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🎷 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Kicks Off This Week — And the City Is Ready

Music, culture, and the unmistakable spirit of New Orleans take center stage as festival season begins There are festivals… and then there is the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Opening this Thursday, Jazz Fest doesn’t just mark a date on the calendar—it signals the official arrival of one of the most electric seasons in […]

🌙 French Quarter After Dark: Where Good Decisions Go to Lose Their Keys

SPRING, GLORIOUS SPRING! The French Quarter during the day is charming. At night? It stops pretending. It becomes something louder, looser, a little scandalous around the edges—and fully committed to making sure your “early night” never stood a chance. And conveniently for you, the Historic Mardi Gras Inn is sitting just 1.5 blocks away, close […]

🌸 Spring in New Orleans: Festivals, Flavor, and a Whole Lot of Fun

SPRING, GLORIOUS SPRING! If you’ve never experienced spring in New Orleans, let me just say this—you’re missing out on one of the most vibrant, exciting times of the year. The weather is warm (but not too hot yet), the city is alive with music, and there’s something happening on almost every corner. From festivals to […]

🎷 You Haven’t Lived Until You’ve Eaten Your Way Through Jazz Fest

LET’S EAT! Let’s go ahead and say it—yes, the music at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is legendary… …but the food? Baby, the food is a whole experience of its own. We’re talking about over 60 vendors serving up some of the most incredible Louisiana-inspired dishes you will ever taste—Cajun, Creole, and everything […]

🥂 Brunch, Booze & Bad Decisions (The Holy Trinity)

Easter brunch in New Orleans is not a meal—it’s a full-on event 🍳🥂 Think: And the best part? Brunch doesn’t really “end.” It just slowly turns into an afternoon…which turns into a night…which turns into “how is it already Monday?” No judgment here 😇 🌙 When the Sun Goes Down…You Already Know If you think […]

🌆 Welcome to the Afterparty You Didn’t Realize You Booked

This is where Jazz Fest separates the amateurs from the professionals. By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn Because while the festival may have gates…New Orleans does not. In the Quarter and beyond, you’ll find: And let’s not forget the most dangerous phrase in the English language: 👉 “Let’s just stop in for […]

🎷 The Cubes Are Out… Which Means Jazz Fest Is Practically Knocking on the Door

Well, well, well… if you needed a sign from the universe (or New Orleans), here it is: 👉 The cubes are out. By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn And if you know, you KNOW. The arrival of the iconic New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival cubes means one thing and one thing […]

Crawfish Season Has Arrived in New Orleans 🌶️

Roll Up Your Sleeves and Let the Good Times Boil! By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn Spring in New Orleans brings many wonderful things—warm sunshine, festival season, live music drifting through the streets, and perhaps most importantly… crawfish season! 🦞 Around here, crawfish isn’t just something you eat—it’s practically a cultural event. […]

The Biggest Free Party in New Orleans Is Almost Here 🎶🍤

French Quarter Festival Brings Music, Food, and Pure NOLA Fun to the Quarter By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn If there’s one thing New Orleans knows how to do better than almost anywhere else on earth, it’s throw a party. And every spring, the city proves that point in spectacular fashion with […]

Big Names, Big Sound, and Big Easy Nights: Jazz Fest 2026 Headliners Are Bringing the Heat 🎷🎤

By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn If you’ve been waiting for a good excuse to plan a long weekend in New Orleans… congratulations. The lineup for the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is officially stacked, and the headliners alone are enough to make music lovers clear their calendars faster than […]