What to do in New Orleans Next Friday

A true goodwill ambassador

If you are going to be in New Orleans on Friday, October 19, 2012, you can go to the French Quarter and revel with the drunken frat boys.  You can go to the French Quarter to hear some traditional jazz at Preservation Hall or at Fritzel's.  Or, you can go to Cafe Istanbul at 2372 St. Claude Avenue to support the Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong Jazz Camp.

Before you protest that you didn't come all the way to NOLA to sample the delights of St. Claude Ave over the delights of Bourbon Street, allow me to explain.  You won't only hear good music, you will be supporting a good cause.  

I know, this isn't a tourist destination, but people who want to experience the real New Orleans, its thriving neighborhoods and communities, choose La Belle Esplanade bed and breakfast for a reason.  Our guests visit the French Quarter, but they realize that there is a great big, vital city outside the Vieux Carre.  They want the full New Orleans experience.  They want to make memories that will last forever.  This is why they choose a B&B close to the Quarter and Frenchman Street, but equally close to City Park and Bayou St. John. 

After the show, consider strolling Faubourg Marigny where the jazz is just as fresh and the nightlife is more friendly.  New Orleans is not all about making a buck off of visitors.  It is about giving more than a little lagniappe.  The price for the show is $30 per person, $50 per couple.  It will be money well spent if you want to meet some New Orleanians instead of bumping into an orthodontist from Oklahoma in town for a convention.

You can buy a ticket at one of the Jazz Camp links above.  You can reserve a suite at La Belle Esplanade bed and breakfast here.  We have a limited number of bicycles available if you prefer to pedal to the fundraiser on the evening of October 19.  

La Belle Esplanade's fleet of complimentary cruisers