JOIN WYES, YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC BROADCASTING STATION, ALONG WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL BEER DISTRIBUTORS FOR TWO DAYS OF BEER TASTING – AND WELL…JUST FOR A REAL GOOD TIME! On Friday, June 1 from 7-10 p.m. the WYES PRIVATE BEER SAMPLING will be held at the Fair Grounds Race Course &… More >
JOIN WYES, YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC BROADCASTING STATION, ALONG WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL BEER DISTRIBUTORS FOR TWO DAYS OF BEER TASTING – AND WELL…JUST FOR A REAL GOOD TIME! On Saturday, June 2 from 6-9pm at the Lakefront Arena don't miss the WYES INT’L BEER TASTING! Guests will enjoy a quarter-mile… More >
Chris Montero is the Culinary Curator of Café NOMA. This cooking demo will bring ‘Still life’ Veggies to Life in your Kitchen! Learn to pickle vegetables, cure bacon and make condiments at home. More on "Art You Can Eat" Café NOMA presents “Art You Can Eat”, a 12-week summer series… More >
Brett Gauthier is an Executive Pastry Chef for Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group This weeks cooking demo is on artistic license - cocktails reinterpreted as dessert including edible sazeracs, mint juleps, brandy milk punch and more! More on "Art You Can Eat" Café NOMA presents “Art You Can Eat”, a 12-week… More >
Chip Flanagan is the Executive Chef for Ralph’s on the Park This weeks cooking demo is on Louisiana surf, turf and sparkle, recipes from the rich bounty of Louisiana waters and wetlands. More on "Art You Can Eat" Café NOMA presents “Art You Can Eat”, a 12-week summer series featuring… More >
This week there will be a guest photographer, TBD, who will offer tips and tricks for mouthwatering food photos, even with your camera phone. More on "Art You Can Eat" Café NOMA presents “Art You Can Eat”, a 12-week summer series featuring the artful culinary creations of Ralph Brennan Restaurant… More >
Chip Flanagan is the Executive Chef at Ralph’s on the Park This weeks cooking demo is on summer grilling and chilling. Create gourmet rubs, sauces and accompaniments for the ultimate July BBQ More on "Art You Can Eat" Café NOMA presents “Art You Can Eat”, a 12-week summer series featuring… More >
Chris Montero is the Executive Chef at café b. This week features special guest Leah Chase for a 'do it yourself' Creole cream cheese, mozzarella and ricotta ART-isan cheesetraditions and tasting. More on "Art You Can Eat" Café NOMA presents “Art You Can Eat”, a 12-week summer series featuring the… More >
On July 14, 1789 more than 8,000 men and women stormed a prison fortress in Paris known as the Bastille, demanding the release of the political prisoners being held there, plus the prison's store of weapons. The storming of the Bastille was the spark that set off the French Revolution,… More >
Haley BIittermann is an Executive Chef for Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group. This weeks cooking demo is called "The crossroad of Art, Science and New Orleans Cuisine." This is a 'do it yourself' demo where molecular gastronomy meets bananas foster and other New Orleans classics. More on "Art You Can Eat"… More >
Brett Gauthier is the Executive Pastry Chef for Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group This weeks demo is called "Offbeat Sweet and Savory Desserts" where overlooked ingredients transformed into fabulous desserts. More on "Art You Can Eat" Café NOMA presents “Art You Can Eat”, a 12-week summer series featuring the artful culinary… More >
Michael Gottlieb is the Executive Chef at Red Fish Grill This week features chef Leah Chase for a cooking demo called “Zecrets Z’herbs,” and is on the art of roux making and other Gumbo tales. More on "Art You Can Eat" Café NOMA presents “Art You Can Eat”, a 12-week… More >
White Linen Night is New Orleans Arts District’s annual summer art-walk and outdoor celebration along Julia Street (300-700 blocks) and throughout the New Orleans Arts District. Enjoy gallery and museum art openings with contemporary works by local, national and international artists. Official After-Party hosted at the Contemporary Arts Center, from… More >
Haley BIittermann is an Executive Chef with Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group. This weeks cooking demo features Leah Chase and is on "The Soul of New Orleans," modern twists on New Orleans classics and other family-friendly comfort foods. More on "Art You Can Eat" Café NOMA presents “Art You Can Eat”,… More >
Dirty Linen Night was founded by the artists at one small Royal Street gallery in 2001, as a tongue-in-cheek way to invite visitors to an Art Party during the slowest month of the year. Since then, DLN has taken place annually, a week after its inspiration, Julia Street's "White Linen… More >
Thomas Register is the Beverage Specialist for Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group. This weeks demo is called "Muddling and Mixing; The art of the cocktail," and will teach you to enhance cocktails with infusions and garden fresh fruits and vegetables. More on "Art You Can Eat" Café NOMA presents “Art You… More >
Steven Marsella is the Executive Chef at Heritage Grill. This weeks demo features Leah Chase and is called "Take a Walk on the Lite Side..." Creole Classics undergo an extreme makeover…Will you miss the butter? More on "Art You Can Eat" Café NOMA presents “Art You Can Eat”, a 12-week… More >
Held every year in mid-September in Lafayette Square, across from historic Gallier Hall on St. Charles Avenue in downtown New Orleans, the free festival features live entertainment, celebrity chef cooking demonstrations, local arts and crafts and world-famous cuisine from top New Orleans restaurants and caterers. In past years festival-goers dined… More >
The Oak Street Po-Boy Festival is held every year in mid-November along a commercial strip of Oak Street in the city's Carrollton neighborhood. Not only is the festival a culinary celebration of a famous sandwich, it also celebrates the rebirth of a once-thriving shopping district with roots as deep as… More >
Many of New Orleans' finest restaurants at elegant Reveillon dinners, feature four and five course prix fixe menus. Look for special holiday favorites and many luscious masterpieces to choose from in restaurants dotting our city. Start the season off right by finding the perfect gifts for family and friends –… More >
