This weekend, dance at the Jazz at Congo Square festival or stroll through galleries at the Covington White Linen for Public Art showcase. Or, visit a museum that’s offering free or discounted admission. Here’s more of what’s happening August 19-21.
For the third consecutive week, linen is the dress code. The COVINGTON WHITE LINEN FOR PUBLIC ART showcase is Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Cultural Arts District, generally Boston Street from Lee Lane to Columbia. Local vendors, art demonstrations, live music, open galleries and more are featured at the free event. Check out more here.
For the month of August, museum lovers can visit 20 participating New Orleans museums using just one membership. This cross-institutional collaboration includes the Ashe Cultural Arts Center, Back Street Cultural Museum, Louisiana Children’s Museum, Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, The National WWII Museum, New Orleans Pharmacy Museum and Newcomb Art Museum. Free entrance during MUSEUM MONTH is limited to two people per membership. Check out more here.
The JAZZ AT CONGO SQUARE festival features drum circles, spoken word and dance and a lineup of talented jazz performers like Corey Henry & Treme Funktet and the Where Ya At Brass Band. 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St. Free.
The Pontchartrain Conservancy and NOLA Ready are teaming up to educate and prepare families for hurricane season, giving out free emergency kits, diapers, hygiene products and more at STORM AWARE AND PREPARE Saturday at 8 a.m. at the New Canal Lighthouse, 8001 Lakeshore Drive. Check out more here.
610 STOMPERS, the parade-popular, all-male dance troupe with “extraordinary moves” will hold tryouts Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at Southport Hall, 200 Monticello Ave., New Orleans. The public action starts at noon. Donations to watch the guys going at it will be $10. Check out more here.
Beat the summer heat by planning a weekend trip to a New Orleans art museum. Courtesy of The Helis Foundation, ART & A/C gives Louisiana residents free admission every Saturday in August to the Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St. and New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle. No prior registration is needed. Check out more here.
Eat pizza, drink beer and get guessing at the “Name Dat Tune” TRIVIA NIGHT. The Electric Yat Quartet is hosting a live music trivia night Friday at 6:30 p.m. at NOLA Brewing Co., 3001 Tchoupitoulas St. They’ll play a song and attendees can text in the name to win gift certificates to NOLA Brewing. Check out more here.
Kick back at the Drifter Hotel, 3522 Tulane Ave., for MID-CITY MINI CON on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. The poolside party includes all day music, vendors and food pop-ups, as well a cosplay contest at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15. 21 and older. Check out more here.
The 3rd annual ST. TAMMANY HOME AND REMODELING SHOW AND LOUISIANA FOOD FEST is this Saturday and Sunday at the Castine Center, 63350 Pelican Drive, Mandeville. The home show will feature the latest products and services for home improvement. Vendors for kitchens, baths, appliances and more will be present. For the food fest, over 20 Louisiana companies will providing free tastings, samples and orders of locally grown and packaged foods and treats. The show starts at 10 a.m. both days. Tickets are $6. Check out more here.
The DIGITAL REALITY exhibit at The Octavia Art Gallery, 700 Magazine St., combines video, projections, hybrid paintings, holograms, NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and accompanying paintings and limited-edition prints for a unique technological experience. Featured artists include Jessica Bizer, Eric Hoffman, Naomie Kremer, Rebecca Rose, Dan Rule and Laria Saunders. The exhibit will run until Aug. 27. Check out more here.