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New Orleans Wine and Food Experience 2012: 20 Years Strong

by The Red Streetcar May 11, 2012 Cocktail Culture

The New Orleans Wine and Food Experience (NOWFE for short) started as an idea for a charity among a few friends and has blossomed into a five-day extravaganza which consistently ranks as one of the best wine and food festivals around. Highlighting New Orleans cuisine and wines from all over the world, NOWFE is a must-attend event for many industry …

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Jazz Fest Artists Spotlight: Cowboy Mouth

by The Red Streetcar April 27, 2012 Events

Cowboy Mouth bills itself as “New Orleans Rock n Roll,” which aptly describes the band. Aside from a period of brief national exposure in the late 1990s, a Cowboy Mouth concert outside of New Orleans is easily confused with a NOLA ex-pat get together. Cowboy Mouth is consistently one of the hottest local bands among the high school, college and …

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Jazz Fest 2012: A Serious Arts Festival

by The Red Streetcar April 26, 2012 Arts & Culture

One often overlooked aspect of Jazz Fest is the abundance of amazing crafts and high quality art available all across the grounds. Picking up a keepsake from one of the artists provides a more tangible reminder of the seven days of great music and food than a memory and a more permanent memento than a sunburn or an overstuffed belly. …

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Jazz Fest Artists Spotlight: Blues, Acoustic and Cajun

by The Red Streetcar April 11, 2012 Events

Gary Clark, Jr.

Gary Clark, Jr. blends soul, blues and rock in such amazing fashion that it is hard to imagine a favorable adjective, accolade or superlative that hasn’t been applied to Gary’s music. While more recently compared to the legendary Jimi Hendrix and declared the savior of the blues, Gary Clark, Jr. has always found success. Take for example …

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Jazz Fest Artists Spotlight: Two Contemporary Jazz Gems

by The Red Streetcar April 2, 2012 Events

Even though the Jazz Fest bill progressively spans more and more genres and styles each year, it always comes back to its jazz roots. Traditional, contemporary, local and international styles all fall within the jazz realm of the festival. The two artists’ talents featured on this installment of our continued Jazz Fest coverage lie in contemporary jazz and beyond. Herbie …

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New Orleans International Beer Festival: Party at Champions Square

by The Red Streetcar March 16, 2012 Events

While this may be the first International Beer Festival here in New Orleans, it was a long time coming. New Orleans was once the brewing capital of the South, sporting more than 30 breweries. However, due to prohibition and corporate consolidations, by 2000, only Dixie Brewing Company remained within the city limits. Fortunately, in recent years brewing in Southeast Louisiana …

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Hogs For the Cause 2012: A Porktacular New Orleans Charity

by The Red Streetcar March 2, 2012 Events

One of the greatest things about New Orleans is that we’ve got some of the most fun charity events you can imagine. All day crawfish boils and beer, cross dressing foot races, and eating contests just to name a few. One of my personal favorite “FUNdraiser” events is on the horizon, Hogs for the Cause. So what exactly is Hogs …

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GoNOLA Top 5: Mardi Gras Night Parades

by The Red Streetcar February 7, 2012 Events

Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a 24 hour a day affair during Carnival season. While you’ll undoubtedly be able to catch some amazing parades during the day, the bar is raised once the sun goes down (or starts to head that way). In more recent years, the number of parades taking to the streets at night has ballooned, but …

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Krewe du Vieux Doo: A Mardi Gras Ball for All

by The Red Streetcar January 20, 2012 Events

Mardi Gras is described as the world’s largest party. And with good reason – all you need to do to take part is wander down the street to a parade route, watch the parade go by and shout “throw me something, Mister!” No tickets to buy, no cover charge to pay – nothing. But watching a parade is really only …

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A Guide to New Orleans King Cake Season

by The Red Streetcar January 6, 2012 Food

In most cities, the holiday season only goes through Christmas and New Year’s Day. As folks from around the country are hauling their decorations to the attic and working on breaking their resolutions for the new year, New Orleanians are anxiously awaiting the official start of the Mardi Gras season on Twelfth Night, January 6. However, for us Twelfth Night …

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GoNOLA’s Best of 2011 Awards: New Orleans Festivals

by The Red Streetcar December 23, 2011 Events

In the closing hours of 2011, it is always great to reflect back on how much fun we’ve had in the past year. Today, we’re going to look back at some of our favorite festivals from 2011. One great thing about living in New Orleans is that we always have a festival going on. The only downside is that it …

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Countdown the New Year in New Orleans

by The Red Streetcar December 9, 2011 Events

In recent years, more and more of my friends have begun to retreat to their homes on New Year’s Eve, shunning what is easily one of the most celebrated holidays in the U.S. If you find yourself in this group, I’m here to urge you to reconsider your plans. New Year’s Eve in New Orleans presents so many different and …

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The Feasts of the Holidays: New Orleans Reveillon Dinners

by The Red Streetcar November 25, 2011 Events

Thanksgiving has now come and gone, so now we can turn our attention to the next holiday season and the next round of holiday feasts! In New Orleans, the Christmas season means it is time for Reveillon dinners. Like many of New Orleans’ most dear traditions, the original French colonists who settled this fair city created the Reveillon feasts. Traditionally, …

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Po-Boy Preservation Festival: Paying Tribute to a New Orleans Classic

by The Red Streetcar November 11, 2011 About

There are a few discussions in New Orleans which can turn lifelong friends into bitter enemies. Unlike most places, it has nothing to do with politics or money, but food. Feel like being a little mischievous? Innocently walk into a group of locals and toss out one of the following grenades: Who has the best gumbo? What is the right …

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Hell Yes Fest!: National Comedy Comes to NOLA

by The Red Streetcar October 28, 2011 Arts & Culture

Laughter is widely touted as being the best medicine. If that’s the case, then Hell Yes Fest! is guaranteed to fix whatever ails you. For four days on November 9-12, comedians from New Orleans, Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York will descend upon the city and hand out doses of laughter all over town, including at The Republic, the …

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Reds, Whites and the Blues: Gambit’s Wine Gala for the Arts

by The Red Streetcar October 14, 2011 Arts & Culture

New Orleans is a cultural wonderland. Every night of the week, you’ll be able to find a club hosting live music or a theater featuring live performances, ranging from well known acts by world-renown headliners to one-of-a-kind performances by the unheralded and currently undiscovered. To help ensure that New Orleans retains this special flavor, the Gambit and select wine brokers …

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