This Weekend in New Orleans: Lizzo, Who Dat Nation Festival, LiL Weezyana & More

In September we are throwing a casual get together at the art market to raise money for the NOLA Art of Giving fund. We will have our local artists set up as usual, along with a donation based drink table, dance music and more. We are accepting donations all weekend that will be used towards our base fund for supplies and advertisement for our next event in October, raising money for underprivileged children’s art programs here in New Orleans.

Stop by any night from Thursday through Sunday and get a drink, make a donation and hear more about what we are doing to give back to the city we love so much and the residents that support our art week after week. Want to get involved? We can help with that too!

World’s largest tattoo convention tour returns to New Orleans for the 2nd Annual New Orleans Tattoo Arts Convention. Get Tattooed by some of the best local, national, or international tattoo artists. Vendors with every supply a tattoo professional could need. As well vendors geared toward the tattoo enthusiast, with everything from jewelry, clothing and artwork, See great Side show entertainment and live human suspension to round out an amazing weekend of fun. To find for more information, check out your website at www.villainarts.com

Mythical is an entertainment company and lifestyle brand founded by life-long friends Rhett & Link, who began their career creating wildly popular comedic songs, surreal sketches, and low-budget local commercials.

The duo hosts Mythical’s flagship comedy talk show, Good Mythical Morning (GMM), which has over 15 million subscribers, 100 million monthly views, and nearly 6 billion lifetime views on YouTube.

Every Monday through Friday on Good Mythical Morning (GMM), Rhett & Link eat truly unbelievable things, explore surprising new products and trends, compete in original games with celebrity guests, implement serious experiments in hilarious ways, and more.

EVERYONE NEEDS A TICKET REGARDLESS OF AGE NO PHOTOS OR RECORDINGS NO COMPUTERS OR BACKPACKS VIP INFORMATION: IF YOU PURCHASE THE VIP PACKAGE THIS INCLUDES: 1 PREMIUM RESERVED SEAT MEET & GREET WITH RHETT & LINK (POST SHOW) INDIVIDUAL PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WITH RHETT & LINK 1 EXCLUSIVE RHETT & LINK TOTE BAG 1 SIGNED TOUR POSTER EARLY ENTRY FIRST ACCESS MERCHANDISE SHOPPING 1 COMMEMORATIVE VIP LAMINATE

A showcase of NOT MALE Drag!
Faux Queen, Bio Queen, Hyper Queen, Non-Binary Queen, Flip Queen, Female Queen, A Drag Queen trapped in a Woman’s Body – call it what you will but we just call it DRAG. Please join us for a large and in charge evening of some of the best not male Drag Queens in the bizness. Your host for the evening is the diminutive dynamo himself, that 5 foot tall ultimate pick-up artist, direct from the sock drawer to hair and makeup to the stage, the wonderful Napoleon Complex. With a cast of thousands including TITI BABY, Visqueen, Maryboy, Rogue Rouge, Virginia Slimjim, Tarah Cards, Lash Wednesday, CeCe V DeMenthe, Besame Culo, SHOCTAVIA, Chrysalis, Shebrew Internationale, LadyBEAST, Glamdromeda Strange, AshleyRose Bailey, Betty Essem and Bellagio Showers.

She, she who? she WHO? she, WHO SHE? . . .
She SHE who, She, she SHE
she SHE, she SHE who
SHEEE WHOOOOOO

Named after the She Who poem of Judy Grahn, this cast isn’t afraid to perform femininity in all its wildest imaginings.

VIP $25 includes priority seating, a signed head shot of the cast and a meet and greet after the show

General Admission $10

doors at 8 show at 9

Swarm Enterprises presents The Sting Ring, a premier boxing event, Friday, September 6th at The Sugar Mill in New Orleans. Doors at 6:30pm.

Featuring a Special Performance by Boyfriend, an appearance by Black Magic Drumline, food trucks—including Taceaux Loceaux, Burgers Ya Heard, & Afrodisiac NOLA, a custom cigar rolling station, and entertainment only found in New Orleans!

Get Tickets Here!

