Festivals
Mardi Gras in NOLA, New Orleans Vacation
Christmas is over, New Years is almost upon us. What’s next? Do you really have to ask? Yes, Mardi Gras in NOLA is right around the corner! Of course, this is the most well-known of all New Orleans events, and is a perfect reason to plan a New Orleans vacation. And there’s no better time [...]
December 27, 2011 | Joe Rabhan | 0 comments | Continued
New Orleans Seafood Festival a Great Catch for Visitors to the Big Easy
For the fifth year in a row, visitors to New Orleans and locals alike will dive into the “Louisiana Seafood Festival” at Lafayette Park downtown on Friday, Saturday and Sunday Sept 9,10 & 11 2011. We went last year and had a blast sampling all the food and tasting the great local beers that were [...]
August 30, 2011 | Joe Rabhan | 0 comments | Continued
Labor Day Weekend in New Orleans is Southern Decadence
For the past 40 years, Labor Day weekend in New Orleans has been the home of the Southern Decadence celebration. Once again, August 31- September 5, 2011, the Big Easy will hold it’s annual Gay Pride weekend and its great fun for participants and guests to New Orleans Bed and Breakfasts as well. The Crescent [...]
August 10, 2011 | Joe Rabhan | 0 comments | Continued
New Orleans Bed and Breakfast Guests Jazz It Up at the Satchmo SummerFest
If you are into Jazz music, have we got a festival for you! One of our favorite events of the year, and a favorite of guests at our New Orleans Bed and Breakfast, will kick off next week in the French Quarter. Satchmo SummerFest, a multi-day celebration of the music and life of Louis “Satchmo” [...]
July 29, 2011 | Joe Rabhan | 0 comments | Continued
Guests Enjoy the Tastes and Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans July 20-24, 2011
It is believed that the first ever cocktail, known as the Sazerac, was “formulated” in New Orleans in the early 19th century by a pharmacist named Antoine Amadee Peychaud. Peychaud poured a mixture of his family’s recipe for stomach bitters and some French brandy into double-end egg cup. The French for egg cup is coquetiers [...]
July 22, 2011 | Joe Rabhan | 0 comments | Continued
New Orleans French Quarter Food Festivals Weekend pleases locals and visitors!
This coming weekend, most locals and visitors plan to be in the New Orleans French Quarter for the fifth-annual Vieux to Do: a bonus weekend of three festivals in one (vieux is reference to the Vieux Carre, or old village, i.e.the French Quarter.) Two events, the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival and the Louisiana Seafood Festival will [...]
June 9, 2011 | Joe Rabhan | 0 comments | Continued
Oyster Festival has New Orleans Bed and Breakfast Guests Shuckin’ and Jivin’ in June
We never have a shortage of entertainment and things to do in the Crescent City. There’s a festival almost every weekend. New Orleans Bed and Breakfast guests at the Avenue Inn flock to these events like pigeons in the park. It’s all good! Despite reports from last year’s oil issues in the Gulf, the current [...]
June 2, 2011 | Joe Rabhan | 0 comments | Continued
New Orleans Bed and Breakfast Guests Dive into the Seafood Festival
Fourth Annual New Orleans Seafood Festival took place this year at Lafayette Square on September 10th, 11th and 12th, 2010 across from Gallier Hall in downtown NOLA. Proceeds from this event benefited the Louisiana Hospitality Foundation.
September 21, 2010 | Joe Rabhan | 0 comments | Continued
Chow down for a cause this June
Next weekend, throw caution to the wind! It’s a festival devoted to oysters, and things will get good and messy! Build up an appetite and get ready for some saucy, spicy and just plain raw fun in the French Quarter!
May 30, 2010 | Joe Rabhan | 0 comments | Continued
Come One, Come All to the Summertime Festival Trifecta in New Orleans!
What’s better than a free festival? Three free festivals. That’s right, your eyes do not deceive you. This June, folks attending the annual Cajun-Zydeco Festival in the French Quarter are in for a treat. Three festivals all in nearby venues starting June 12 for F.R.E.E.
April 14, 2010 | Flywheel | 0 comments | Continued