Well, if the jubilant ecstasy of the release of the coveted Jazz Fest 2013 cubes yesterday still wasn’t enough “festival season” excitement for you, the 30th Annual French Quarter Festival released its official music schedule cubes for all stages today at its own press party at The Court of Two Sisters in the Quarter. And [...]
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Pat O’Brien’s Hosts Annual St. Patrick’s Day Bash March 17 ft. Groovy 7 + More
March 13, 2013 – 6:13 pm
If there was ever a perfect time and place to drink something called a Fuzzy Leprechaun, Pat O’Brien’s on St. Patrick’s Day would be it. The French Quarter landmark celebrates the holiday this Saturday and Sunday with drink specials and live music. Pat O’Brien’s famous Irish pub (at 718 St Peter Street) throws its annual [...]
YouTube du Jour: New Orleans in The Monster and the Stripper
July 12, 2012 – 4:48 pm
While looking for some throwback YouTube clips from New Orleans, we came across this gem: an introduction to the 1968 b-to-the-extreme movie The Monster and the Stripper a.k.a. The Exotic Ones, made by Nashville’s “first family of film”, the Ormonds. The movie’s about a swamp monster (played by rockabilly singer Sleepy LaBeef) captured by a [...]
Festigals: A Fete for Females
June 20, 2012 – 3:58 pm
The all-women, all-pampering FestiGals is back at the Hotel Monteleone. The four-day festival kicks off on Thursday, June 21. This is a “one-of-a-kind series of events,” says FestiGals founder Diane Lyons. “CEOs, soccer moms, and retirees will unite to celebrate life, laughter, and womanhood…in a city where food, fun and fabulousness run rampart around every [...]
The Eagles: Walking Through New Orleans
May 1, 2012 – 12:40 am
When the Eagles arrived in New Orleans for a January 23, 2009 concert at New Orleans Arena, they had long ago had assumed their place among rock’s icons. Few bands had ever made as much money, partied with as much exuberance, and did as many drugs as the Eagles. They started as friends and ended [...]
Tchoupitoulas Screening at Sync Up: Interview with Director Bill Ross and Producer Michael Gottwald
April 30, 2012 – 2:56 am
Any lover of both New Orleans and film knows the difficulty moviemakers have had in capturing the essence of the city. For every success like Down By Law there’s The Big Easy. For every Hard Times, Live and Let Die. Add the new film Tchoupitoulas to the list of successes. The hazy masterpiece loosely tells [...]
French Quarter Festival Estimates More Than 550,000 Attendees
April 16, 2012 – 4:57 pm
This afternoon, the French Quarter Festival announced that approximately 574,000 people attended the four-day festival, which this year included an expanded “Lagniappe Thursday.” This ritual of releasing the festival’s attendance estimates has always been an odd one because to anyone who attends the festival, two things are clear: 1) That it’s exceedingly unlikely that there [...]
French Quartering
April 11, 2012 – 3:59 pm
Now a day earlier and two days longer than it used to be, the 29th-annual French Quarter Festival begins tomorrow, Thursday April 12. If you’ve had a chance to peruse this month’s issue of OffBeat, you’ll notice that the entire schedule for the Festival is included in OffBeat, along with maps, special events, workshops and [...]
