Friends of the Cabildo Concert Series
All Concerts at 7pm | Location: New Orleans Jazz Museum Thursday Floor (400 Esplanade Avenue)(Only 100 Tickets/Show)
Tickets: Individual Tickets $30/$25 (Members)
Season Tickets: Regular Season Tickets $110/$85 Members (Regular Season Ticket No Longer Includes the Nov. 20th Concert)
The Friends of the Cabildo concert series takes place in the 100-Person New Orleans Jazz Museum Performance Space. All Concerts are at 7pm and season and regular are available now
2026 – 2027 Concert Series Line-Up
Friday, September 18th – Kristin Diable
Friday, October 9th – Sonny Landreth
Friday, November 20th – The Walrus – New Orleans Beatles Tribute (Sold Out)
Friday, December 18th – Concert Celebration For James Booker and Professor Longhair Birthday with special guest John “Papa” Gros
Friday, January 8th – Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars
Thursday, March 25th – Kyle Roussel
Friends of the Cabildo Film Series
All Films start at 6pm at the New Orleans Jazz Museum (400 Esplanade Ave.) third floor performance space.
Tickets: Members $10, GA $20, Season Pass $35 Member, $50 GA.
Wednesday, September 23th – Michalopoulos: The Art Of Celebration
Wednesday, October 14th – Ancestral Artistry: The Influence of Africans & Creoles of Color on Louisiana Architecture
Wednesday, November 4th – Irma: My Life in Music
Wednesday, January 13th – Dr. Norman C. Francis: A Legacy of Leadership
Wednesday, February 24th – The Sons of Tennessee Williams
Wednesday, March 17 – Big Charity
Wednesday, April 28th – 1970 Jazz Fest Films
2026-2027 Adult History Zoom Classes
Founding of New Orleans Class (September 14, 15, 17, 4pm)
History of Carnival Classes (Jan. 2027, Dates TBA, 6pm, 4 Classes)
Neighborhoods of New Orleans (May 2027, 4pm & 6pm Dates TBA, 5 Classes)
Home Research Seminar (June 2027, 10am, Date TBD) (Zoom and In-Person at the NO Jazz Museum)
Neighborhood & Cultural Tours
Weekly Saturday Garden District Tour
Every Saturday | 10am | Departure: The Chicory House (2727 Prytania)
American 250 Tour – Spanish Louisiana & the American Revolution
Sunday | Sept. 13th & Oct. 4th | Saturday-November 7th | 10am | Departure: 1850 House
Sicilian History Tour of the French Quarter
Sundays | 10am | Sept. 6th & 13th | Oct. 4th & 11th | Nov. 1st & 8th | Departure: 1850 House Museum Store (523 St. Ann St.)
Bywater Tour
Saturdays | Oct. 17th & Nov. 21st | 10:00 a.m. | Departure: Bywater Bakery (3624 Dauphine Street)
Fall 2026 Friends of the Cabildo Member Lecture Series
Creole Heritage Month Series
October 6 – Dr. Phillip P. Fox – Forging Faithful Subjects: Dynastic State Formation in Early Modern Spain
October 13 – Dr. Natasha L. McPherson – Making Creole: Women and the Creole Community in Early Jim Crow New Orleans
October 20 – Dr. Daryl Barthe – Becoming American in Creole New Orleans: 1896 to 1949
November 10 – Kathleen Byrd – Natchitoches, Louisiana 1840-1865: A Creole Community in the Slave South
November 17th – Dr. Jonathan Earle – He Has the People: Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1860
CREOLE HERITAGE MONTH: Exploring Cross-Cultural Connections, History, & Traditions in New Orleans
L’Héritage Créole de La Nouvelle-Orléans Louisiana Fine Art & Archival Collection
Mini Seminar Tickets – $15 FOC Members, $20 GA (In-Person or online, all lectures recorded and will be sent to all participants)
Join Friends of the Cabildo for an immersive month-long series of educational programs examining the rich, multi-layered tapestry of New Orleans Creoleheritage. Through an in-person symposium and virtual lectures, prominent historians and scholars explore cross-cultural relationships, spiritual traditions, benevolent societies, and genealogy
Culinary Pathways — Food & The Market District – 10am
Speaker: Ed Branley – A comprehensive survey on the evolution of the French Market District and its role in daily Creole life across three distinct eras (1800, 1850, and 1900).
Religion: Catholic Practices & Voodoo – 11am
Speaker: Sunni Patterson – An insightful lecture exploring adaptive spiritual practices and cross-cultural synthesis between Catholicism and Voodoo within 19th-century enslaved and Free People of Color (FPC) communities.
Social & Cultural Practices: Benevolent Societies – 1pm
Panel Discussion: Jari Honora, Sally Asher, & Ashley Parker
An overview of 19th-century Benevolent Societies across diverse cultural groups, examining civic purpose, funerary traditions, and extant Black and European organizations.
Creole Family Genealogy & Heritage – 2pm
Speaker: Katy Morlas Shannon – A historical survey of mixed-race family histories, examining the social, economic, and cultural pathways chosen for survival and prosperity in Louisiana.
Yoga at the Cabildo
Yoga at the Cabildo will begin classes again starting Saturday, June 17th at 8:30 a.m. at the Cabildo (701 Chartres Street) on beautiful Jackson Square.
Layla Ross will be giving classes every Saturday morning for Friends of the Cabildo Members, locals and tourists.
Member cost for the class is $10 and non-members its $20. If you have a mat please bring one if not we have some available for free.
Second Thursday Lecture Series
Sponsored by Friends of the Cabildo Members
Second Thursday Lecture Series
Coffee Culture New Orleans with Marielle Songy