisiana Folk Roots and Bayou Teche Brewing for Rootstock a very special night of music, beer and dancing in celebration of the release of the critically acclaimed "En Français: Cajun'n'Creole Rock'n'Roll" CD and two new LA-31 beers! Check out this lineup!
Bands:
The Lost Bayou Ramblers
Corey "Lil' Pop" Ledet & His Zydeco Band
Beer:
LA-31 Bière Pâle
LA-31 Boucanée
LA-31 Grenade
LA-31 Bière Noire
LA-31 Bière de Joi - Mello Dubbel
*Proceeds from this great event benefit Louisiana Folk Roots,and we'll also have some great Louisiana food and a book signing on tap. While you're at Rock'n'Bowl you can pick up copies of the all-star CD of classic rock'n'pop songs performed in French for everyone on your list! For tickets, please visit rocknbowl.com, and for more information, please visit www.lafolkroots.org, e-mail info@lafolkroots.org or call Louisiana Folk Roots at(337) 234-8360.
Some More Thursday Night Music
It's a lovely evening for some yummy cocktails and Latin music over at the the Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles) this evening. Enjoy the sounds of Fredy Omar at 8:00 pm.
Spotted Cat Music Club (623 Frenchmen) has a triple header with Brett Richardson at 4:00 pm, Miss Sophie Lee at 6:00 and stay on and party with The Smokin' Time Jazz Club at 10:00 PM!!
There's more fun on Frenchmen over at d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen) with piano playin' man Jon Cleary at 7:00 pm with no cover!! And stay on for Andrew Duhon and the Lonsome Crows ($5 cover) at 10:00 pm!
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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