By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Kentucky Derby – The 148th Run For The Roses If you can't be there, it's fun to gather some people at the bar and make a quick bet, with the winner collecting the money and hopefully sharing it with the others to buy drinks. For those in the LA Beach Cities, Berry Bly is holding his annual Kentucky Derby Party at Shade … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: It Doesn’t Matter What Bands Play At Jazzfest, It’s Still A Party
New Orleans Event Is Always A Music Lover's Bucket List Event By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac and now Social Distortion. That's the descending order of bands that have been scheduled to play the 50th anniversary of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage – more commonly known as JazzFest – this year in New … [Read more...]
Rolling Stones Headline Blockbuster New Orleans JazzFest 2019 Lineup
Jimmy Buffett, Santana, Tom Jones, Ziggy Marley & More On State As The Big Easy Goes Big For 50th Anniversary By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Music Blogger If you can't get no satisfaction out of this lineup of bands, then you should just stay at home and never go to a music festival again. The 50th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival features … [Read more...]
Jimmy Buffett Returns To New Orleans Jazzfest For 2019
Second Weekend Is A Blockbuster With The Rolling Stones By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Music Blogger Jimmy Buffett is returning to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, playing the second weekend of the annual event, which is one of the best music festivals in the world and a top party weekend in the Big Easy. Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will be … [Read more...]
New Orleans Jazzfest 2018 Tickets Now On Sale
Aerosmith, Rod Stewart, Sting, Jimmy Buffett Are Headliners New Orleans JazzFest has several big names performing in 2018 and tickets for the massive two-week music (and food and fun) festival are now on sale. Tickets prices are $70 in advance (available on-line) and $80 at the door per day. There are no weekend packages, other than VIP options. You can purchase … [Read more...]
Jimmy Buffett Performing At New Orleans Jazzfest 2018 Dates & Schedule
Aerosmith, Aretha Franklin, Sting, Bonnie Raitt Also Playing First Weekend In NOLA "Louisiana, Louisiana. Trying to wash us away..." Jimmy Buffett will likely be singing that song in that state at the end of April as he will be playing the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – otherwise known as Jazzfest – on its first weekend. Buffett will be performing … [Read more...]
Jazzfest 2017 Lineup Not Impressive But Remains A Bucket List Party Event
New Orleans Festival Has Beer, Bands & Is A Blast The 2017 New Orleans Jazzfest lineup is nothing to get really excited about, really. There's Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, Maroon 5, Trombone Shorty and Harry Connick, Jr. That's good, but hardly anything to really make one jump up and run around the room and start calling and texting friends. Snoop Dogg does nothing for … [Read more...]
New Orleans Jazzfest 2017 Dates & Music Lineup Highlights
Stevie Wonder, Snoop Dogg, Tom Petty Among Performers Jimmy Buffett is in town! He played With Dave Matthews on Friday. Will he be playing Margaritaville on Saturday!?!? The 2017 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival features a full seven-day lineup with a music range that goes from Stevie Wonder to Snoop Dogg. The Week 1 headline performers are Harry Connick, … [Read more...]
Jimmy Buffett Playing In A New Orleans Bar During Jazzfest 2017?
Fins Up For Parrotheads In The Big Easy A Possibility PubClub.com is speculating that Jimmy Buffett will be playing at a music club in New Orleans during the second weekend of Jazzfest. Why the speculation? He was on stage with Dave Matthews on Friday 2017 and he's obviously in town. Here are more three primary reasons: • He's played there before during Jazzfest (at … [Read more...]
New Orleans Jazzfest 2016: Where I Want To Be This Weekend
Blogger's Party Bucket List Destination For April 28-May 1 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger Let's party! Here's where I want to do it the weekend of April 28-May 1: New Orleans for the Jazz & Heritage Festival. Otherwise known to partiers simply as New Orleans Jazzfest, this is a perfect combination of an outdoor beer-drinking event, a potential singles … [Read more...]
