2010 - 2011
Special Event Schedule

Coolinary New Orleans

Satchmo Summer Festival

Southern Decadence        Halloween          Voodoo Music Fest

New Years         Sugar Bowl          Mardi Gras

French Quarter Fest         Jazz Fest Weekend I         Jazz Fest Weekend II



Coolinary New Orleans
This year's COOLinary promotion will kick off on August 1 and run through September 30th.
The summer restaurant promotion features mouth-watering three-course menus priced at $20 or less for lunch and $34 or less for dinner.

The following is a list of participating restaurants

Antoine's      Bayona     Bombay Club      Bourbon House      Brightsen's       Cafe Degas      Chef Duke's CafeGiovanni

Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse      House of Blues       Mike's on the Avenue      Mr. B's Bistro

Mulate's      Palace Cafe       Rib Room      Royal Palm       The Pelican Club       

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Southern Decadence/Labor Day Weekend

2010 THEME: Leather & Feathers
COLORS: Powder Blue, Black & Purple

Wednesday, September 1, 2009 -- Midnight
10am-till, Get Decadent Outdoors: New Orleans Only Pool & Hot Tub Party, The Country Club

10pm, Southern Decadence Wet Jockey Shorts Contest hosted by Lisa Beaumann, judged by SDGMs XXXVI, plus the Corner Pocket Boys with $150 in cash & prizes, Corner Pocket

Thursday, September 2, 2009 -- 8 p.m.
10am-till, Get Decadent Outdoors: New Orleans Only Pool & Hot Tub Party, The Country Club

4pm until, Welcome to Bear Decadence Beer Bust, Rawhide 2010

6-8pm, Decadent Ducks Early Arrivals Cocktails, 700 Club

8pm The Grand Marshal's kickoff of Southern Decadence 2010 upstairs at the Bourbon Pub/Parade

11pm, Kick Off Southern Decadence with USDA Prime Aged Beef Contest with $100 cash prize, Good Friends Bar

11pm, Southern Decadence: 4th Annual Fetish Ball crowning 4th King of Decadence, Rawhide 2010

12 Midnight - "Dick of Decadence Contest", all $5 cover charge proceeds goes to top 3 finishers, Balcony Bar, Cafe Lafitte in Exile

12 Midnight - "Big Dick Contest" upstairs at the Bourbon Pub/Parade

12 Midnight, Emcee Persona Shoulders brings the twelve beautiful Men of
Manwatch to the stage, Dance Club of the Year Oz

Friday, September 3, 2009 -- 4 p.m.
10am-till, Southern Decadence Ultimate Pool Party, The Country Club

4pm, Dj Chi Chi LaRue upstairs at the Bourbon Pub/Parade. 

9pm, Annual Official Southern Decadence Grand Marshals' Drag Show featuring SDGMs XXXVI, Official Home of Southern Decadence: Tubby's Golden Lantern, 1239 Royal St.

10pm, Leather Block Party & Vendor Fair with Beer Bust by Lords of Leather, Phoenix

12 Midnight-5am, It's Southern Decadence with Circuit Great Guest DJ, Resident DJs Tim Pflueger & Jason Lanoux, Lights by Johnny Eubanks & Parker, plus the hot Men of Manwatch all weekend long, Dance Club of the Year Oz

12 MIdnight DJ Mike Bryant from LA, upstairs at the Bourbon Pub/Parade

Saturday, September 5, 2009 -- Noon until 1 p.m.
10am-till, Southern Decadence Ultimate Pool Party, The Country Club

11am-2pm, Arctophile Party, Cutter's

2-4pm, Decadent Ducks Singles Mixer, 700 Club

5pm, Napoleon's Itch presents the 7th Bourbon Street Extravaganza live free concert featuring Circuit Guest Stars live at the corner of Bourbon and St. Ann Streets

12 Midnight, DJ Max Rodroguez from NYC returns to his jhometown of New Orleans for Southern Decadence, upstairs at the Bourbon Pub/Parade

12 Midnight-5am, It's Southern Decadence with Circuit Great Guest DJ, Resident DJs Tim Pflueger & Jason Lanoux, Lights by Johnny Eubanks & Parker, plus the hot Men of Manwatch all weekend long, Dance Club of the Year Oz

Sunday, September 6, 2009 -- 2 p.m. Sharp
9am, Bear Breakfast featuring Best Bear Beard, Butt, Belly & Chest Contest, Phoenix

10am-till, Southern Decadence Ultimate Pool Party, The Country Club

12 Noon, Southern Decadence Grand Marshals XXXVI Brunch & Make-up Party, The Friendly Bar

12 Noon-2pm, 3P (Pre-Parade Party) & Show, outside the Official Home of Southern Decadence: Tubby's Golden Lantern

2pm sharp, 36th Annual Official Southern Decadence Parade led by SDGMs XXXVI celebrating Southern Decadence 39, begins at the Official Home of Southern Decadence: Tubby's Golden Lantern, 1239 Royal St.

