One of the (many) things that I love about living in New Orleans is the fact that there is always something to do here: whether it's taking in one of the amazing art museums or galleries, walking in Audubon or City Park, strolling through the French Quarter on a beautiful afternoon, listening to music on the streets or in the clubs or in the concert venues...the list goes on and on.
And the festivals. There is literally a festival every single weekend here. There is even a special festival calendar so that people can keep track of them all, and they have actually started denying permits to hold new ones because there just isn't any more room. Most of the festivals are free (minus food/drink, of course), so anyone can go spend a few hours looking at art, listening to amazing local music, bumping in to friends old and new.
Of course, everyone has heard of Jazz Fest and Carnival season. But down here we also have:
Oak St. Po'Boy Fest (where we hung out today)
French Quarter Fest
Louisiana Cajun and Zydeco Fest
White and Dirty Linen Nights
Crescent City Blues and BBQ Fest
Tremé Creole Gumbo Fest (last weekend--amazing!)
Tales of the Cocktail
New Orleans Seafood Festival
Tennessee Williams Festival
New Orleans Film Festival
Running of the Bulls
Bastille Day
Essence Fest
Satchmo SummerFest
Bayou Boogaloo
The list goes on and on and on and...well, you get the picture.
This town celebrates life. The little things. The big things. The things that seem insignificant (Creole tomatoes and mirlitons, anyone?).
With everything that goes on in our lives, in the world, we tend to forget what we have. Life isn't perfect, of course, and everything has a dark side. But this town reminds us that every day has something worth celebrating.
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| Satchmo SummerFest |
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| Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival |
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| Southern Decadence |
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| Running of the Bulls |
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| Oak St. Po'Boy Fest (All photo credits are mine.) |
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