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The Back to the Beach Festival offers the community family fun, the best of New Orleans area music, fabulous food, arts & crafts, run/walk, bike rally, car show, and more, all while helping to Save Our Lake & Coast! Sponsors receive tickets to the Back to the Beach Festival as well as the Patron Party [...]

Pack your bags and grab your best girlfriends because FestiGals 2013 is almost here! New Orleans is rolling out the ‘pink’ carpet for the third consecutive year for the only festival of its kind in the country. The extended four-day weekend celebration created for women by women offers a variety of inspirational seminars, enrichment workshops, [...]

Woldenberg Park Free Oyster competitions including the Acme Oyster Eating Contest, the P and J Oyster Shucking Competition and the New Orleans Fish House Largest Oyster Contest. Proceeds from the festival support the Louisiana oyster community, fishers and their families, and security for the 8th District Police Department. View the performance Schedule: http://neworleansoysterfestival.org/lineup.php Saturday June [...]

Lineup: May 16 – The Blues Masters Ft. Big Al Carson/Big Chief Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias May 23 – Hot 8 Brass Band/Donald Harrison & The Congo Sqaure Nation May 30 – Colin Lake/George Porter, Jr. & Bill Summers June 6 – Mike Soulman Baptiste/Joe Krown Trio Ft. Russell Batiste & Walter “Wolfman” [...]

JUNE 8 & 9, 2013 10 A.M. TO 6 P.M. The French Market plays host to its 27th annual Creole Tomato Festival the second weekend in June with fresh Creole tomatoes for sale, live music, cooking demonstrations, children’s activities, Creole-tomato eating contests and free samples, plus plenty of tasty Creole tomato dishes at French Market [...]

Mark your calendars now for the 40th anniversary of Greek Festival New Orleans, an amazing showcase of Greek food, music, and fun! We are working hard to bring you another memorable Memorial Day Weekend, and will update our website soon with this year’s food, music, and entertainment. Greek Festival New Orleans 2013 Memorial Day Weekend [...]

There’s a great musical line-up including: Rebirth, Iris May Tango, Bonerama, Dirty Dozen, Pine Leaf Boys, and much more.. Local art and food will be featured, plus a kids tent and activities like family yoga on Saturday and Sunday at 10am. · Website: www.thebayouboogaloo.com · Slow Food NOLA – along with Slow Food International is [...]

NOLA Veggie Fest 2013 May 11th (11am-6pm) & May 12th (noon-6pm) New Orleans Healing Center 2372 St. Claude Ave. 70117 Product samples, vendor booths, cooking demonstrations, speakers, film screenings and vegetarian food. Admission: $15 day pass includes T-shirt, tote bag and product samples. The festival is a project of the Humane Society of Louisiana, a [...]

Weekly series adds an Arts & Crafts Vendor Zone in addition to its diverse musical schedule The Algiers Economic Development Foundation (AEDF) announces the line up for the 6th annual Wednesdays on the Point riverfront festival series . This year’s series includes shows every Wednesday, May 29-July 17, from 6 to 9 p.m. All concerts [...]

The French Market plays host to three consecutive, themed cultural celebration days in partnership with Alliance Francaise and Southern Food and Beverage Museum, as part of a week-long collection of events designed to highlight the European Union. We will have the following events on May 10-12th at the Farmers Market Stage: FRIDAY, MAY 10th: GERMAN [...]