The Leaf has welcomed some of Louisiana's greatest stars, like George Porter Jr. — who performs every Monday night with his ...

Self-styled inventor of jazz, pianist, bandleader, composer, hustler, vaudeville show entertainer, rumored pimp. Ferdinand ...

For Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong, even their fame couldn’t fully protect them from the terrifying violence ...

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this November with a full slate of nightly performances. Learn more about ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation (NOJHFF) has appointed Blake-Anthony Johnson as its new Chief Executive Officer ...

Preservation Hall Jazz Band took a Lied Center for Performing Arts audience to New Orleans on Friday evening, joyously taking them to church, the 9th Ward and Mardi Gras. A joyous affair from ...

University of New Orleans is a public institution that was founded in 1958. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 5,476 ...

From restaurants to art galleries to funky antique shops, there's something to do for everyone in every corner of New Orleans ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Sixty-four years ago this November, public schools in New Orleans began to desegregate. School buildings once designated as “white” opened their doors to Black students. The ...

New Orleans is like ... Brass and Jazz bands strike up beneath palm trees strung in colorful fairy lights. Twenty years on, it’s still one of the coolest hangouts in the whole city. We are suckers for ...

This is the time when most of the major festivals – including Mardi Gras and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – take place. However, you should note that hotel rates rise dramatically ...