Wear Y'Hat! JazzFest 2022!

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival always inspires amazingly creative headgear, and after a two-year hiatus, JazzFest 2022 did not disappoint! Wear Y’Hat!

Wear Y’Hat! New Orleanian “Hatta” flashes a winning smile while wearing his homemade, Krewe Du Fool “Dance of the Golden Balls” top hat and enjoying the music in the Economy Hall Jazz Tent.

Wear Y'Hat! New Orleanian “Hatta” flashes a winning smile while wearing his homemade, Krewe Du Fool “Dance of the Golden Balls” top hat and enjoying the music in the Economy Hall Jazz Tent.

Wear Y'Hat! New Orleanian “Hatta” flashes a winning smile while wearing his homemade, Krewe Du Fool “Dance of the Golden Balls” top hat and enjoying the music in the Economy Hall Jazz Tent.

Wear Y’Hat! This trio belong to the Krewe of Krowns, displaying their wearable art for all to admire! Thanks to Keren Davis for showing us how to fest in style! Check out Krewe of Krowns on Instagram, too!

Wear Y’Hat! This tiny Brachiosaurus hitched a ride all the way from West Los Angeles to attend the 2022 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival!

Wear Y’Hat! This tiny Brachiosaurus hitched a ride all the way from West Los Angeles to attend the 2022 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival!

Wear Y’Hat! With mesmerizing eyes and a hat looks lthat looks like a chess piece, she’s winning whatever game she’s playing! Check mate!

Wear Y’Hat! Musical instruments, festival tickets & buttons, and leafy vegetation adorn this distinctive festival hat. But this headgear not only offered protection from the blazing sun, it was also the coolest hat in the Blues Tent!

Wear Y’Hat! Musical instruments, festival tickets & buttons, and leafy vegetation adorn this distinctive festival hat. But this headgear not only offered protection from the blazing sun, it was also the coolest hat in the Blues Tent!

Wear Y’Hat! Musical instruments, festival tickets & buttons, and leafy vegetation adorn this distinctive festival hat. But this headgear not only offered protection from the blazing sun, it was also the coolest hat in the Blues Tent!

Wear Y’Hat! She came to JazzFest from Oakland. The bird came from Canada. She told me they coordinated with each other to match colors. Happy as a Lark? Crazy as a Loon? Only her friend with the feathered hat knows for sure!

Wear Y’Hat! This pirate is no landlubber! Every year he leaves the briny deep and comes ashore for JazzFest! This Sea Dog dons his best bedazzled tricorn hat, and puts on the love heart sunglasses he hornswaggled from a scallywag who was three sheets to the wind. Yo Ho Ho!

Wear Y’Hat! This pirate is no landlubber! Every year he leaves the briny deep and comes ashore for JazzFest! This Sea Dog dons his best bedazzled tricorn hat, and puts on the love heart sunglasses he hornswaggled from a scallywag who was three sheets to the wind. Yo Ho Ho!

Wear Y’Hat! JazzFest flora and fauna on display! Spotted: a lovely green and yellow floral chapeau with butterfly and bee! Also spotted: an undressed po’ boy with a gator that’s got a King Cake baby in its mouth!

Wear Y’Hat! You can always count on great music and delicious food at JazzFest. You can also count on blazing sun. Must-haves include sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat. But, not just any hat will do. This one is adorned for distinction! If you can’t stay cool, at least you can look cool!

Wear Y’Hat! You can always count on great music and delicious food at JazzFest. You can also count on blazing sun. Must-haves include sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat. But, not just any hat will do. This one is adorned for distinction! If you can’t stay cool, at least you can look cool!

Wear Y’Hat! You can always count on great music and delicious food at JazzFest. You can also count on blazing sun. Must-haves include sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat. But, not just any hat will do. This one is adorned for distinction! If you can’t stay cool, at least you can look cool!

Wear Y’Hat! You can always count on great music and delicious food at JazzFest. You can also count on blazing sun. Must-haves include sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat. But, not just any hat will do. This one is adorned for distinction! If you can’t stay cool, at least you can look cool!

Wear Y’Hat! New Orleans is notorious for letting its freak flag fly, and now it’s famous for wearing the festival flag hat! We salute you!

Wear Y’Hat! This WWOZ Guardian of the Groove knows how to rock a festival hat! Covered in festive, colorful pins, thiere’s no mistaking this hat for mere sun protection. It oozes JazzFest personality!

Wear Y’Hat! This WWOZ Guardian of the Groove knows how to rock a festival hat! Covered in festive, colorful pins, thiere’s no mistaking this hat for mere sun protection. It oozes JazzFest personality!

