Friends of the Cabildo Calendar of Events
FOC Concert Series 2019-2020
Tickets on Sale July 1st
Tickets: $20 Members | $25 General Admission (Landreth Concert is $25/$35) All Concerts at 7pm | Doors 6:30 p.m. | 150 total seats each show
New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint | 400 Esplanade Avenue
Guaranteed Front Row Tickets (14) – $200 | All Shows Package $100 Members, $135 GA
Performance Schedule
September 20 | Leroy Jones
November 22 | CC Adcock Swamp Pop Revue
January 31 | The Iguanas
March 27 | Sonny Landreth ($25/$35 Tickets)
April 17 | Cedric Watson
Located at the New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint’s 3rd Floor Performance Space, the 150-person venue hosts some of the most intimate concerts in the City of New Orleans and with some of the best musicians around. For the 2019-2020 season, the Friends will host concerts featuring Rock, Jazz, Folk, Blues and Zydeco. Tickets are always limited for these shows so don’t miss out on these exciting concerts as these musicians are recorded for the Louisiana State Museum Archives.
FOC Film Series 2019-2020
Tickets on Sale July 1st
Tickets: $10 Members | $15 General Admission (5:30 p.m. & 7 p.m. Showings) Limited 100 Seats/Screening
New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint | 400 Esplanade Avenue
7 p.m. showing has 20-30 minute interview after screening | All Screening Package | $50
Film Schedule
August 20 | A Tuba to Cuba
October 15 | The Bayou Maharajah
November 5 | A Man and His Trumpet: The Leroy Jones Story
January 21 | Big Charity: Death of America’s Oldest Hospital
March 17 | Buck Jumping
April 22 | 1970 Jazz Fest Films
The 2019-2020 Friends of the Cabildo Film Series highlights the rich cultural history of New Orleans and southern Louisiana. Topics include Second Lines, Jazz Fest, James Booker, Leroy Jones, Preservation Hall and tragedies such as Charity Hospital. The six-film series has a 5:30 and 7 p.m. every screening and always has an educational talk after the 7 p.m. Tickets are limited so purchase today.
Neighborhood & Cultural Tours
Tours must be purchased ahead of time. Tours that do not have pre-purchased tickets, may be canceled. Day of tickets can be purchased below for the tour.
Lafayette Square & Warehouse District Tour
Saturdays (9AM): July 20th, August 10th
Tickets: $20 Members | $25 General Admission
Departure Point: Lafayette Square (Henry Clay Statute, Gallier Hall is across the street at 545 St. Charles)
Walking along the busy concrete sidewalks of the Central Business District today, it is difficult to imagine that the streets now shaded by skyscrapers were originally part of Belair, the plantation of city founder Bienville—part of his 1719 land grant which stretched to the present-day Jefferson Parish line. The Friends of the Cabildo Lafayette Square & Warehouse District walking tour reveals the history behind the present day commercial district, from the plantation beginnings through the explosive American growth during the peak years from 1830–1860, to the present day. Marvel at historic buildings on Lafayette Square, St. Charles Avenue, Julia Street, Lee Circle, and more! This tour provides a historic backdrop for a new appreciation of the American Sector.
Second Thursday Lecture Series
New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave.
CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER: July 13 (6PM): – Sybil Morial “Witness to Change: From Jim Crow to Political Empowerment”
August 8 (6PM): – Robert Fieseler “Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation”
Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact 504.523.3939.
Yoga at the Cabildo
Designed for all levels of practice, for travelers and residents alike, Yoga at the Cabildo is set in a light-filled gallery of one of the city’s most beautiful and historic buildings. Due to exhibit construction at the Cabildo all classes will be at the Presbytere (751 Chartres Street). The building opposite side of the cathedral from the Cabildo.
Tuesday, Thursdays, Saturdays
8:30am to 9:30am at the Presbytere
$15 Donation (includes admission to Cabildo Museum) $10 FOC/LMF members
Mats are provided