General Admission: $35 in advance, $45 at the door | Standing Room Only

Seated: $75 | Includes Standing Room plus seat in Seated Section

Ringside: $120 | Exclusive Ringside Reserved Seating

VIP Box Seating for 10: $1,000 | Only 3 Remaining! | Featuring Private VIP Boxes with priority viewing and cocktail service

NOLA Caribbean Experience presents: Hot Girl Summer Pool Party featurding the two hottest female DJs in Louisiana DJ Kelly Green reppin N.O. and DJ Ally Bea repping B.R. playing the best in Bounce, Trap, Afro-Beats and Caribbean music. Hosted by the lovely, talented, Chef Ashley Jonique all at the dopest place in town with the most beautiful pool, the Drifter Hotel.

Party starts for 4pm. ONLY $15 before 6pm. 21+ event

To kick off the Saint’s season opener, the first annual Who Dat Nation Rally & Music Festival is taking place adjacent to the Saint’s practice facility in Lasalle Park and the Jefferson Performing Arts Center. Enjoy live music, local cuisine, arts and crafts, and Saints fun on September 7th and 8th.

Tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for kids 13-18. Children 12 and under are free. 

The grounds are open from noon to 10pm on Saturday and 11am to 9pm Sunday. WHO DAT!

Live Nation Urban and Q93 Presents Lil‘Weezyana Fest 2019! New Orleans very own Lil Wayne’s 5th annual artist curated festival heads to a new location at the UNO Lakefront Arena Festival Grounds. The lineup for this year includes “Hot Girl Summer” anthem creator Megan Thee Stallion, Trey Songz, Travis Scott, and of course, Lil Wayne himself. Don’t miss out on this day and night of music! 

Purchase tickets here.

**DISCOUNT TICKET AVAILABLE WITH STUDENT ID IN-PERSON AT THE BOX OFFICE OR AT THE DOOR NIGHT OF SHOW**

– Ages 18+
– Must have valid Government-Issued ID -OR- Passport to enter
– No professional cameras or rigs (cameras with removable lenses)
– Purchaser must be present (with valid photo ID -OR- Passport) to claim Will Call Tickets
– Name changes must be made at least one hour prior to Door Time – Contact Eventbrite Customer Service by phone 855-872-1525 or email at attendeesupport@eventbrite in order to make a name change
– All sales are final

**Tipitina’s Box Office is open Monday-Friday 10:00am-4:30pm**

Join us in this hands-on, foundational herbalist series incorporating practical medicine-making skills as well as exploring an in depth overview of working with plant medicine to promote a balanced and healthy lifestyle. These classes will inspire budding and blossoming herbalists alike to get their head, heart and hands into plants as medicine, to start creating their own apothecary at home. Each class will include a hands-on demonstration, where participants can take home an herbal product every time!

~ Taught by Lou Carrig & Christiane Wurmstedt
~ Sign-up for all 7 classes for $160 (includes supplies)
~ Individual classes are $25-40 sliding scale (includes supplies)
~ Registration is encouraged b/c classes fill up; call the shop at (504) 488-4425
~ We have a 24 hr refund cancellation policy, so please let us know if you can’t make it!

Foundations of Herbal Medicine
Saturday, September 7th, 10:00am-12:30pm
In this class we will dive into the foundations of herbal medicine, exploring roots of disease, energetics, flavors and actions as well as the various forms and preparations of herbal medicine and developing a vocabulary for healing. This class is the first class of our Heart of Herbal Medicine Series and will give you all the tools you need to get started on the right foot!

Drag performers will take center stage during a lively brunch soiree at The Parlor, located inside the Pontchartrain Hotel, on Sunday, September 8, 2019 from 11AM-2PM. Native New Orleanian, TV personality and culinary activist Poppy Tooker, along with CrescentCare–NO/AIDS Task Force, will host Poppy’s Pop-Up Drag Brunch to celebrate the launch of Tooker’s newest book DRAG QUEEN BRUNCH (August 2019; Rainbow Road Press). A portion of the proceeds will go toward Crescentcare’s Food For Friends – a meal-delivery program, which has served people living with AIDS and cancer in the greater New Orleans area for over 35 years.

Priced at $85 per person (including tax and gratuity), the three-course brunch will include delectable dishes and bubbly cocktail pairings from Jack Rose, recently named “Best Hotel Restaurant 2019” by USA Today 10Best. Drag sensations in attendance will include Laveau Contraire, Starr Alexander, Mistie Bonet, Lana O’Day and Jessica Champagne, all of whom appear in the book. DRAG QUEEN BRUNCH books will be available for purchase and signing.

Tickets can be purchased here.

The festive brunch menu follows: