Here is a sneak peak at what is happening in New Orleans events February 3 through February 9. Scroll down for the complete list.
Krewe Bohème hits the streets on Friday, and Krewe du Vieux rolls on Saturday night!! This is my absolute favorite parade, and I can’t wait to see what naughty bits KdV will be giving us this year. ‘tit Rəx will roll their tiny floats on Sunday. On Tuesday, NOLA Boards hosts Bourbon is for Lovers: A cocktail class. Enjoy a King Cake Fe(a)st – by the Slice at Courtyard Brewery on Wednesday.
MUSIC
Fri Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ Tipitina’s
Fri The Jump Hounds + Thousand $ Car + Krewe Boheme After Party @ d.b.a. New Orleans
Fri Death Cab For Cutie: Asphalt Meadows Tour with Special Guest Momma @ Orpheum Theater
Fri Nancy Zee Trio @ May Bailey’s Place
Fri Flagboy Giz @ Three Keys at the Ace Hotel
Fri Sam Price & The True Believers @ NOLA Brewing
Fri New Birth Brass Band @ Chickie Wah Wah
Fri Jamison Ross @ Blue Nile
Sat The Essentials @ Blue Nile
Sat Smoking Time Jazz Club @ The Maison
Sat James McClaskey & His Rhythm Band + The Original Pinettes Brass Band @ d.b.a. New Orleans
Sat Incubus @ The Fillmore
Sat KatieCat & Cain Jazz Duo @ Silk Road
Sun 79ers Gang @ The Rabbit Hole
Sun Night of Delusion w/Grand Marshal Benny Jones & Treme Brass Band @ d.b.a. New Orleans
Sun Barn Burner Concert Series: Mark Stone Duo @ NOLA Brewing
Sun Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band @ Tipitina’s
Mon Secret Six Jazz Band + RAM – Haitian Voodoo Rara Music @ d.b.a. New Orleans
Mon Jazz Vipers @ Royal Frenchmen
Tue Stephen Sanchez @ Toulouse Theatre
Tue International Clash Day @ Chickie Wah Wah
Tue TCB Brass Band @ Maple Leaf Bar
Wed The Rumble Ft. Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. @ Maple Leaf Bar
Wed Eric Johanson @ d.b.a. New Orleans
Thu John Boutté + Frogs Gone Fishin’ @ d.b.a. New Orleans
Thu Bomb’s Ex Lover @ Blue Nile
Thu Highly Suspect + Dead Poets Society @ Tipitina’s
FOOD & DRINK
Fri Friday Night Wine School – Authentic Wines from Special Places @ Swirl Wine Bar & Market
Fri Brass Brunch w/ Brass Queens and Young Fellaz @ Music Box Village
Fri-2/15 NOCHI Pop Up: Sai @ NOCHI
Fri Steak Night with Jason Goodenough @ NOCHI
Sat Charcuterie with Graze Dat @ NOCHI
Sat “Drag Me to the Roosevelt” Mardi Gras Drag Brunch @ The Roosevelt
Tue Bourbon is for Lovers: A cocktail class @ NOLA Boards
Thu King Cake Fe(a)st – by the Slice @ Courtyard Brewery
ART, FILM & PERFORMANCE
Now -Feb 5 The Color Purple @ Le Petite Theatre
Now Feb 9 Cry It Out @ Marquette Theatre
Now-Feb 17 “Absolutely Unpredictable: Anne Rice in the City of Transgression “ @ Tulane Special Collections Gallery
Now – Feb 26 Leaving Appalachia @ Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Now – Mar 1 Notre Dame de Paris: The Augmented Exhibit @ Historic New Orleans Collection
Fri & Sat Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets in Concert w/ LPO @ Mahalia Jackson Theatre
Fri The Wedding Party Experience @ Margaret Place Hotel
Fri Carnivoid 2023 @ The Joy Theater
Fri My Heart Belongs To Daddy: A Sugarbaby Dream Cabaret @ Allways Lounge & Cabaret
Fri- Sun …And the Ball and All @ Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts
Sat KARNEVAL – Farewell to the Flesh @ Toulouse Theatre
Sat A Night in Vienna @ Deutsches Haus
Sun Chris D’Elia Don’t Push Me Tour @ The Saenger Theatre
Sun Do The Right Thing @ Prytania Theatre, Uptown
Sun Dream House Burlesque @ Dream House Lounge
Sun Joie des Femmes @ The Howlin Wolf
Sun & Wed The Red Shoes @ Prytania Theatre, Uptown
Mon & Tue Brecht Fest IV @ AllWays Lounge & Cabaret
Tue The Simon & Garfunkel Story @ Mahalia Jackson Theatre
Tue – Feb 12 Tina – The Tina Turner Musical @ The Saenger Theatre
Wed The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck @ The Broad Theater
CULTURE & COMMUNITY
Fri Krewe Bohème @ see event for parade route details
Fri Lesseps Street Block Party @ see event for details
Sat Krewe de Vieux @ see event for parade route details
Sat Vieux Doo @ The Sugar Mill
Sat Krewe delusion @ see event for parade route details
Sat Algiers Mardi Gras Festival @ see event for details
Sat WYES Antiques Showcase @ see event for details
Sat Family Outreach Day @ Audubon Tea Room
Sat 14th Annual Mardi Gras Costume Sale @ The Kingpin
Sun Mardi Gras Indian Practice @ Zony Mash Beer Project
Sun Krewe of Little Rascals @ see event for parade route details
Sun ‘tit Rəx @ see event for parade route details
Sun Treme Sidewalk Steppers Second Line @ see event for route details
LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
Sat Botanical Fascinators Workshop @ Longue Vue House and Gardens
Mon Adult Ballet Workshop @ New Orleans School of Ballet
Tue 2023 Hidden Treasures of Louisiana State Museum | Carnival Edition @ see event for details
Tue Fictional Evocations of Creole New Orleans, Old and New with Catharine Savage Brosman @ Alliance Française de La Nouvelle- Orléans
Tue Beams & Brews visits Our Lady of Lourdes Rectory @ Our Lady of Lourdes Rectory
Thu Political Animal: The Life and Times of Stewart Butler with Frank Perez @ online event
SPORTS & FITNESS
Fri BFC 56 Mixed Martial Arts Cagefights @ Mel Ott Multipurpose Center
Sat les Coucoureurs running club @ Alliance Française
Sat Pelicans vs. LA Lakers @ Smoothie King Center
Sat Pom Dance Fitness Party @ Cafe Instanbul
Sun Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings @ Smoothie King Center
Tue Pelicans vs. Atlanta Hawks @ Smoothie King Center