Tales of the Cocktail by Cory James Photo Tales of the Cocktail Foundation‘s popular annual conference returns Sunday, July 20 – Friday, July 25, 2025, providing festival-goers with six action-packed days of tastings, special events, and scheduled seminars. This is a perfect chance for spirit enthusiasts from all over the world to create and exchange […]| New Orleans French Quarter
Photo courtesy of Louisiana Pizza Kitchen on Facebook Despite its steamy reputation, the weather in New Orleans for most of the year is actually quite mild and pleasant. Winter days and summer nights and mornings often feel just as spring-like as an April afternoon. With this abundance of great weather comes the ability and the […]| New Orleans French Quarter
Photo courtesy of Antoine’s Restaurant on Facebook Not that we need any encouragement to eat — and eat well, in this city — but the dining deals don’t start and end with COOLinary. New Orleans is heading into Restaurant Week, with 98 restaurants listed as participants this year. Between Monday, June 16, and Sunday, June 22, […]| New Orleans French Quarter
It's here! French Quarter Festival, the largest free music festival in the city of New Orleans – a town that is no stranger to the terms ‘music’ and ‘free’, we’ll have you know. For four days (April 21-24), a big chunk of the French Quarter – also known as the Vieux Carre, French for the ‘old square’ (or ‘old quarter’) – will be transformed into a series of festival stages, each showcasing a different brand of music either rooted in, or heavily influenced by, the sound...| New Orleans French Quarter
Photo courtesy of Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans on Facebook Back in the days before air conditioning, New Orleanians kept cool and looked fresh in the face of August swelter by wearing light-colored linen clothing. Back in the days before White Linen Night, local art galleries felt the pinch of the August tourism slowdown. In […]| New Orleans French Quarter
Photo by William Recinos on Unsplash Summer in New Orleans is HOT, but we’ve got a slate of festivals that will cool you off and keep you entertained. Independence Day Friday, July 4, 2025 New Orleans celebrates July 4th like anywhere else in America, but with a flavor all her own. There will be fireworks above the Mississippi […]| New Orleans French Quarter
