Bayou Boogie & Beignets: Why You Better Shimmy on Down to NOLA for the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival 2025 (and Stay a While at Our Fab Little Inn!)

By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn COMING SOON!!! Y’all, dust off those dancing boots and grab your washboards, because it’s time to get downright swamp-sexy in the Crescent City. The Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival is shakin’ its sassy tail back into New Orleans on Saturday, May 31st, and Sunday, June 1st, 2025, and […]
“Fork Yeah, Baby! NOLA Food Fest 2025 Is Serving Up Heat, Honey, and Holy Hell Yes!”

By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn COMING SOON!!! Hi babes—Karen Brem here, your fabulously food-obsessed, party-ready Marketing Director at the now gloriously glow’d up Historic Mardi Gras Inn—and let me be the first to say it: It’s time to loosen that belt, book your weekend, and bring your appetite to the dancefloor. […]
🎷JAZZ FEST IS HERE, HONEY—GRAB YOUR SUNSCREEN AND SHAKE THAT BOOTY! 🎶

By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn Starting today!!! Hold on to your hats—literally! Because Jazz Fest 2025 is OFFICIALLY ON, and baby, it’s hotter than a crawfish boil at high noon. If you can hear the soulful wail of a trumpet, smell the spicy scent of jambalaya in the air, and feel […]
Crawfish, Beats & a Side of Sass: NOLA’s Spicy Secret Between Jazz Fest Weekends

By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn Coming Soon!!! Oh honey, if you thought Jazz Fest was the main course, let me serve you up a little spicy lagniappe—the NOLA Crawfish Festival, our city’s delicious little secret that sizzles between the Jazz Fest weekends, this year taking place on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday—April […]
🎸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 […]
🎺 “Drop That Po’ Boy and Pick Up Your Tickets, Baby—Jazz Fest is Bringing the Heat!” 🎷 By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn

By: Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn(LGBTQ+ Proudly Owned & Operated) Coming Soon!!! Oh honey, cancel your plans, reschedule your colonoscopy, and ghost your toxic situationship—because the first weekend of the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is coming in HOT and I’m not just talkin’ about the gumbo. April 24-27 is […]
🎷”THE CUBES HAVE LANDED, DARLINGS! PLAN YOUR JAZZ FEST ATTACK LIKE A PRO (OR REGRET IT FOREVER)”🎷

By: Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn(LGBTQ+ Proudly Owned & Operated) Coming Soon!!! Sound the brass, slap on that glitter, and start stretching—because THE CUBES HAVE DROPPED, HONEY. That’s right, the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival schedule—aka the Cubes—was officially released on Thursday, March 27th, and the city hasn’t stopped screaming […]
THE CUBES ARE COMING! THE CUBES ARE COMING!

Coming Soon!!! Listen up, music lovers, festival fanatics, and professional partiers—this is not a drill! The legendary, life-altering, wildly anticipated release of the CUBES for the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is about to drop, and honey, this is THE moment we’ve all been waiting for. For the uninitiated (bless your heart), the […]
Hogs, Hits, & Heart: The Ultimate BBQ & Music Fest in NOLA!

Coming Soon!!! Babes, if you love finger-lickin’ BBQ, live music that will shake your soul, and giving back to a cause that truly matters, then buckle up those bibs and get ready for Hogs for the Cause—April 4 & 5, 2025, right here in fabulous New Orleans! This ain’t just another festival, honey. This is […]
Gyros, Guitars & Giddy Gays: Why You Need to Be at the New Orleans Greek Festival This Memorial Day Weekend!

Coming Soon!!! Darlings, if you haven’t already cleared your Memorial Day Weekend plans, then honey, let me do you a favor—grab a pen (or let’s be real, your phone), open that calendar, and mark May 23-25, 2025, because the New Orleans Greek Festival is turning the BIG 5-0, and this is one anniversary bash you […]