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Heart of Louisiana: Treme jazz
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Jazz music has deep roots in New Orleans. And a small neighborhood museum traces the art form’s origins back thousands of years across continents and cultures. Treme’s Petit Jazz Museum, founded by Al Jackson, displays paintings, photographs, instruments and artifacts that trace the birth of...
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New Orleans Spring Fiesta returns with promenade, cotillion gala in French Quarter
Spring Fiesta, a tradition in the city since 1938, will feature a promenade and community presentation plus a cotillion gala on March 15, starting in the French Quarter. The reigning monarchs and the royal court will get things started at 1:15 p.m. at Jackson Square with the presentation and La Grande Promenade. The events are put on by the nonprofit New Orleans Spring Fiesta Association.
Garden & Gun
Three Classic Bars for Whiskey Lovers
Walking into Jack Rose, with its floor-to-ceiling shelves, feels like arriving at a college library in which someone has mischievously swapped books for whiskey. Open since 2011, the D.C. standard-bearer has long been a revered destination for bourbon lovers, who gravitate to savor some of the more than 2,500 bottles of whiskey, one ounce at a time. The bar can get loud with enthusiastic drinkers and amplified music, but there’s an underlying seriousness to the place—more graduate-level whiskey center than frat house.
greatdaysoutdoors.com
Louisiana Delta Fishing Report for March 6 – 12, 2026
Welcome to this week’s Louisiana Delta Fishing Report, the weekly local fishing report for New Orleans, Venice, Lafitte, Hopedale, Grand Isle, and everywhere in between. Host Andre’ Savoie checks in with two respected local captains to cover two very different bites that are both heating up: Capt. Danny Hunter of New Orleans Best Charters breaks down the Lake Pontchartrain Basin and bridge trout timing, and Capt. Brett Ryan of Offshore Sport Fishing Charters with Captain Brett Ryan explains what’s driving the early run of giant yellowfin tuna out of Venice and how the fishery is changing.
The Daily South
This New Orleans Restaurant Known As The ‘Birthplace Of Brunch’ Turns 170
A New Orleans culinary institution known as the “birthplace of brunch,” and for cocktails like the Grasshopper and Whiskey Punch is celebrating 170 years of operation this year. Located in the heart of the French Quarter, Tujague’s is one of the longest-running restaurants in the United States. It...
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Three Maries Jazz Club Launches Sunday Afternoon Series
NEW ORLEANS – The Omni Royal Orleans Hotel has launched a new weekly live music series, “Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon,” at its Three Maries Jazz Club, expanding the French Quarter hotel’s music programming while pairing it with the recently refreshed jazz brunch at the Rib Room.
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New Orleans band Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars sways into the spotlight
In February 2024, New Orleans band Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars shot a video for NPR Music’s Tiny Desk contest with just a few days to spare before the deadline. The band had pulled a table — topped with books, a piggy bank, large ashtray, candle and a horse statue — onto the sidewalk along Urquhart Street. At golden hour, members played through “I’ve Got No More Tears Left to Cry,” an original by guitarist and vocalist Salvatore Geloso, the affectionally known “Sally Baby.”
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Gretna Italian-Irish parade to change time due to inclement weather
GRETNA, La. (WGNO) — Due to the threat of inclement weather, the time of the Gretna Italian-Irish parade has been changed. According to the City of Gretna’s event schedule, the parade Mass will start at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 8. Street closures will be finalized at 10 a.m., with the parade to officially roll at 11 a.m. Following the parade, there will be an afterparty at the Market with Groovy 7.
Atlas Obscura
The Bar Where a Future President Sat Down With a Pirate
This article comes from Atlas Obscura’s Places newsletter. Subscribe or manage your subscription here. On Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Jean Lafitte’s Old Absinthe House looks and feels like it belongs to another century. Andrew Jackson is said to have met the pirate Jean Lafitte in an upstairs room to ask for help manning ships against the British in the War of 1812. Today, the brick interior is lined with mementos left behind by visitors, its convivial history made visible.
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Thousands of pounds of produce set to fly from floats at Gretna Italian-Irish Parade
GRETNA, La. (WVUE) - Preparations are underway for the Gretna Italian-Irish Parade, set to roll Sunday at noon along Huey P. Long Avenue. The Shaw football team helped load thousands of pounds of produce from trucks onto floats Friday morning. A mayor’s viewing stand is in place, and homes and businesses along the route are decorated ahead of the event.
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Nonno’s Cajun Bids 7th Ward Goodbye, Plots Parkside Comeback In Metairie
Nonno's Cajun Cuisine & Pastries has quietly served its last plate in the 7th Ward, but owner-chef Shermond Esteen is already looking ahead to a fresh start in Metairie. The restaurant is set to relaunch at the Pointe at Lafreniere Park, a move Esteen has called "a blessing," and he says he expects to be cooking at the park before Easter. Regulars who came out for weekend brunch and homestyle Cajun comfort food are now watching for the park-side sequel.
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myneworleans.com
2026 Congo Square Rhythms Festival Music Lineup Announced
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The 2026 Congo Square Rhythms Festival, powered by Cox Communications and presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, returns to Louis Armstrong Park and Congo Square on Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29, from 10:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Congo Square Rhythms Festival is a free, community celebration of the legacy and culture of enslaved African people and their ancestral traditions. Festgoers and their families are invited to immerse themselves in a cultural experience with two live music stages, food & beverages that embody the African diaspora, and an arts market showcasing the hand-made works of local artisans. For more information, visit www.congosquarerhythms.com.
The Call Of
Inside the Sun-Drenched Courtyard Where New Orleans Perfected the Boozy Brunch
The pink building at 417 Royal Street doesn’t need a sign. Everyone in New Orleans knows what it is. Brennan’s occupies a 1795 structure that once housed the Louisiana State Bank and chess master Paul Morphy until his death in 1884. The Brennan family took over in the 1950s after Owen Brennan got tired of […]
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Where Y’Eat: Finding Great Coffee and Scandinavian Bread in the Bywater
In the Bywater, behind a set of iron gates and corrugated metal walls, I found an old riverfront workshop where they once repaired maritime engines humming again with new life. One room is now devoted to a gleaming modern coffee roaster, working up small batches of some of the best...