🎸From Pearl Jam to Pralines: How to Jazz, Jam, and Just Keep Going in NOLA’s Second Weekend of Madness 🎷

COMING SOON!!!

Hey babes,
Karen Brem here, your ever-so-fabulous Marketing Director for the Historic Mardi Gras Inn—where the sheets are crisp, the prices are cute, and the vibes? Always immaculate. And honey, I am thrilled to spill the glittery tea on the second weekend of the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, happening May 1st through May 4th, because whew! The headliners this round are hotter than a crawfish boil in July.

Let me set the musical stage for you, darling…

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🎸Thursday, May 1st – The Latin Guitar God Himself: Santana

We’re kicking off the weekend with Carlos Santana, the Grammy-winning shredder who practically invented sexy guitar solos. You know him from hits like “Smooth” (feat. Rob Thomas) and “Black Magic Woman”, both of which have been making hips sway for decades. Whether you’re a lifelong fan or just vibin’ for the first time, his music is pure, spellbinding energy. And if you hear someone scream “BRUJA!” during Oye Como Va… that was probably me.

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🤠Friday, May 2nd – Luke Combs Brings the Southern Heat

Put on your rhinestone boots and prep your liver, sugar—Luke Combs is about to make the Fair Grounds feel like your favorite whiskey-soaked honky tonk. With smash hits like “Hurricane,” “Beautiful Crazy,” and “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” this North Carolina crooner delivers raw emotion and big ol’ country feels. Expect cowboy hats, belt buckles, and a few exes texting after a third round of daiquiris.

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🎤Saturday, May 3rd – Lenny Kravitz: Yes, Daddy, Rock Me!

Guitar slung low and smoldering eyes ready to snatch souls, Lenny Kravitz is bringing the bisexual lighting and rock-star sex appeal straight to the stage. He’s got “Fly Away,” “Are You Gonna Go My Way,” and “American Woman” in his bag, and we are all here for the glittery glam-grit combo. Y’all, it’s giving “Prince had a baby with Slash,” and I’m about to faint just thinking about it.

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🐚Sunday, May 4th – Pearl Jam Closes the Weekend with a Grunge-Soaked Hug

And to wrap things up with a flannel-sleeved punch to the soul: Pearl Jam, baby. Eddie Vedder’s voice could read my grocery list and I’d cry. Their legendary anthems like “Alive,” “Even Flow,” and “Better Man” have been the soundtrack to angsty eyeliner teens and deep-feeling grown-ups for decades. Expect tears, mosh-adjacent bouncing, and at least one person whispering “I was born in the wrong era” with a vape in hand.

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Want the full lineup, times, and tea? Head to www.nojazzfest.com and prepare to be overwhelmed (in the best way).

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🎺Now Let’s Talk About Where You’re Staying… ‘Cause Mama Didn’t Raise No Fool

Listen, babes, if you’re coming to New Orleans for Jazz Fest, you need to stay somewhere that’s just as full of character as the festival itself. Cue the glitter cannon for: The Historic Mardi Gras Inn, your charming AF landing pad just one block outside the French Quarter.

We’re now proudly LGBTQ+ owned and operated (can I get a “YAAAS, INCLUSION!”?), and we’ve made it our mission to provide clean, affordable accommodations with a warm, welcoming staff that treats you like family—or better, like chosen family who actually gets you.

We won’t promise the moon, but we will fluff your pillow, point you to the nearest po’ boy, and maybe join you for a cheeky cocktail if you play your cards right.

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🕺Jazz Fest Ends at 7 PM… But Sweetie, You Don’t

The thing about Jazz Fest? It technically ends at 7 PM. But you’re in New Orleans, darling. The real party is just beginning. After the last drumbeat at the Fair Grounds, hop on the streetcar just two minutes from our front door, or strut your cute self right back to us on foot—you’re that close. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ACCOMMODATIONS CALL US DIRECTLY AT 504.949.5815 OR 1.800.209.9408. YOU MAY ALSO VISIT US ONLINE AT historicmardigrasinn.com. 

Then go back out! Because baby, the French Quarter is practically glowing with music, mischief, and margaritas. From late-night jazz sets to drag cabarets, voodoo shops to beignet runs, this city does not sleep—she catwalks till dawn.

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🎉Book That Long Weekend, Boo!

You already know you deserve this. So grab your tickets, gather your squad (or go solo, power move), and book your stay at the Historic Mardi Gras Inn now before every cute room is snatched up like a bottomless mimosa on Bourbon Street.

Whether you’re here to lose your voice at Pearl Jam, cry-laugh with Lenny, boot-scoot with Luke, or vibe with Santana like it’s 1999—this second weekend of Jazz Fest is shaping up to be one for the record books.

Don’t sleep on it. Well, actually, do—but only at our place.

See y’all soon, Karen Brem
Marketing Director (and unofficial queen of fabulous stays)
Historic Mardi Gras Inn 💋