Here’s a peek at what is happening this week in New Orleans. Scroll down for the full list…
Happy Carnival!! The best season of the year begins tonight! Kickoff Carnival 2022 at the 6th Annual Kings Day King Cake Launch at Bywater Bakery and start getting your king cake fix . Phunny Phorty Phellows will be taking to the St. Charles streetcar for their annual Twelfth Night parade at 7pm, and the Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc honors Joan of Arc, and helps ring in the carnival season, with their Joan of Arc procession through the French Quarter also at 7 o’clock.
This year, King Cake Hub will be operating out of Zony Mash Beer Project and 520 Royal Street, if you’re looking for a one stop shop for all your favorite King Cakes. Here’s your look at what else is happening this week…
MUSIC
Fri & Sat Tedeschi Trucks Band @ The Saenger
Fri Wilkins Conducts Coleridge-Taylor @ Orpheum Theater
Fri Mark Mullins @ d.b.a. New Orleans
Fri New Orleans Cotton Mouth Kings @ Spotted Cat
Fri Rebirth Brass Band @ Tipitina’s
Sat Rockin Dopsie, Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters @ Mid City Lanes Rock N Bowl
Sat Clockwork Elvis @ The Kingpin
Sat Tuba Skinny @ d.b.a New Orleans
Sun Soma Quartet @ Laharpe Strings
Sun Jazz with Sunny Side @ Coliseum Park
Mon Terrence Higgins (two shows) @ The Maple Leaf
Mon KC Jones + Meschiya & the Machetes @ d.b.a New Orleans
Tue Jon Cleary’s Fly on the Wall Sessions, online event
Wed Live From The Funky Uncle presents: Funk Monkey @ The Howlin Wolf
Thu The Radiators (Three Nights) @ Tipitina’s
Thu Monty Banks @ Carnaval Lounge
FOOD & DRINK
Now-March 1 King Cake Hub @ Zony Mash Beer Project and 520 Royal St.
Sat & Sun Brunch with Live Music @ Faubourg Beer
Sun Virtual Cooking Class with Alon Shaya
Sun Barcelo Gardens Farmer’s Market @ Tip Top Snowballs
Sun Annual Hangover Brunch @ Copper Vine
Sun Gulf Coast Seafood Feast Cooking Class @ see event for location details
Wed Briquette: WYES Season of Good Tastes @ Briquette
ART & FILM
Until Jan 23rd Prospect 5, various venues
Now- Jan 29th As We Heal @ New Orleans Healing Center
Fri-Thu Hive @ Zeitgeist Theater
Fri-Thu Broken Down @ Zeitgeist Theater
Fri – Jan 23 Cabaret @ Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts
Fri KM Dance Project: Raw Fruit @ Contemporary Arts Center
Fri O! What a Night Silent Auction Kickoff @ Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Sat PANEL DISCUSSION WITH ARTIST DAWN DEDEAUX @ Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Sat Piety Market in Exhile @ The New Orleans Healing Center
Sun Lucky Bean Poetry Night @ Blue Cypress Books
Tue Clown Town’s Femme Night Presents a Lady Lucerne Production: “Your Disco Needs You” @ The Allways Lounge & Cabaret
Tue Fraggle Rock on the Rocks @ Bar Redux
Wed Qui’s Card Game – Stageplay @ Joy Theater
Thu Mardi Gras Mask-A-Thon @ Lizano’s Glass House
CULTURE & COMMUNITY
Fri Fan Expo (Formerly Wizard World) @ Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Fri & Sat 207th Anniversay Battle of New Orleans @ St Bernard Parish Government Complex
Sat First Annual Mardi Grass Bash @ Kenner City Park
Sat Free Health Screening @ Fleur de Lis Primary Health Care
Sat Discussion on Life and Career of Josephine Baker @ Marigny Opera House
Sun Oshun Ritual with Yeye Luisah Teish for Love and Prosperity @ Congo Square
Tue Jewish Trivia @ Port Orleans Brewing Company
Tue Registration for Free Dance Classes @ Treme Recreation Community Center
Wed Spirit of the Vieux Carre Gala @ Antoine’s Restaurant
Wed Remembrance Lei Workshop @ National WWII Museum
Wed Black Creole Life Down River @ Gallier House
Thu Janie Molster – “House Dressing” @ Garden District Book Shop
LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
Fri Rum and World War II @ National World War II Museum
Sat Introduction to Tools, hosted by Dykes with Drills NOLA @ The Workshop NOLA
Mon Online Teacher Professional Development Course: Liberation and Legacy, hosted by National WWII Museum
Tue “Whiskey, Women and War: How the Great War Shaped Jim Crow New Orleans”, hosted by Friends of the Cabildo, online
Wed Black Creole Life Downriver @ Gallier House
SPORTS & FITNESS
Fri Community Yoga @ City Park
Fri Bash at the Mash @ Zony Mash Beer Project
Sat Tai Chi: Introduction to the Yang Long Form @ Longue Vue House and Gardens
Sun Pelicans @ Raptors, 5pm
Sun Saint’s @ Falcons, 3:25pm
Tue Timberwolves @ Pelicans, 7pm
Thu Clippers @ Pelicans, 7pm