Lower Decatur Street, New Orleans

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Category: music

French Quarter Festival lineup announced

The largest free festival in the south returns with 17 stages with over 250 hours of local music in the French Quarter. Three stages of great music at the U.S. Mint and one in Dutch Alley in the French Market will have the neighborhood jumping.
Featured artists this year include:

Friday
Big Sam’s Funky Nation — Soul [...]

Free Mardi Gras Recovery Party at Checkpoint Charlie

Looks like this will be an all day event at Checkpoint Charlie (501 Esplanade). This free event kicks off with a second line at 11:30am and winding down after all 11 bands play.
Bands playing:The Pallbearers, Die Rotzz, Bastard Sons of Marvin Hirsch, Terranova, The Unnaturals, Test Subjects, Makeshift Lover, Secret Assholes, Fat Stupid Ugly [...]

Moulin Vieux presents the Black Hearts Masquerade Ball for Valentine’s Day

This Valentine’s Day Moulin Vieux invites you to join us for the first time in our new venue for our Black Hearts Masquerade Ball! So put on your evening clothes and get out your snazziest mask because this Mardi Gras Ball is gonna Sex You Up!
Starting at 1am Sunday Night/Monday Morning after the evening parades [...]

Back to School Extravaganza

This totally slipped under the radar here. I didn’t know anything about it until the music was coming from the Old U.S. Mint.
It’s the Dinerral Shavers Educational Fund 1st Annual Back To School Extravaganza. It looks like a good one. School supplies for the kids, Hot Dogs, activities for the kids, and [...]

Goth-industrial returns to Lower Decatur Street

The more things change, the more they stay the same. This should make a lot of people happy.
It is my pleasure to announce that as of August 26th, Corrosion will be returning every week to 1135 Decatur. Goth-industrial is coming back to the French Quarter and back to Decatur st. You will find us [...]