French Quarter Events
FQJ’s Don’t-Miss List
Friday, June 13: 2pm - 3pm
Gallatin Street Fridays presents: Roderick Paulin
New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Ave.
Read about this free concert series in our new story: On the New Orleans Jazz Museum Beat!
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This FREE program takes place inside the third-floor Performance Center, listening room. Admission is free and open to the public, seating is limited and offered first-come, first-serve.
Tune in at 2 pm on facebook.com/nolajazzmuseum/live to watch for free.
If the name Paulin sounds familiar, there’s a reason for that – Roderick Paulin is the son of legendary New Orleans bandleader Ernest “Doc” Paulin who led brass bands on the streets of New Orleans for over 70 years.
~ Roderick’s musical career spans over four decades collaborating with artists such as John Legend, Harry Connick Jr., Aaron Neville, Allen Toussaint, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Christian McBride, Trombone ‘Shorty’ Andrews, Wynton Marsalis, The Grateful Dead, PJ Morton, The Brand New Heavies, The Afghan Whigs, Branford Marsalis, and the ReBirth Brass Band.
~ Paulin’s experience as an arranger, producer, and saxophonist/clarinetist continues to serve him well as he’s a highly sought-after clinician/master class educator teaching the fundamentals of music and economic empowerment to students of all ages and demographics.
~ For the last 10 years, Paulin has served on the faculty of the Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp of New Orleans which is the longest running, minority-owned and operated music organization that serves public and private school students of New Orleans and surrounding communities.
Saturday, June 14: Lineup 5pm, rolls at 6pm
NOLA Pride Parade 2025
The parade will loop through the French Quarter and end on the corner of Rampart and Dumaine.
Saturday, June 14: 4pm start
World Naked Bike Ride: New Orleans
Benefit for bike safety awareness
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From the WNBR NOLA FB page:
~ Our mission is to take to the streets riding nude as the best way of defending our dignity as humans on bikes. We expose just how vulnerable we are as cyclist on our own city streets. We also ride to protest the world's oil dependency, mainly cars, that negatively impacts the environment on this planet.
~ All are welcome! From the shy, to the bold, cyclists, rollerbladers, rollerskaters, skateboarders and even joggers with only one exception, no motorized vehicles.
~ The World Naked Bike Ride dress code is "As Bare As You Dare"...How bare is that? How dare is that? It's all up to you.
~ The ride is "free", but costs money. You can make a donation at the ride, or use the handy Go Fund Me link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-support-the-world-naked-ride-new-orleans-2025
~ More details on the FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/464761023365645
June 17, Tuesday: shows at 7pm and 9pm
Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp Ensemble Benefit Show
Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro, 626 Frenchmen Street
Purchase advance tickets below and see what other exciting performances are happening at Snug this week!
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~ FQJ’s Pick of the Week: The Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp has been providing high-level Jazz education and skills training for the past 30 years. For three weeks in July students between the ages of 10 and 21 experience an intense learning environment of instruction and performance.
Support the camp at this special performance with artistic director, Donald Harrison and special guests.
Below are 50 upcoming events happening in the FQ and surrounding neighborhoods. Want even more? Click the button at the bottom, which will take you to our FB Events page.
Our events are curated. For a complete list of live music happenings in the city, check out WWOZ’s Livewire Music Calendar!
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