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Exclusive: Bayou Boogaloo to scale back and relocate
Bayou Boogaloo is ditching its signature floating free-for-all this year, with organizers telling Axios exclusively that they are moving the festival to new venues and overhauling the format. Why it matters: The 20th edition of the New Orleans festival will look nothing like the "beautiful, chaotic scene" that turned Bayou...
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Alon Shaya's new casual restaurant opens in Lakeview. Here's a first look inside
Pita is a central part of the menu at Safta’s Table, a new Mediterranean restaurant from Alon Shaya. Hot from the oven, which is visible just over the counter, it might go with a hummus plate or mezze sampler of dips and pickles, just like it does at the chef’s upscale New Orleans restaurant Saba.
tulanehullabaloo.com
Go crazy for crawfish with these boils around New Orleans
Who needs winter and carnivals when you can have spring and crawfish season instead? For me, the most wonderful time of the year means loads of crawfish on the weekends at all my favorite bars and restaurants. There are so many great crawfish spots out there — here are some of my favorites to get a few pounds of the bugs.
The Call Of
7 Historic New Orleans Institutions Where the Turtle Soup is Still Made by the Book
Turtle soup tastes like nothing else served in restaurants today. Dark, rich, thick with a sherry finish, made from actual snapping turtle meat that most Americans haven’t eaten since their grandparents were alive. Seven New Orleans restaurants still make it the traditional way, refusing to substitute beef or abandon a dish that predates the Civil […]
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New Orleans restaurants caught off guard by delayed boil water advisory alert
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Several New Orleans restaurants and cafes opened for business Monday morning without knowing a boil water advisory was in effect, according to business owners and employees who spoke with FOX 8. Business owners said they learned about the advisory through coworkers or family members before the...
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Celebrate Spring with these Bold Bayou Events!
Here in Louisiana’s Cajun Bayou, spring isn’t just a season … it’s a full calendar of reasons to celebrate! Parades roll, festival music fills the air, crawfish start boiling and locals find any excuse to gather along the bayou. Grab your calendar (and maybe a bib for the crawfish) and get ready to Geaux Bold! See what’s happening each weekend this spring!
NOLA.com
Essence Fest agrees to pay contractors for last year’s festival as it plans for July event
The Essence Festival of Culture said it has agreements in place to pay all contractors for work on last year’s festival, after New Orleans officials warned that failing to do so could jeopardize government incentives for the 2026 festival in July. New York-based Sundial Media Group, which owns Essence,...
myneworleans.com
Stelly’s Frozen Yogurt Pop-Up at The Blackbird Hotel
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Blackbird Hotel announce that Stelly’s Frozen Yogurt, a local small-batch organic frozen yogurt maker, will be taking over The Cafe at Blackbird Hotel for a limited-time pop-up. Through April 3, join the hotel every Friday and Saturday from 2-8 p.m. for a taste of what’s made Stelly’s a New Orleans favorite. No additives, no artificial ingredients, no weird gums or stabilizers—just handmade frozen yogurt using organic Greek yogurt, local milk, and clean ingredients.
NOLA.com
St. Tammany parties all month for St. Patrick's Day
UP CLOSE: Pacific Northwest singer-songwriter-storyteller Kray Van Kirk, on tour promoting his new CD, “Empire,” will entertain at the Lobby Lounge in Slidell on March 19. While his earlier work focused on traditional folk Americana with Celtic roots and plenty of myths, the new music shifts directions “and brings myth into the daylight” by looking at 500 years of history and how Americans deal with anger, justice and renewal. The Lobby Lounge is a bohemian-styled music listening room created to bring nationally touring artists to the Harbor Center for monthly “Up Close and Musical” concerts like this one in a smaller, intimate venue. The music starts at 7 p.m. at 100 Harbor Center Blvd. Get tickets at Eventbrite.com.
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First wave of artists announced for 2026 Essence Festival of Culture concert series in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Officials with the Essence Festival of Culture have released the first wave of performers set to hit the stage for the 2026 concert series. The lineup selection was done in celebration of Women’s History Month and “signals a stage shaped by women who have set standards, broken ceilings, and built careers on their own.
NOLA.com
'Catch and cook' gets new meaning at New Orleans seafood restaurant with indoor catfish pond
Seafood joints are busier than ever on Fridays during Lent in New Orleans, and Williby’s Catfish is no exception. Customers line up outside before the Gentilly takeout shop opens for the day, and most leave with multiple cartons stacked high. Crisp, batter-clung fried fins jut out of some of those cartons, an indication of the whole fried catfish inside.
Fox 8
Jamaican Jerk House: Salmon and Oxtail tacos
whereyat.com
A Spirited Family Tree Takes Root in "Carlota"
Carlota comes, Carlota goes, Carlota sings, Carlota haunts the generations that follow. In Goat in the Road's new fantastical and immersive musical, Carlota, audiences are swept away into an intergenerational story about love, misunderstanding, and forgiveness between the streets of New Orleans East and the beaches of Matanzas, Cuba. Carlota...
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Slidell and Gretna St. Patrick’s Day parades taking place Sunday
A sea of green will be taking over Slidell and Gretna on Sunday as people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The Slidell St. Patrick’s Parade will roll through the streets of Olde Town this Sunday, starting at 1 p.m. on Second Street, with hundreds of thousands of pounds of produce flying off floats.