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🌆 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 […]

The Streetcar Date Night Guide 💋🚋

A Dreamy, Slightly Dangerous Way to Fall in Love with New Orleans By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn Let’s be honest. If you’re going to have a date night in New Orleans, it might as well feel like a movie. Enter: the St. Charles streetcar. That charming little green carriage rolling under […]

New Orleans Jazz Fest Food Guide 🍤🎷 | 60 Local Vendors You Can’t Miss

COMING SOON,Y’ALL!!! By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival isn’t just one of the top music festivals in the country — it’s one of the best food festivals in New Orleans. Period. 💥 Every year at the Fair Grounds Race Course, nearly 60 food vendors serve […]

Girls Trip Season Is Here — And March, April & May Were Made for It 💃👠🌸

COMING SOON,Y’ALL!!! By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn Ladies, let’s talk. There comes a time in every woman’s life when she looks at her group chat and says: “We need a trip.” Not a polite weekend.Not a conference.Not a “let’s all sit quietly at brunch” situation. A real girls’ trip. And if […]

Eat Everything. Hear Everything. Regret Nothing.

COMING SOON,Y’ALL!!! By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn Jazz Fest isn’t just headliners. It’s: 🎷 Wandering into a random tent and discovering your new obsession🍤 Food that ruins all other food for you🌞 Sunshine, music, and questionable hydration choices🎶 That moment when you look around and think, “This is why I came.” […]

Four Nights. Nonstop Parades. Questionable Decisions. 😈🍹🎭

IT’S CARNIVAL SEASON Y’ALL!!! By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn Let’s be honest — trying to “do” Mardi Gras in one night is ambitious… but mostly it’s a mistake. The real fun, the best parades, the unexpected moments, and the stories you’ll laugh about for years happen over a full long weekend. […]