In celebration of the New Orleans Fringe Festival, the annual Fringe Parade rolled Saturday, November 19. Starting on Poland Avenue, the parade went up St. Claude Avenue, down Press Street, and then back up Franklin Avenue to finish at the St. Roch Tavern. The GoodChildren Carnival Club produced the parade. All photos were taken by [...]
Tag Archives: Bywater
Mirliton Festival: Photos
November 7, 2011 – 12:38 pm
On Saturday, the Bywater’s Markey Park saw more than its usual audience of dogs and their owners, filling with folks for the 22nd-annual Mirliton Festival in celebration of the vegetable, known elsewhere as a chayote, and the Bywater neighborhood. The musical lineup consisted of artists who live or perform in the Bywater: The Tumbleweeds, Tuba [...]
Mirliton Festival: In Praise of the Bywater and Mirlitons
November 3, 2011 – 3:40 pm
“The key to the Mirliton Festival and the musical lineup is the fact that it is very ‘Bywater-centric’”, says attorney Andrew Bizer, who booked the 22nd annual Mirliton Festival. The annual event at Markey Park on Piety Street in the Bywater is a celebration of Bywater art and culture, and it takes place Saturday from 11 [...]
6t’9 Social Aid and Pleasure Club Halloween Parade: Photos
October 24, 2011 – 4:52 pm
Saturday night, the 6t’9 Social Aid & Pleasure Club held its seventh-annual halloween parade with a roster of participants that included the Skinz and Bonez, Noisician Coalition, Krewe of Chewbacchus, Big Chief Victor Harris, Pair-a-Dice Tumblers, Mr. Okra, the Pony Girls, Ed Buckner and his Original Big Seven SAPC, Ronald Lewis, the Dr. Martin Luther [...]
Bacchanal: Fighting the Wrong Fight
October 21, 2011 – 2:16 pm
Thirteen hours ago, a video was posted on Vimeo titled “Save the Music at Bacchanal.” The sentiment’s a good one and I hope it works, but I fear it misses the issue. Musicians and others talk about how great the Bacchanal experience was, and fans talk about how great the music was, but Bacchanal didn’t [...]
Flood Streets: Shooting the Streets
October 1, 2011 – 12:15 am
Other than Juvenile’s wildly irresponsible
Little Freddie King’s 71st Birthday Party at BJ’s: Photos
July 18, 2011 – 4:43 pm
Blues guitarist and singer Little Freddie King celebrated his July 19 birthday a few days early at BJ’s Lounge this past Saturday, July 16. He will be 71. King celebrated by performing for the crowd at the Bywater bar, and with a cake featuring his likeness. All photos were taken by Kim Welsh.
Washboard Chaz: Man of a Thousand Bands
June 1, 2011 – 12:12 am
Washboard Chaz is a lucky guy. Not everybody gets a festival named after them, but Chaz has become the iconic figurehead of one of the most interesting musical events to develop in New Orleans since the 2005 flood, the Bywater celebration called Chaz Fest. For a musician whose only equipment is a tricked-out washboard and [...]
Chaz Fest 2011: Photo Slideshow
May 4, 2011 – 10:59 pm
In between Jazz Fest weekends this Wednesday, May 4, Chaz Fest was held at the “Truck Farm” on St. Claude Avenue. The festival celebrates some of the best and brightest Ninth Ward musicians and offers a two-stage music festival in a more lush and intimate setting than the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival without [...]
