People United for Armstrong Park is honoring one of their founding members in a second line this afternoon. Patricia “Pat” Evans passed away on May 2, at 81 years old. Evans was beloved for her work as a women’s rights activist in the 1970’s and 1980’s, and she led the community through her work with PUfAP, the Historic Faubourg Treme Association, and many other organizations geared towards bettering New Orleans.

Tonight, live outdoor concerts from the Treme to Mid-City, New Orleans’ Second Annual Puppet Festival, and Ogden After Hours. Happy Birthday to Ervin “Vin” Bruce, noted Cajun musician and Lafayette native, born on April 25, 1932. Now, more to do this Thursday. 

Enjoy some Jazz in Armstrong Park, rock the CASA to end child abuse, and enjoy some art after hours at the Ogden Museum. On this day in 1864, the Battle of Sabine Pass took place in Cameron Parish. Now, more to do this Thursday. 

Tonight, the “Sowing Seeds in Sacred Ground” fundraiser invites New Orleanians to celebrate our city's beloved Faubourg Treme. The soiree is raising money for the Jazz in the Park series, a weekly Thursday event that provides free family-friendly fun through music and focuses on continuing to maintain Treme’s rich cultural history after 200 years. 

Today, enjoy some jazz in the park with John Boutte, see a lily transform into a human being in a New Orleans theatre collaboration, and celebrate the Treme’s 200th birthday. Happy Birthday to our city’s own multiple Grammy-winning musician, Wynton Marsalis, born October 18, 1961.

It’s not technically the weekend, but the city will be abuzz tonight with music, museums, and more. history buffs can head to Garden District Books to hear a new take on an old war, there’s free jazz in Armstrong Park, and the Ogden is open after hours for their Thursday night event with a cadre of downtown musicians. On this day in Louisiana history, the first theatre opened in New Orleans (1792), the New Orleans Tribune began publication as one of the first daily newspapers to be produced by African-Americans (1864), the University of Louisiana became The Tulane University of Louisiana (1884). Read on for more on what’s happening today in the Big Easy:

Today, a huge group of New Orleans musicians head to Congo Square for Jazz in the Park, local authors read at a local bar and bead dogs get auctioned so real dogs can survive. On this day in Louisiana history New Orleans streetcar employees went on strike, demanding 8-hour days and a $.25 cent/hr. minimum wage (1902) and Lil Wayne was born (1982). Now for all of today's feats:

With the local spring festival season often crowded and the ever-expanding national summer festival season pulling in more and more acts, New Orleans citizens know all too well the feeling of viewing their favorite bands’ tour schedules and seeing their city leapfrogged and left out.  But we have finally come to fall, and event calendars around town are filling up quickly with out of town acts as well as unique local alternatives and new combinations of old favorites.

After gaining steam with a sporadic schedule in the spring, the concert series that brings live music back to Congo Square is returning with a packed fall lineup. Today, Jazz in the Park, which is sponsored by the advocacy group People United For Armstrong Park, announced its fall schedule of Thursday Treme concerts, which includes Soul Rebels, Treme Brass Band, John Boutte and many more New Orleans favorites. Click through to view the schedule:

Today, there's a Neville in the park, an hombre caliente presents a new movement, laughs in the Quarter, South African sounds in the Marigny, and cabaret in Mid-City. On this day in history, the Canal Street streetcar made its last run (1964). Don't make the last train before checking these out: