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May 19th

Bayou Boogaloo

Bayou St. John (12:15 PM-9:15 PM)

A music fest on the water featuring Alexis and the Samuri, Remedy Krewe, Fleur de Tease, Hot 8 Brass Band, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and more

 

Bicycle Second Line

Bayou St. John (11:00AM-1:00PM)

Pocket Aces Brass Band and Bone Tone Brass lead this year's second line, which starts and ends at Bayou Boogaloo!

 

Divine Ladies, Unbreakable Men

Central City (1 p.m)

Second lines! Won't bow down!

 

Zulu Anniversary

Mid-City (All day)

Church and a parade to celebrate the club's 104th year

 

Amy Schumer

House of Blues (9:00 PM)

The Comedy Central comedian is here for some standup!

 

Speaker for the Dead

Big Top (7 p.m.)

8-16 piece traveilling circus punk troupe. Need we say more? Is there anymore to say? with Sammy Kay and the East Los Three, Dead Legends

 

Tigers, Bananas, Bears... Oh Yeah!

Art Klub, 513 Elysian Fields Ave (8:00 PM)

An interactive and sparkling performance presented by Nari Tomassetti

 

Clybourne Park

Shadowbox Theatre (8:00 PM)

Straightforward conversational drama explores one area's gentrification through 50 years

 

Joe Krown feat. Russell Batiste and Walter "Wolfman" Washington

Maple Leaf (10:30PM)

Weekly gig on Oak with Krown on the organ, Washington firing up the guitar strings, and Batiste on the drums.

 

Hot 8 Brass Band

Howlin’ Wolf Den (10:00PM)

Weekly gig from some of the city’s best in brass

 

Sunday Youth Music Workshop

Tipitina’s (1:00PM)

All ages workshop with Johnny Vidacovich. Bring your instruments!

 

Cajun Fais Do Do

Tipitina’s (5:30PM)

Bruce Daigrepont is playing the washboard and getting you to bed early

 

Krewe du Guza

Le Bon Temps Roule (10:00PM)

Sunday Funday weekly gig from the husband and wife duo


Today in New Orleans: 10.19.12


Tonight, bring the kids and get spooked at City Park with unlimited rides and Halloween-inspired family fun, enjoy a vibrant epic in Lily’s Revenge, or porch hop in Mid City with great food and drink. Fourteen years ago, former Mayor Marc Morial declared October 19 Raymond Myles Memorial Day after the noted gospel singe was killed on October 11, 1998. Now, more on Friday’s events.

 

Ghosts in the Oaks (City Park, 7pm)

 

Head to Storyland for a family friendly Halloween event tonight! Enjoy unlimited rides, trick-or-treating, music, and more kid-friendly activities! Admission is only $15 per person, $12 for Friends of City Park members. Early admission (6pm) is $20.

 

The Lily's Revenge (Den of Muses, 6pm)

 

Come out and see the play that creators refer to as a “Flowergory Manifold.” The five-act epic centers on the story of a lily’s quest to become human in the hopes of winning his true love, and the tale uses music, dance, film and more to tell his story.

 

Mid City Porch Tour (Mick’s Bar, 6:30pm)

 

Don your funkiest costume for tonight’s adult Halloween event. For the fourth year in a row, everyone is invited to stroll through Mid City and visit all the most distinctive porches, sipping cocktails, beer, and wine from local bars and eateries in the area. Tickets are $45 and include free food and beer all night, so come out and support the Mid City Neighborhood Organization.

 

Treme Bicentennial Brass Under the Bridge (Lemann Park, 8pm)

 

Stop by the corner of Lafitte and N. Claiborne and enjoy music from Rebirth Brass Band, the Hot 8, Dirty Dozen, Brass-A-Holics, The Original Pinettes, and Baby Boyz. Come celebrate the historic neighborhood’s 200th birthday with the people of the Tremé.


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