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Po-Boy Festival, Beignet Festival, Louisiana Renaissance and more events around New Orleans

ST. RITA FALL FEST: St. Rita Church and School will host its annual fall festival Nov. 6-8 at 7100 Jefferson Highway in Harahan. The event will feature live music, rides and games, auction items, and cold drinks. Friday hours are 6-11 p.m. Saturday hours are noon-11 p.m. Sunday hours are 11 a.m.-7 p.m. https://school.stritaharahan.com/fall-fest.

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What new flavors will be featured at the 2026 Beignet Fest in New Orleans?

Beignet Fest takes place Saturday, Nov. 7, at New Orleans City Park's Festival Grounds from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. There will be 50 different types of beignets from 25 different vendors, as well as food and drink options.

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Blue Dog Paintings Line The Walls Of This Louisiana Casino Steakhouse Serving Prime Ribeyes Worth The Drive To New Orleans

A blue dog with yellow eyes is staring at you from the wall, and nobody at the next table seems surprised. That is just dinner in one corner of downtown New Orleans, where a casino hides a steakhouse behind a door that looks like part of the wall. The art...

New Orleans, LA · 18h

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Webbie, Lil’ Boosie set to perform at Bayou Classic Fan Fest in New Orleans

Two Baton Rouge rappers are set to perform at Fan Fest ahead of the 53rd Annual Bayou Classic.

New Orleans, LA · 3d

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Oak Street Po-Boy Fest offers specialty po-boys like rabbit, lobster

Oak Street Po-Boy Festival will take place on Nov. 8 on Oak Street from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Smooth Jazz lovers delight in this weekend’s Jam in New Orleans

This weekend, Saturday, Nov. 7, a real treat is in store for smooth Jazz lovers

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NOLA concerts this week: Pretty Lights, Thundercat, Joss Stone and more

Music in New Orleans for the first full week of November includes a three-night residency by an electronic music act and a visit from an otherworldly bassist. THE TIPPING POINT WITH CHRIS ROBINSON, JOSS STONE AND MORE. FRIDAY, ORPHEUM THEATER. For a decade now, Tulane University’s annual Tipping Point concert...

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Pygmalion Fest Returns to New Orleans in 2027 With Two Friends, Dustin Lynch

Ernest N. Morial Convention Center — Venue For 2027 Pygmalion Fest. The Krewe of Pygmalion is bringing its Mardi Gras afterparty back to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on Jan. 30, 2027, with electronic duo Two Friends and country hitmaker Dustin Lynch set to headline. Returning performer Rachii rounds out the announced lineup, and tickets go on sale Monday at 10 a.m.

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This French Quarter Hotel Sits on Ground That Held a Military Hospital in 1722

King Louis XV granted the land under Hotel Provincial to one of Bienville's lieutenants around 1725, and the deed has been changing hands ever since. Five restored buildings make up the hotel at 1024 Chartres Street, all of them on the National Register of Historic Places, and each one carries its own chapter. The Dupepe […]

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Meagan Good, Cornell Young IV Inspire New Orleans Students to Aim Higher

Hollywood Actors Meagan Good and Cornell Young IV shared personal stories of overcoming obstacles and pursuing success with students from three New Orleans High Schools during an InspireNOLA Rally Wednesday, Oct. 21st. The “Elevate to Mastery & Advanced” Student Rally brought approximately 1,400 attendees from Edna Karr High School, McDonogh...

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Could Essence Fest Move to Houston or Atlanta?

After more than three decades in New Orleans, the ESSENCE Festival of Culture could be considering a new home. According to recent reports, Houston and Atlanta have emerged as potential destinations for the annual celebration of Black music, entertainment and culture as negotiations between festival organizers and New Orleans officials remain unresolved. The festival’s agreement with the city expired in September 2026, raising questions about where the event could take place in 2027.

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Women Stormed This Hotel Bar in 1949, and New Orleans Still Reenacts It Every September

In 1949, roughly 250 women danced through the doors of a New Orleans bar that had admitted them only on Mardi Gras Day, and the hotel has thrown a party about it nearly every year since. The Roosevelt opened in 1893 and has spent more than 130 years as a fixture of the Central Business […]

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Krewe of Pygmalion announces country, electro pop headliners for Mardi Gras parade after-party

The Krewe of Pygmalion will bring "a little bit country, a little bit electronic pop” at the Mardi Gras celebration following the parade on Jan. 30. Pygmalion Fest will feature country singer-songwriter Dustin Lynch and electronic music duo Two Friends at the parade's party in the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. This extravaganza will feature the floats, bands and marching units of the street procession rolling through the party. Rachii will also be returning to the event.

New Orleans, LA · 10h

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Magazine Street Crowd Lines Up for 300 Free Posters From I Voted Sticker Artist

Hundreds of people packed Magazine Street on Thursday morning, forming a line that stretched four blocks, all hoping to score a free poster from the New Orleans artist behind Louisiana's 2026 “I Voted” sticker. The Thursday giveaway had 300 posters available. Terrance Osborne opened his gallery at 3029...

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Lafayette Artist Converting a Former Service Station into a Working Studio and Event Space

The Studio by Katherine Freeman will sell the nominal artist's paintings, prints, textiles, and wallpaper

Lafayette, LA · 2d

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Terrebonne Library to celebrate local authors with Books for the Bayou event

The Terrebonne Parish Library System will celebrate local writers and the community’s love of reading during its annual Books for the Bayou event on Saturday, November 14, from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Main Library in Houma. The free event brings together local authors and readers for...

Houma, LA · 1d

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NOMA Unveils 1,300-Photo Tina Freeman Gift, Its Largest Ever

The New Orleans Museum of Art is set to open Confluence: The Tina Freeman Collection of Photographs on Nov. 20, combining more than 1,300 photographs amassed by local collector Tina Freeman with the museum's own permanent photography holdings. The show will initially display approximately 85 works, with more than 100 pieces expected to rotate through over the course of its run, according to the seed facts behind this report.

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Two Museums Honor Military Families With Free Admission and Hands-On Veterans Day Fun

Service members and their loved ones have two reasons to plan a museum visit this Veterans Day season. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, will welcome active-duty and retired armed services members free of charge on Veterans Day. The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, follows with its free Family and Military Appreciation Block Party on Saturday, Nov. 14.

Nashville, TN · 2d

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New Orleans Built This Tower for Its 250th Birthday, and It Spent 50 Years as a Trade Center

The tower at the foot of Canal Street went up in 1968 to mark the city's 250th anniversary, and it spent most of its life as the World Trade Center before anyone slept in it. Edward Durell Stone, the modernist architect behind Radio City Music Hall's interiors and the Kennedy Center, designed the 34-story building […]

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