Produced by the Greater Mandeville Seafood Association, Inc, The Mandeville Seafood Festival, established in 1978, is the oldest festival held in St. Tammany Parish. Attendance is estimated at over ten thousand people per day. Children ten and under are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Senior citizens over sixty-five are also admitted free of charge. (More) Featuring: Summer of Love's 40th Anniversary From the Golden Gate Bridge to Lake Pontchartrain, billed as the Summer Of Love’s 40th Anniversary, San Francisco’s most legendary performers from the Woodstock era are set to descend upon Mandeville, a small and historic community just north of New Orleans over the 4th of July weekend. (More)
Go 4th on the River - July 4th, 2008
The Go 4th on the River Dueling Barges Fireworks Extravaganza is the annual Independence Day Celebration along the New Orleans Riverfront with all-day activities for the whole family. New Orleans Summers are hot – and there is no hotter place to be for the Fourth of July than in the Crescent City. The biggest celebration happens on the banks of the Mississippi with the annual Go Fourth on the River extravaganza. (More)
Essence Festival 2008 - July 4th, 5th & 6th
Kanye West, Chris Rock, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Morris Day and The Time, and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly are the first acts to be announced to perform at the 2008 Essence Music Festival, it was disclosed today by Essence Communications Inc. As the nation’s largest annual African-American event celebrating Black music and culture, the 2008 Essence Music Festival is destined to be the hottest music event of the summer! Known as the “party with a purpose,” the Essence Music Festival is the nation’s largest annual gathering of African-American musical talent; featuring an unprecedented three days of cultural celebrations and empowerment seminars and three nights of performances by some of today’s greatest African-American artists. (More)
Shakespeare Festival - NOW through July 12th
The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane continues its15th season of professional theatre with As You Like It (June 26 - July 12). In the magical forest of Arden, Rosalind must become a man to make a man of Orlando. Director Sean Patterson’s re-imagining of Shakespeare’s popular comedy takes place in an urban park of the 1930's filled with romance. It features the talents of local favorites Trina Beck and James Bartelle, making their SFT stage debut, and Lara Grice in her first return to the SFT stage since Katrina! (More)
Tales of the Cocktail - July 16th to July 20th
The Tales of the Cocktail is a culinary and cocktail festival that features award-winning mixologists, authors, bartenders, chefs and designers in the New Orleans French Quarter at five days of cocktail events such as dinner-pairings, cocktail demos and tastings, seminars, mixing competitions, design expos, book-signings and much more. (More)
Satchmo Summerfest - Jul. 31st thru Aug. 3rd
Celebrate the life of Louis Armstrong with a fun-filled weekend of activities and music with four stages all located within the Old US Mint including: Traditional Jazz Stage, Contemporary Jazz Stage, and a Brass Band Stage; Plus a Childrens Stage Located in Dutch Alley as well as seminars with nationally renowned speakers. It also has many special events including Red Bean Alley featuring local cuisine, a Second Line Parade, a Jazz Mass at the Historical St. Augustine Church and our Red Beans and Rice Luncheon. (More)
Southern Decadence Festival 2008 - Aug. 27th to Sept. 1st
Since it was founded in 1781, New Orleans has marched to the beat of its own drum. For two centuries, those in control of the Louisiana state government have tried in vain to impose their prejudices on a city that is French, Spanish, Creole, African, Catholic, pagan and very gay (in both senses of the word). If nothing else, New Orleans knows how to throw a party, from the world-famous Mardi Gras to other, more specialized celebrations. (More)
Produced by the Greater Mandeville Seafood Association, Inc, The Mandeville Seafood Festival, established in 1978, is the oldest festival held in St. Tammany Parish. Attendance is estimated at over ten thousand people per day. Children ten and under are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Senior citizens over sixty-five are also admitted free of charge. 
The Go 4th on the River Dueling Barges Fireworks Extravaganza is the annual Independence Day Celebration along the New Orleans Riverfront with all-day activities for the whole family. New Orleans Summers are hot – and there is no hotter place to be for the Fourth of July than in the Crescent City. The biggest celebration happens on the banks of the Mississippi with the annual Go Fourth on the River extravaganza. 
Kanye West, Chris Rock, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Morris Day and The Time, and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly are the first acts to be announced to perform at the 2008 Essence Music Festival, it was disclosed today by Essence Communications Inc. As the nation’s largest annual African-American event celebrating Black music and culture, the 2008 Essence Music Festival is destined to be the hottest music event of the summer! Known as the “party with a purpose,” the Essence Music Festival is the nation’s largest annual gathering of African-American musical talent; featuring an unprecedented three days of cultural celebrations and empowerment seminars and three nights of performances by some of today’s greatest African-American artists. 
The Tales of the Cocktail is a culinary and cocktail festival that features award-winning mixologists, authors, bartenders, chefs and designers in the New Orleans French Quarter at five days of cocktail events such as dinner-pairings, cocktail demos and tastings, seminars, mixing competitions, design expos, book-signings and much more. 
Celebrate the life of Louis Armstrong with a fun-filled weekend of activities and music with four stages all located within the Old US Mint including: Traditional Jazz Stage, Contemporary Jazz Stage, and a Brass Band Stage; Plus a Childrens Stage Located in Dutch Alley as well as seminars with nationally renowned speakers. It also has many special events including Red Bean Alley featuring local cuisine, a Second Line Parade, a Jazz Mass at the Historical St. Augustine Church and our Red Beans and Rice Luncheon. 
Since it was founded in 1781, New Orleans has marched to the beat of its own drum. For two centuries, those in control of the Louisiana state government have tried in vain to impose their prejudices on a city that is French, Spanish, Creole, African, Catholic, pagan and very gay (in both senses of the word). If nothing else, New Orleans knows how to throw a party, from the world-famous Mardi Gras to other, more specialized celebrations. 