Wear Y’Hat! This WWOZ Guardian of the Groove knows how to rock a festival hat! Covered in festive, colorful pins, thiere’s no mistaking this hat for mere sun protection. It oozes JazzFest personality!

Wear Y’Hat! Some hats display the wearer’s personality. Some offer protection from the sun. This hat not only does those two things, it also advertises one of the best bargains at JazzFest: “Free Hug”.

Wear Y’Hat! Some hats display the wearer’s personality. Some offer protection from the sun. This hat not only does those two things, it also advertises one of the best bargains at JazzFest: “Free Hug”.

Wear Y’Hat! The Who Dat Jazz Hat offers something for everyone! It’s a super fun, collection of NOLA-related pins and memorabilia that is guaranteed to put a Crescent City-shaped smile on your face!

Wear Y’Hat! The Who Dat Jazz Hat offers something for everyone! It’s a super fun, collection of NOLA-related pins and memorabilia that is guaranteed to put a Crescent City-shaped smile on your face!

Wear Y’Hat! This NOLA native has everything covered … not just his head. His “Swiss Army Hat” has a MetroCard, plastic forks, Parrot Bay rum, and an All Stages Guest pass … sure it’s from 2004, but still!

Wear Y’Hat! This NOLA native has everything covered … not just his head. His “Swiss Army Hat” has a MetroCard, plastic forks, Parrot Bay rum, and an All Stages Guest pass … sure it’s from 2004, but still!

Wear Y’Hat! This NOLA native has everything covered … not just his head. His “Swiss Army Hat” has a MetroCard, plastic forks, Parrot Bay rum, and an All Stages Guest pass … sure it’s from 2004, but still!

Wear Y’Hat! This NOLA native has everything covered … not just his head. His “Swiss Army Hat” has a MetroCard, plastic forks, Parrot Bay rum, and an All Stages Guest pass … sure it’s from 2004, but still!

New Orleans Greek Festival! May 27 - 29, 2022

Join us on Bayou St. John for the 2022 New Orleans Greek Festival. A Memorial Day Weekend Tradition! This year’s theme is back to TRADITIONS! As always, there will be homemade traditional Greek Food, wine, pastries, and other great desserts! Come see our live, traditional Greek dancing and listen to the live Greek band playing near the Bayou. Tour our beautiful Cathedral, browse the wonderful marketplaces with everything Greek, and visit our Greek grocery with delectable cheeses, select dips, spices, and more - OPA!

Food Fight! May 26, 2022 at Crescent Park

Food Fight! May 26, 2022 at Crescent Park! From the producers of Top Taco comes the Preeminent Food Competition in New Orleans with over 40 restaurants and 30 spirits competing to see who can create the Top New Orleans dishes and cocktails. Chefs and bartenders compete in five categories: Top Traditional Dish, Top Creative Dish, Top Vegetarian Dish, Top Classic Cocktail, and Top Creative Cocktail.

This all-inclusive event benefits the PLEASE Foundation, a Louisiana non-profit dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty in New Orleans through education. PLEASE Foundation provides at-risk teens with mentorship, leadership training, and scholarships to attend local college-preparatory high schools.

Wednesday at the Square!

Free 10-Concert Series • Wednesdays 5-8 pm at Lafayette Square in NOLA!

YLC Wednesday at the Square is a free, 10-concert music series in the heart of New Orleans’ Central Business District. Proceeds from food and drink sales benefit the Young Leadership Council’s community service projects, designed not only to improve the quality of life in the Greater New Orleans area but also to foster leadership skills in young professionals. Enjoy free concerts from March 11th to May 13th while supporting a great cause! Click here to see the lineup!

Celebrating World Cocktail Day!

World Cocktail Day is a global celebration of cocktails, and the common myth is that they originated in New Orleans in the 1830’s. The story goes that Antoine Peychaud ran an apothecary shop in the French Quarter and sold his own homemade bitters. After a time, he recognized that his bitters tasted especially good mixed with cognac, sugar and water. And, since he measured out this concoction with an egg cup, or "coquetier" in French, the “cocktail” was born.

However, World Cocktail Day marks the date, May 13, 1806, that the first definition of a cocktail was published in the New York tabloid The Balance and Columbian Repository. A cocktail was defined as "a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water and bitters".

Whether you believe cocktails originated sometime around 1806, or in the 1830s in New Orleans, I’m just thankful someone created them! Cheers!

Mardigramus - Nothin'

Mardigramus the soothsayer dispenses pointless wisdom and useless observations every Tuesday. Today’s sooth is called “Nothin’”. Click on the image to view his visionary video.