Neighborhood & Cultural Tours
Battle of New Orleans Tour
Saturday | June 21 | 10am
Departure: 1850 House Museum Store (523 St. Ann St.
Sicilian History Tour of the French Quarter (New Tour)
Sundays | July 6, August 3 (Sold Out), September 7 | 10am
Departure: 1850 House Museum Store (523 St. Ann St.)
Home Research Seminar with Robert Cangelosi
Saturday, June 28rd | In Person (Jazz Museum), Live on Zoom and Recorded | 10am – 12:30pm
Tickets: $35, Members $25 (In person or zoom same price)
Friends of the Cabildo will host “Researching Your New Orleans Property” Seminar with Robert J. Cangelosi, Jr., an Adjunct Lecturer at the Tulane University School of Architecture, and he will present an in-depth program on historic home research.
If walls could talk, you would know everything you wanted to know about your property, like who previously owned it, those who slept in it, how old it is, and what secrets it holds. Cangelosi, president of Koch and Wilson Architects, will outline how to develop the history of your property, using primary sources rather than oral traditions and secondary sources, which often are incorrect. Preparation of a “chain of title,” the essential first step in developing a history, will be discussed. The chain document the ownership of a property, which in theory, can be taken back to the early 1700s, during the French Colonial period. The “chain of title” relates to the property, not the improvements, and rarely will the chain alone indicate when improvements were made. Like history detectives, determining when improvements were done involves research into various records, including census, tax, water, building permits, contracts, city directories, newspapers, and more. This program will explain how these records can be used and where to find them.
The architectural style of the improvements can also help date a property. A concise architectural history of New Orleans will be included to help identify the architectural style of your property.
Adult History Classes
All Classes on Zoom and Recorded for Later Viewing
Founding of New Orleans Class | Sept. 22, 23, 25, 29 (4pm Live Class, 2 Hour Classes) | Members: $40, GA $50
Historian Charles Chamberlain will present a series of four lectures covering the founding of New Orleans – providing the background of environmental context and initial French colonial settlement, and then Bienville’s founding of the city in 1718 and the subsequent physical and cultural development of Nouvelle Orleans in the 1720s and 1730s.
January 2026 Carnival Class | Members: $40, GA $50
May 2026 Neighborhoods of New Orleans Class | Members: $45, GA $60
Summer Member Lecture Series
Free for Members w/Signup | GA $10/lecture or $25 for all Spring Lectures
Lectures at 6pm on Tuesdays (Recordings Free for Members/$10 GA Donation are Available After)
June 17 – An History of New Orleans Creole Culture – Dionne Butler
June 24 – The Lives of Free People of Color during the Antebellum Period – Harold Marchand
Fall 2025 Member Lecture Series
August 5 – The Native Acolapissa Indians of Mandeville of St. Tammany Parish – Jackson Cantrell
August 12 – Reimagining the Educated Citizen: Creole Pedagogies in the Transatlantic World, 1685-1896 – Dr. Petra Hendry
August 19 – Voices and Visions: Essays on New Orleans Literary History – Dr. Nancy Dixon & Dr. Leslie Petty
October 7 – The Devil’s Own Purgatory: The United States Mississippi River Squadron in the Civil War – Dr. Robert Gudmestad
October 14 – Descendants: The Divided Linage of a Louisiana Creole Family – John Durel
November 4 (4pm) – New Orleans: A Concise History of an Exceptional City – Dr. Charles Chamberlain
November 11 – Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy – James Workman | Edited by Bruce Magee & Stephen Payne
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
Thursday, June 12th, 6pm | Sponsored by Friends of the Cabildo
The Age of the Borderlands: Indians, Slaves, and the Limits of Manifest Destiny, 1790–1850 with Andrew C. Isenberg
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Cabildo as part of the Second Thursday Lecture Series. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The program will take place on Zoom. A Zoom link will be emailed to you on the day of the lecture.
Film Series and Concert Series Tickets Available July 1st (Limited Tickets Both)
September: 24 – Big Charity- Death of America’s Oldest Hospital (Q&A with Dr. James Moises)
October: 8 – Lafayette: The Lost Hero (Q&A with Randy Delahanty)
November: 12 – Blue: The Life and Art of George Rodrigue (Q&A by Jacque Rodrigue)
2026
January TBA – Member of the Club: Black Aristocracy Through the Eyes of an African American Debutante and her Matriarchal Family (Q&A with Kelly Parker)
March: 25 – Film Series: George Dureau: New Orleans Artist (Q&A TBA)
April: 22 – Film Series: 1970 Jazz Fest Films (Moderated by Jon Pult
Fall 2025 Tertulia Gatherings
September 14 – Hispanic Heritage Month
Oct. 12 – Spanish Independence Day
November TBA – Creole Heritage History
Come learn about Spanish Connections around a theme and hear local speakers and join the discussions as we host three (3) Tertulia this spring. Includes wine and starts at 2pm. Tickets are $20 for FOC/LMF Members and $30 GA. Come join the fun and be part of the Tertulia
What is a Tertulia? A Tertulia is a social gathering with an artistic or literary focus, particularly in Spanish America or Iberia. It can also refer to an informal meeting where people discuss current events or the arts.
FOC Concert Tickets for 2025-2026 Season to be Released on July 1st. 100 tickets/show
All Concerts at 7pm at the NO Jazz Museum 3rd Floor | 100 tickets/Show in the Atmos Digital Sound New Orleans Jazz Museum 3rd Floor Performance Space Venue
Individual Concert Ticket – $30 GA / $25 Members
November 21st – Paul Sanchez
December 19th – Professor Longhair 107th Birthday Show with CR Gruver of the New Orleans Suspects
January 16th – Alex McMurray
March 13th – Robin Barnes – The Songbird of New Orleans
April 2nd – TBA
The FOC Concert Series is supported by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation through the Community Sponsorship Grant Program. 100% of Grants Proceeds go to the musicians.
