Mamou Cajun Music Festival kicks off on Friday, August 14 and highlights include: Cajun food, music, sack races, chicken chasing and arm-wrestling contests! On Friday the Cajun Tradition Band will perform. Saturday’s entertainment includes: Fred’s Lounge KVPI radio program featuring Briggs Brown & The Bayou Cajuns; Brandon Morrow avec Pain Perdu; Cory McCauley & The Evangeline Aces; Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys and Jimmy Breaux & Friends. So come on down and stay with us.
Hotel St. Pierre and Andrew Jackson Hotel are steps from world famous Bourbon Street, Jackson Square, French Market and a great place to stay while visiting the Fest. Enjoy charming boutique hotel accommodations in the Heart of the French Quarter New Orleans. Click here for great 2009 French Quarter hotel discount summer rates!
Come Celebrate the life of Louis Armstrong at the Ninth Annual Satchmo Summer Festival, July 30-August 2, 2009, with a fun-filled weekend of activities and music including: Traditional Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, and a Brass Band. Enjoy Children’s programming as well as a wonderful lineup of seminars with nationally renowned speakers, scholars and musicians.
While in town, stay with us in the French Quarter at the Hotel St. Pierre and Andrew Jackson Hotel. Steps from the Satchmo Summer Fest, world famous Bourbon and Royal Streets, Jackson Square, Convention Center, Riverfront, and Aquarium of the Americas, we welcome you to enjoy charming French Quarter Summer Fest hotel accommodations in the Heart of the French Quarter. Book early for the best New Orleans French Quarter hotel availability!
Unsung Heroes: The Secret History of Louisiana Rock ’n’ Roll offers an idiosyncratic sampling of great, rare and previously unseen stuff from the golden ages of rhythm and blues, rock ’n’ roll, rockabilly, pop, and soul. Presented by the Louisiana State Museum and the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation, the yearlong exhibit was co-curated by Dr. Ira “Dr. Ike” Padnos, the New Orleans physician who founded the Ponderosa Stomp music festival in 2001.
Located in the Heart of the French Quarter, the Hotel St. Pierre and Andrew Jackson Hotel are steps from world famous BourbonStreet, Jackson Square, French Market and the Superdome. Be in the number when the New Orleans Saints Go Marching In and enjoy charming boutique hotel accommodations in the Heart of the French Quarter. Click here for great 2009 French Quarter hotel football rates!
Tales of the Cocktail reigns this weekend with a grand celebration, French Quarter Style. At any hour of the day, take in seminars, tastings and parties: all happening in the Big Easy. Here are a two picks, among many, to enjoy during your stay:
Jazz, Cocktails and Storyville:
Discover the cocktail culture of New Orleans’ infamous red light district.
10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.; Queen Anne Ballroom – Hotel Monteleone; $40 in advance, $45 on site.
United States Bartenders Guild’s Caipirinha Competition:
Tops U.S. bartenders square off to create the best caipirinha and win the Golden Muddler. 9-10:30 p.m.; Pat O’Brien’s on the River; $45 in advance, $50 on site.
Looking for a great place to stay while you attend the ‘Tales’? Located in the Heart of the French Quarter, the Hotel St. Pierre and Andrew Jackson Hotel are steps from world famous Bourbon Street, Jackson Square, French Market and the Convention Center. Enjoy charming boutique hotel accommodations in the Heart of the French Quarter. Click here for great 2009 French Quarter hotel summer rates!
