Looking for a safe, cultural way to spend Halloween this year? Bring the family and everyone you know to the Krewe of Boo parade, the city’s first Halloween parade, set to roll downtown October 31st.
The parade is also first in New Orleans to have a completely charitable cause, benefiting the First Responders Fund, a charitable [...]

New Orleans is the most well-known and most-visited destination in Louisiana, and understandably so! From the restaurants in New Orleans to the festivals to the shops in the French Quarter – there’s a lot to do and to experience in the city of New Orleans. But just in case you’re running out of things to [...]

by ERROL LABORDE
Were it not for Tad Jones, jazz history would be off by 13 months. Jones was the local jazz researcher who made the discovery that Louis Armstrong was wrong about the date he gave for his birth. Armstrong had claimed he was born on July 4, 1900 – certainly a festive date with [...]

By Marica Mackenroth
One of the greatest things about living in New Orleans is the abundance of celebration and events. Residents see each and every event as a chance to celebrate their heritage and come together as people.
This year, the city celebrated Independence Day with true New Orleans grace and style.
Each year, the Riverfront Marketing Group [...]

by Errol Laborde
* July 4th was on a Thursday in 1776 so it would have been a busy day for fishermen who were preparing to bring their catches to the markets in Catholic New Orleans for the next day’s meatless Friday.
*Louisiana’s Spanish governor, Luis de Unzaga, was secretly helping the American cause by arranging for [...]