4pm, 17th Annual Official Southern Decadence Bead Toss led by SDGMs XXXVI, sponsored by the Susan Lucci's: Rip & Marsha, Ambush Mag & SouthernDecadence.COM, AMBUSH Headquarters Balcony, 828 Bourbon St.

4pm, SIN (a party for the Girls) presented by Girlbar at Napoleon's Itch and featuring the salacious Girlbar Go-Go's and DJ Beau

5pm, Annual Miss High Hair Contest, winner takes home the coveted Bronze Barbie, Good Friends Bar

12 Midnight-5am, It's Southern Decadence with Circuit Great Guest DJ, Resident DJs Tim Pflueger & Jason Lanoux, Lights by Johnny Eubanks & Parker, plus the hot Men of Manwatch all weekend long, Dance Club of the Year Oz

Monday, September 7, 2009 -- 9 p.m. until
10am-till, Official Recovery Day Outdoors: New Orleans Only Pool & Hot Tub Party, The Country Club

2pm, 13th Annual Southern Decadence Survivors Outer Loop Bar Crawl led by Cruise Director - Ted Mahaffy, honoring SDGMs XXXV Tittie Toulouse & Paloma, beginning with snacks at Corner Pocket, then to The Double Play, Le Roundup, Society Page, 700 Club, ending with a BBQ at Starlight By The Park

9pm, Southern Decadence closing party at the Bourbon Pub/Parade

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Satchmo SummerFest  

August 5 - August 8

Uniquely New Orleans events that take place during the festival weekend. Beginning with the Satchmo Art show on Wednesday, incredible crowds were seen at all events. Over one hundred attendees gathered in Armstrong Park to celebrate at the Satchmo Birthday Party. On Sunday, patrons packed into St. Augustine Church to participate in the heralded Jazz Mass where, upon conclusion, crowds flocked into the streets to join in the second-line parade to the festival.
Check back soon for event schedule and details

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Halloween

Hermann-Grima House Mourning Tour

The Hermann-Grima House located at 820 St. Louis Street in the French Quarter is fun to visit any time of the year to see how the Creoles lived in early New Orleans . But from mid-October through mid-November, the historic home will be draped in black and the parlor will be set as it would have been for the funeral of one of its earliest residents.

Ghosts in the Oaks

Ghosts in the Oaks is a fund raiser for New Orleans City Park which was severely damaged in Hurricane Katrina. The event includes food and music.
For more information, go to the Friends of City Park
http://www.friendsofcitypark.com/fevents.html

The Queen of the Damned Ball

The annual event hosted by the Vampire Lestat Fanclub is still in the planning stage.

Boo at the Zoo

For the kids there's fun at the Audubon Zoo. which holds its annual Halloween extravaganza. There's games, a haunted house, the ghost train, and of course trick or treating. 

M.O.M's Halloween Ball

On October 31st the Howlin' Wolf will host a costume party starting at 9pm til. Great music and fun. $25.00
907 S. Peters Street
  

Ghostly Galavant

How about a cemetery tour for Halloween? The Louisiana State Museum Friends of the Cabildo will lead a tour through St. Louis #2 Cemetery.
The tour begins in the French Quarter at the 1850's House
St. Anne side of Jackson Square

The Voodoo Music Experience

In City Park on October 28 through 31, there's great music at the Voodoo Music Experience

Blaine Kern's Haunted Fun House and Krewe of Boo
Blaine Kern, famous for his Mardi Gras parade floats, has founded the Krewe of Boo as a fundraiser for first responders in New Orleans . The Mardi Gras World dens have become a scary haunted house, and the Krewe plans a parade on Halloween. Following the parade, the Halloween Costume Expose takes place at Mardi Gras World/Haunted House. If you are not a member of the Krewe, tables can be purchased and tickets are around $100 per person.