New Orleans JazzFest The Essential Survival Guide & Tips
Top Tips On The Beer, Bars, Bands, Food & More Here is everything you need to know about attending this fun music, food and beer drinking festival known as New Orleans JazzFest. Think of it as your essential JazzFest survival guide. Things To Know Before Going To JazzFest • The 2022 dates are April 29-31 and May 5-8. • Get a room well in advance of … [Read more...]
Jimmy Buffett Not At Jazzfest 2016 New Orleans
Parrotheads Instead To Flock To Charlotte Plus Dallas For Memorial Day Weekend Sorry Parrotheads who love New Orleans, Jimmy Buffett is not playing Jazzfest in 2016. The Jazzfest lineup has been announced and it does not include Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band. Buffett has played there many times in the past, and of course loves New Orleans, but he's not a regular at … [Read more...]
New Orleans Jazzfest Set To Announce 2016 Lineup
Music Festival A Top Party Event In The Big Easy One of the biggest party events in a city full of big party events is ready to announce its musical lineup for 2016. New Orleans Jazzfest will revel the performers on Tuesday, Jan. 19, and the bands and musicians will fill the stages on two weekends, April 22-24 and April 28-May 1. In 2015, more than 450,000 people … [Read more...]
With Thunderstorms Perhaps Missing Jazzfest 2015 Isn’t So Bad
Jimmy Buffett And New Orleans Are Always Tempting It is always tempting, like having that last beer and last call, but sometimes you just can't do it. And that's the way it's been for me lately when it comes to Jazzfest in New Orleans. I've been a few times, had a blast each time and look forward to going to it several more times. Just not this year. When I saw the … [Read more...]
Long Beach Bayou Festival Provides Tastes And Sounds Of New Orleans
Zydeco Music, Cajun Food And Cold Beers Bring Bring Back Memories Of Jazzfest If I can't be in New Orleans, then it's good to be in place that feels like I'm in New Orleans. And that's why I went to the Bayou Festival in Long Beach, CA, on a sunny Saturday in June (the 22nd, to be exact). With Zydeco bands – accordion and washboard – filling up downtown Rainbow Lagoon, … [Read more...]
Kentucky Derby, Jazzfest & Cinco de Mayo Make This A Big Party Weekend
Mint Juleps And Margaritas: It's a Hat Trick Of Fun Partying Events To Kick Off May Get on your party hats, it's the first weekend of May. And you'll have to change those party hats depending on the day. Saturday, it's Derby hats for the annual Running of the Roses, the Kentucky Derby. Sunday, it's sombreros for Cinco de Mayo, the gringo's celebration of … [Read more...]
JazzFest New Orleans 2013 Lineup Better First Week Than Second
Billy Joel, Dave Matthews Band And B.B. King Top Second Week Performers Normally, the second week of New Orleans JazzFest is the best one for hearing the biggest-name bands. But not this year. The lineup on the first weekend far outpaces that of the second, at least in early March. Billy Joel, the Dave Matthews Band and B.B. King all play on Saturday or Sunday, April … [Read more...]
What’s Your Fun Party: Kentucky Derby, JazzFest, Cinco de Mayo
May 5, 2012 Brings A Trio of Great Beer-Drinking Events, Led By the Run For the Roses One of America's great party scenes is the Kentucky Derby. It's the first Saturday of May and the infield is, as PubClub.com reports, "absolute chaos!" So who would not want to be in Louisville!? But there is another option. And it, too, involves being hammered at the infield of a … [Read more...]
May 5 2012 Is A Huge Party Day Led by Kentucky Derby
The Run for the Roses, New Orleans JazzFest and Cinco de Mayo Are All on a Single Crazy Day Sometimes, the party gods have a meeting (over several drinks, I would presume), rub their hands together, raise their glasses and say "let's really give it to 'em hard this time!" And this is what they do – they combine three major party events at the same time. That's the case … [Read more...]
New Orleans Nightlife Is A Party Down South
The Big Easy and Bourbon Street Party Scene Starts Early For People From the South Because it's in Their Blood When a baby is born in the South – and I know this to be true because I was one of them – before it is given over to the mother and the near passed-out father, the doctor and nurse do something very sneaky. But very good for the kid later in life. They … [Read more...]