Here is a sneak peek at what is happening in New Orleans events from January 13 through January 19. Scroll down for the full list.
On Friday morning, the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park will host a gumbo making demonstration accompanied by live music at the French Market. Friday night, The Prytania Theatre Uptown will be showing Friday the 13th. NOLA Brewing will host When We Were Hipster Fest on Saturday. Saturday and Sunday, Zony Mash Beer Project will host Winter Music Fest, and Mardi Gras Indian Practice will take place there Sunday. Monday The Iguanas and Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns both play d.b.a. New Orleans. You can catch some free comedy at Comedy House NOLA‘s House Party: a free comedy show Wednesday. Thursday Preservaton Resource Center hosts a class to help you with Navigating the HDLC.
MUSIC
Fri Riverbenders @ NOLA Brewing
Fri Panorama Jazz Band + Suplecs + Green Gasoline @ d.b.a. New Orleans
Fri Jazz & Heritage Concert Series: Yusa Cuban Jazz Quintet @ The Wein Center
Fri Secret Bandwagon Album Release @ Royal Frenchmen
Fri Trumpet Slim & Brass Flavor @ Blue Nile
Sat Nancy Zee Trio @ May Bailey’s Place
Sat Tuba Skinny + Soul Brass Band @ d.b.a. New Orleans
Sat Jazz & Heritage Concert Series: Alexey Marti @ The Wein Center
Sat Papa Mali’s Brand New Bag @ Chickie Wah Wah
Sun The Figs of Wrath Featuring Dave Malone, Camile Baudoin, Reggie Scanlan, Mikey “B3” Burkart, Eddie Christmas, & Michael Skinkus @ Tipitina’s
Sun Lost Bayou Ramblers @ Orpheum Theater
Sun Street Legends Brass Band @ Blue Nile
Sun Palmetto Bug Stompers + Treme Brass Band @ d.b.a. New Orleans
Mon The Iguanas + Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns @ d.b.a. New Orleans
Mon Ben Buchbinder @ MRB
Tue The-Super-Most-Fantastic-Blues-N-Such-Jam @ Cafe Negril
Tue Trumpet Mafia 2 SHOWS @ The Royal Frenchmen
Wed Tin Men + Cristian Duque & The Roadmasters @ d.b.a. New Orleans
Wed – Jan 21 New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival @ New Orleans Jazz Museum
Thu The Tanglers + The Kaiyotes @ d.b.a. New Orleans
Thu Music at the Museum: Sultana Isham @ Ellis Marsalis Center
For more great music every day of the week, visit the WWOZ Livewire Music Calendar
FOOD & DRINK
Fri Making a Jazz Gumbo @ French Market
Fri Friday Night Wine School – GD Vajra, One of Piemonte’s Best Kept Secrets @ Swirl Wine Bar & Market
Sat & Sun Legs and Eggs Burlesque Bruch @ 3rd Block Depot
Sat Second Saturday Cookout & Market @ Grow On
Sat Tipsymeal Tasting & Cooking Lessons @ Faubourg Brewery
Sat Juice Canoe Launch Party @ NOLA Brewing
Wed WYES Season of Good Taste @ Ralph’s on the Park
Thu CGoP Wine Tasting Competition @ see event for details
ART, FILM, & PERFORMANCE
Thu-Sat Roller Soul @ Cafe Istanbul
Thu-Jan 29 The Color Purple @ Le Petite Theatre
Now – Sun Jesus Christ Superstar @ The Saenger 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-Jan 27 Cave @ Backyard Ballroom
Fri-Jan 29 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum @ Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts
Fri Friday the 13th @ The Prytania Theatre
Fri End Plantation Prisons Project @ John Thompson Legacy Center
Fri Henry IV Part 1 @ Dixon Hall
Sat Placeholding @ see event for details
Sat THE ROOM: LIVE WITH TOMMY WISEAU IN PERSON @ Prytania Theatre, Uptown
Sat BIG SHOW @ Hi-Ho Lounge
Sat The Outta This World Variety Show @ see event for details
Sun Super Stand-Up Sunday 4: a comedy mini-marathon @ Comedy House NOLA
Sun & Wed Sunset Boulevard @ Prytania Theatre, Uptown
Wed House Party: a free comedy show @ Comedy House NOLA
Thu Nobody May Come @ Broad Theater
Thu Louis CK @ The Saenger Theatre
CULTURE & COMMUNITY
Fri-Sun Lunar New Year Fair @ St. Agnes Le Thi Thahn Church
Fri & Sat Quilt Show @ Chapel of the Holy Comforter
Fri Afro Soca Love : New Orleans Black Owned Marketplace + Music Show @ see event for details
Sat Storytime with Ron Grady “What Does Brown Mean to You?” @ Garden District Bookshop
Sat Calligraphy with Eugenia Uhl @ BK House
Sat When We Were Hipster Fest @ NOLA Brewing
Sat Jamette’s Jam Ball @ The Rabbit Hole
Sat 71st Miss Universe Competition @ Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Sat & Sun Winter Music Festival @ Zony Mash Beer Project
Sun Mardi Gras Indian Practice @ Zony Mash Beer Project
Mon Moteaux Monday @ Port Orleans Brewing Company
Tue Nomadic Network Meet Up @ Wrong Iron
Tue Dark Art Market @ Raum Haus Ice Cream
Tue ENCORE: Jane Austen Inspired Murder Mystery Party @ Blue Cypress Books
Tue Rendez-vous de l’Alliance with professional basketball player Evans Ganapamo @ The Alliance Française de La Nouvelle- Orléans
Thu PRC President’s Circle Reception @ see event for details
Thu Free Day @ Audubon Zoo
LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
Sun The Amazing Story of the Talon Family of France, Canada, Texas & Louisiana @ Deutches Haus
Tue I Want Magic: Essays on New Orleans, the South and Race with C.W. Cannon @ online event
Tue Kulturabend @ Deutches Haus
Wed Working with Music Management/Booking Agencies @ online workshop
Thu Felicitas and Bernardo: the Power Couple of Spanish Louisiana @ Historic New Orleans Collection
Wed The “Creolization” of Bermuda Vernacular Architecture: a Discussion about Tropical Design @ Preservation Resource Center
Thu Navigating the HDLC @ Preservaton Resource Center
SPORTS & FITNESS
Sat & Tue Jazz Yoga @ New Orleans Jazz Museum
Wed Pelicans vs Miami Heat @ Smoothie King Center, 7pm
Thus thru Feb 2 Safety in Spirit: A 4 part Yoga Experience @ see event for details