This morning, OffBeat editor Alex Rawls continued his weekly Friday morning appearances on Fox8 television to talk about some of the big music events this weekend: the Radiators’ “Last Watusi” shows, the Vieux-to-Do around the French Market, Rush at the New Orleans Arena, and Bootsy Collins at Tipitina’s on Wednesday. DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:”25328″,bannerAdConDefID:”13″,videoAdObjectID:”12″,videoAdConDefID:”5″,accPos:”CCTVI.VIDEO.LOCAL”,accSite:”WVUE”,playVideoAds:”true”,isDevMode:”false”,idmMarkerID:”fcaa38e2-e28c-4abd-a013-5fefccee05ab”,autoPlay:”false”,categoryID:”3″,playerInstanceID:”DCF2DA23-458C-F813-4BC1-27943A03E73F”,domain:”wvue.web.entriq.net”});
Tag Archives: Vieux-To-Do
A Lot of Vieux to Do This Weekend
June 8, 2011 – 8:18 pm
For the fifth year in a row, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation has partnered with the Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board and the New Orleans French Market to present their “three festivals in one weekend” celebration. The three festivals—the Creole Tomato Festival, the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, and the Louisiana Seafood Festival—are intertwined [...]
Seafood Makes A Stand
June 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
The oil spill in the Gulf cast an uncomfortable pall over Jazz Fest last month. As the spill makes landfall and expands, it threatens to cast an even greater shadow over the Louisiana Seafood Festival, a weekend-long event celebrating the fishing communities that collectively produce nearly a third of all American seafood. The event is [...]
Tri-Fest-A
June 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Thought festival season was over? Not so fast. Three staples of Louisiana culture—the Creole tomato, seafood, and Cajun and zydeco music—will come together once again for this year’s Vieux-To-Do. The two-day event will be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 13—14, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and it will bring together three festivals: the [...]