Project Lazarus Benefit Events

THURSDAY OCT 28

http://www.halloweenneworleans.com/

Check back for more Halloween events


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Voodoo Music Festival

October 29, 30 and 31
This even takes place inside City Park
and is a rain or shine event

2010 Music line-up

Muse / Ozzy Osbourne / My Morning Jacket / Weezer / MGMT / Drake / Metric / Hot Chip / Interpol / Paul van Dyk / Deadmau5 / Street Sweeper Social Club
Paul Oakenfold / Jakob Dylan and Three Legs / Ferry Corsten / Buckwheat Zydeco Florence And The Machine / Raphael Saadiq / Eagles of Death Metal
Cage the Elephant / The Airborne Toxic Event / Minus the Bear / Janelle Monae
Eli "Paperboy" Reed / Galactic with Guests / Jonsi / Innerpartysystem / Afrojack
Die Antwoord / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Rebirth Brass Band
Crookers / Boys Noize / Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Stanton Moore Trio with Anders Osborne and Robert Walter
Voice of the Wetland All Stars / Tab Benoit / Cyril Neville / Waylon Thibodeaux
Big Chief Bourdeaux / Johnny Vidacovich / Johnny Sansone / Soul Rebels Brass Band Theresa Andersson / Basin Street Records Revue / Kermit Ruffins
Dr. Michael White/ Jeremy Davenport / George Porter, Jr. & Runnin' Pardners
Toubab Krewe / Jon Cleary Piano, Bass and Drums
Treme Brass Band with Uncle Lionel Batiste / Cedric Burnside & Lightnin Malcom
Big Sam's Funky Nation / The New Orleans Bingo! Show / The Happy Talk Band
Fleur De Tease Burlesque Revue / Rotary Downs / Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show / DJ Soul Sister / Quintron & Miss Pussycat / Honey Island Swamp Band
Gal Holiday / Rosie Ledet/ Fatter Than Albert / Leo Jackson and the Melody Clouds AM / Fitz & The Tantrums / Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights / Shannon McNally / Creole String Beans
Feufollet / Alvin Youngblood Hart / Locos Por Juana Flow Tribe / Consortium of Genius / Luke Winslow-King / Noisician Coalition / DJ Quickie Mart / The Vettes / Debauche / Helen Gillet
The Local Skank / COOT / MC Sweet Tea / Rival Sons / Lost Bayou Ramblers+Loading...

Be on the lookout for larg- scale, interactive, site specific art installations created by a group of international artists tat have been placed throughout the park for your multi-sensoy enjoyment!

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2011


New Years Eve

details coming soon

New Years Day Sugar Bowl

January 4, 2011


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Mardi Gras Season

Sunday January 6

Phunny Phorty Phellows   St Charles Ave Streetcar route   7:00pm

Saturday February 19

Krewe du Vieux     French Quarter     7:00pm

Friday February 25

Oshun             St Charles Ave        6:00pm

Pygmalion         St Charles Ave        6:45pm

Saturday February 26

Pontchartrain    St Charles Ave      1:00pm

Shangri La        St Charles Ave       2:00pm

Sparta             St Charles Ave      6:00pm

Pegasus           St Charles Ave      6:45pm

Sunday February 27

Carrollton         St Charles Ave            Noon

King Arthur       St Charles Ave         1:15pm

Barkus             St Charles Ave         2:00pm

Wednesday February 26

Druids         St Charles Ave       6:00pm

Thursday March 3

Babylon       St Charles Ave       5:45pm

Chaos         St Charles Ave       6:30pm

Muses         St Charles Ave       7:30pm

Friday March 4

Hermes       St Charles Ave       6:00pm

d’Etat         St Charles Ave       6:30pm

Morpheus    St Charles Ave       7:45pm

Saturday March 5

Iris             St Charles Ave       11:00am

Tucks         St Charles Ave       12:30pm

Endymion    St Charles Ave        4:30pm

Sunday March 6

Okeanos       St Charles Ave       11:00am

Toth            St Charles Ave       11:30am

Mid-City       St Charles Ave       2:00pm

Bacchus       St Charles Ave       5:15PM

Monday “Lundi Gras” March 7

Proteus        St Charles Ave      5:15pm

Orpheus        St charles Ave      5:45pm

“Fat Tuesday” March 8

Zulu          St Charles Ave       8:0am

Rex           St Charles Ave    10:00am

Elks          St Charles Ave    11:30am
Crescent City   St Charles Ave                    

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French Quarter Fest

April 8, 9, 10


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Jass Fest I    •  Jazz Fest II

Jass Fest I
April 29, 30 and May 1

Jazz Fest II
May 5, 6, 7, 8

check back soon for updates on these and other 2011 events

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