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Evenings With Enrique Makes Its Return to the New Orleans Botanical Garden in October

City Park Conservancy and The Helis Foundation are thrilled to welcome back the local favorite concert series, Evenings with Enrique! Every Wednesday in  October, from 5:00 to 7:30 PM, guests may enjoy an enchanted evening in the New Orleans  Botanical Garden, surrounded by its lush landscape while listening to live performances by local  Latin artists. Admission is free for Louisiana Residents, courtesy of The Helis Foundation. The series kicks off on October 2 and continues every Wednesday through October 30 – bring your blankets and lawn chairs for a bewitching evening under the stars! 

WHAT: Evenings with Enrique in the New Orleans Botanical Garden
WHEN: Every Wednesday in October starting October 2  – 5:00 – 7:30 PM 
WHERE: New Orleans Botanical Garden, City Park, 5 Victory Avenue 

MUSIC  LINEUP
October 2 – 5 PM – 7:30 PM: Geovane Santos 7tet – Brazil 
October 9 – 5 PM – 7:30 PM: Julio & Cesar 4tet – Guatemala 
October 16 – 5 PM – 7:30 PM: Vivaz 5tet – Bolivia 
October 23 – 5 PM – 7:30 PM: Patrice Fisher & Arpa 6tet – with guests from Puerto Rico and 
October 30 – 5 PM – 7:30 PM: Papo & Son Mandao Trio – Cuba 

FOOD: Food and beverages will be available for purchase onsite at the Kitchen in the  Garden. No outside food and beverages are allowed. 

SPECIAL FEATURE: Local artist Hugo Montero will unveil his Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) altar at the Botanical Garden Conservatory on Wednesday, October 23. The altar will  remain on display through Sunday, November 3. Thanks to The Helis Foundation,  Louisiana residents can enjoy free admission to the Botanical Garden from October  23 to November 3 to view the Día de los Muertos altar. 

Launched in 2016, Evenings with Enrique is a bi-annual concert series held every April and October.  The series pays tribute to renowned Mexican artist Enrique Alférez who lived in New Orleans for almost 70 years and made a profound contribution to the New Orleans art scene. Alférez has over  20 works of art featured at The Helis Foundation Enrique Alférez Sculpture Garden inside the New  Orleans Botanical Garden. His sculptures may also be found throughout New Orleans at the Ogden  Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition, and  New Orleans City Park. 

Admirers of Alférez’s work may purchase Enrique Alférez: Sculptor by Katie Bowler Young at the  Botanical Garden gift shop. Published by The Historic New Orleans Collection, the book chronicles  the life of the preeminent artist and was made possible with support from The Helis Foundation and  members of The Historic New Orleans Collection’s 2019 Bienville Circle and

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