Kick off your summer in New Orleans with June's three free festivals in one called Vieux To Do Creole Tomato Festival, Cajun-Zydeco Music Festival, and Louisiana Seafood Festival! French Market's Creole Tomato Festival For over 20 years, the Creole Tomato Festival has celebrated this unique Louisiana vegetable, which adds so… More >
Off the beaten path but comfortably situated in one of the most scenic sections of New Orleans, Bayou St. John was once the city's "back door." Until the early 20th century boaters could travel to within a mile of the business section of New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain and take… More >
New Orleans was founded by the French, governed for forty years by the Spanish, and was also settled by large numbers of Germans, Italians, Irish and those of African-Caribbean descent. But the city also has a sizable population of Greeks, and every year descendents of one of the Western world’s… More >
In a city well known for its music and its food, the 7th Annual Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival combines the best of both. The festival heats up the heart of New Orleans' Central Business District as the weather starts to cool down in October with live music, exquisite… More >
Every year, the Voodoo Music Experience places New Orleans under a weekend-long spell of music, food, crafts and culture. The Festival began in 1999 and has grown in size ever since. For three whole days, the festival takes over City Park with two main stages and several smaller stages not… More >
Over the years, Satchmo SummerFest has evolved into what one visiting music writer called “a mini-JazzFest”. With three days of outdoor concerts, music history seminars, jazz exhibits, a jazz mass, a second-line parade and plenty of local food delicacies and drinks, the festival has become a travelers’, as well as… More >
Thousands of wine and food lovers gather each spring in New Orleans for one of this city's most extravagant rites of passage, the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience. The event spotlights the city's legendary restaurants along with fine wines from around the globe. More than 250 wineries are typically… More >
Tales of the Cocktail® is the world’s premier cocktail festival, bringing together the most respected minds on mixology for five days of cocktails, cuisine and culture. Held annually in New Orleans, this international event has something for cocktail professionals and enthusiasts alike with a spirited schedule of seminars, dinners, competitions… More >
Every Sunday at 2 PM, the French Market Corporation and the Southern Food and Beverage Museum will team up to host a series of free programs that highlight the cuisine and culinary culture of New Orleans. Expect to see cooking demos, food conversations, and musical entertainment throughout the year at… More >
Oktoberfest celebrates German heritage with live traditional music; traditional German folk dancing; lots of cold beer, German wines and liquors; Oktoberfest parade; and authentic German cuisine. Every night during the event, visitors pack the outside courtyard and Biergarten to hear authentic live music. German bands set the beats for traditional… More >
The Freret Market is held the first Saturday of the month, except July and August, at the intersection of Freret Street and Napoleon Avenue. The market is split up along three category lines food, art, and flea. Besides all of the great shopping every week, the market also hosts local… More >
Every summer in New Orleans many of the city's famous restaurants offer money-saving specials for lunch and dinner. COOLinary New Orleans, as it has come to be known, features participating restaurants offering three-course lunches at $20 or less and three-course dinners at $35 or less. This special event highlights the… More >
YLC Wednesday at the Square is a free, 12-week concert series with food and drink for sale to benefit the "Young Leadership Council"Local artisans also sell their work in the Artist Village near the Camp Street entrance. Concerts are held every Wednesday from March 14 to May 30, 2012 from… More >
Presented by the Arts Council of New Orleans, the Arts Market is a monthly arts market held the LAST Saturday of every month. Located in lovely Palmer Park, at the corner of South Carrollton and South Claiborne Avenues, last stop of the historic St. Charles streetcar. The Arts Market features… More >
Come experience the Sankofa Farmers Market on Saturdays year round from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.! Our weekly Market draws vendors from across South Louisiana to bring New Orleanians' a varied abundance of fresh locally grown produce and specialty eats. This family friendly event hosts cooking demonstrations by the Sankofa… More >
Welcome to the Fun, Food & Folklore of The New Orleans School of Cooking! The school's entertaining classes and the Louisiana General Store are located in a renovated molasses warehouse built in the early 1800s in the heart of the French Quarter. They teach the basics of Louisiana Cooking in… More >
The American Sector in The National WWII Museum puts a sassy new spin on the most popular staples of American cuisine. Old traditions become new favorites as Chef John Besh transforms hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken and dumplings, meatloaf, milkshakes and more into delicious new dishes for you to enjoy in… More >
The Hollygrove Market and Farm (HM&F) is a urban farm, educational center, and a CSA-style (Community Supported Agriculture) market located in the heart of New Orleans. Our collaborative partners include Carrollton-Hollygrove Community Development Corporation, New Orleans Food & Farm Network, Tulane City Center, Trinity Christian Community, Master Gardeners of New… More >
Our monthly wine class is led by Rob O., our resident wine guru and oenophile. Learn the basics of wine tasting and how to pair wine with food. Rob O. has a passion for wine that exudes in the wealth of knowledge he presents in each class on everything from… More >
Arts Council Of New Orleans
935 Gravier Street, Suite 850
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 523-1465