New Orleans

Light in August: New Orleans Events

  Light in August is more than a novel by one-time New Orleans resident William Faulkner. The way we see it, the light in August is the fact that some of the city’s hottest festivals and events take place this month, which makes bra… Read More »

4 Ideas 4 the 4th

Steamboat Natchez photo by Kerri McCaffety. New Orleans' colors aren't just purple, green and gold – they’re red, white and blue.  While New Orleans was part of France until 1802, nobody knows how to celebrate Indep… Read More »

June in NOLA: Magnolias and More

Louis Armstrong crooned about “magnolias in June” but there are many more reasons to come to New Orleans this month. For one thing, many of the hotels are offering special summer rates. For another thing, some of our favorite festival… Read More »

Discover the heartbeat of New Orleans on Tour Tremé

As New Orleans locals who’ve worked in the hospitality industry most of our lives, we don’t go in for a lot of touristy stuff. Alligator paw backscratchers and hurricane souvenir glasses? Not for us. And when it comes to tours, we&rsq… Read More »

May in New Orleans: Music, Mudbugs and Mom!

If, as T.S. Eliot wrote, “April is the cruelest month,” May in New Orleans makes up for it. Our swamps, gardens and event calendars are bursting with fun and celebrations of life. Here’s just some of what awaits you in New Orleans t… Read More »

We Believe: Gray Line's Ghost Tour Is Spooky Fun

Greater New Orleans has a population of about 1.167 million – if you count only the living. Our 300 year-old-city is considered one of the most haunted in the country and people from all over the world come to hear our ghost stories. If you… Read More »

Following in the Wake of the Old Man

Matt Dow continues his family’s legacy with the Riverboat CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. Matthew Dow always knew he belonged on the river. You might say the Mississippi runs through his veins. In 1945, his grandfather, maritime lawyer Captain W… Read More »

On Super Bowl Sunday, the Real Party Was In New Orleans

  Some Saints Fans Might Be Able to Forgive, But Few Will Ever Forget "Super Bowl LIE!" Photo by Kathy Hirsch After a blown call in the NFC Championship game against the Rams cost the Saints a trip to Super Bowl LIII,… Read More »

Get Jazzed for January in New Orleans

New Orleans’ tricentennial may be over but there’s still plenty of celebrating going on in the Crescent City. Carnival season kicks off on January 6th (Twelfth Night) with four parades. Plus, the Saints are in the play-offs (woo … Read More »

Ghostly Goings-On This Season at Le Petit Theatre

        A Christmas Carol, Playing Through December 23 Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré, a notoriously haunted site in the French Quarter, is joined by four more ghosts this holiday season ­–&nb… Read More »