Saturday, August 1, 2009
 15th Annual Whitney White Linen Night 

 

 

 

July 29th, 2009 - August 30, 2009

 

 7th Annual Satchmo Art Show  
 
Located at the Cresecent City Brewhouse, 527 Decatur St  
 
This event is Free and open to the public!
Featuring artwork inspired by the life and music of Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong 
 

Thursday, July 30, 2009

 

Satchmo SummerFest Keynote Speaker  

 
6:30 - 7:30pm - Located on the 3rd floor of the Old U.S. Mint  
 
Keynote Address (open to the public) at Louisiana State Museum's Old U.S. Mint - 2nd Floor. Keynote speech by Robert O'Meally - Professor O'Meally is the Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and founder and former director of the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University in New York. He also serves on the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation board of directors.

 

Opening of the ‘Jam Session - Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World' photo exhibit, on loan from the Meridian Center in Washington D.C. This exhibit will be free and open to the public during Satchmo SummerFest weekend on the second floor of the Old U.S. Mint.

 Friday, July 31, 2009 

 

Satchmo Birthday Party 

 

 

10 a.m. - Located at Armstrong Park.

Free and Open to the public!

Join us to celebrate 108th anniversary of Satchmo's birth.  French Quarter Festivals, Inc presents a birthday salute, New Orleans style!  Enjoy birthday cake and refreshments.  Enter Armstrong Park at St. Ann and Rampart Streets.  Music to be provided.     

 

 

Satchmo Club Strut! 
 
6p.m. - Frenchman St.
 
Get your wristband and crawl premier New Orleans music clubs and eateries in the Frenchmen Street Arts District, featuring top jazz artists who honor Louis Armstrong's legacy for one special night.  VIP tickets are available for catered balcony parties and Snug Harbor Bistro.  For more information call or visit www.jazzcent.com. Proceeds benefit the New Orleans Jazz Centenial Celebration's outreach programs.    

 

 Saturday, August 1, 2009

 

NEW EVENTS in partnership with the French Market Corporation !

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - ‘BRASS BREAKFASTS' featuring the New Wave Brass Band at MARKET CAFÉ 1000 DECATUR STREET.

 

11:00 a.m. - Armstrong on Film at the New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park in Dutch Alley (French Market). Featuring full-length Louis Armstrong films.

 

11 a.m-12:00 p.m. - "Satchmo" documentary

12:15-12:45 p.m. - Post-documentary discussion

1:00-2:00 p.m. - "The Gift" segment of Ken Burns' documentary

2:15-2:45 p.m. - Discussion of Ken Burns' documentary

3:00-4:00 p.m. - "Operation Entertainment" film about Armstrong's African tour

4:15 p.m. - Discussion of Operation Entertainment

 

RED BEANS AND RICELY.... hers !

Booksigning with New Orleans living legend - Chef Leah Chase

at the French Market, A Tisket A Tasket - 910 Decatur Street

Noon- 1:00 p.m. - Booksigning with Chef Leah Chase, author of ‘Dookie Chase Cookbook', ‘Listen, I say like this', ‘And Still I Cook' Montrel's Restaurant will be giving samples of Red Beans and Rice to visitors.

 

FESTIVAL OPENS - The Old U.S. Mint is located at 400 Esplanade Avenue

-NEW for 2009:

One indoor music stage (3rd floor)

Seminars move to 2nd floor, within the JAM SESSION photo exhibit (Barracks Street side)

Children's Area moves to 2nd Floor (Esplanade side)

 

11:30 - 6 p.m. - Food booths open and Seminars (2nd Floor) begin inside Louisiana State Museum's Old U.S. Mint

 

Noon - 6 p.m. - Music on the grounds: 2 outdoor stages/1 indoor stage/kids area

 

NEW Special event! - Satchmo Swing Fest at Satchmo SummerFest:

12:30 p.m. sharp at the Old U.S. Mint (Barracks Street, near the ‘Red Beans and Ricely Yours' Stage) Rhythmic Arts Fest comes to Satchmo SummerFest - Join us as a spectator for the jazz-dance contest finals by some of the country's finest swing dancers. Visit www.rhythmicarts.com

 

Sunday, August 2, 2009

 

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - ‘BRASS BREAKFASTS' featuring the New Wave Brass Band at MARKET CAFÉ 1000 DECATUR STREET in partnership with the French Market Corporation

 

Jazz Mass at St. Augustine Church and
'Satchmo Salute' Second Line Parade

Mass at 10a.m. - St. Augustine Church
Parade begins at approximately at 11:30a.m.

Celebrate the 9th Annual Jazz Mass - a unique Sunday morning music ministry at the church of Sidney Bechet. 1210 Governor Nicholls Street, in the historic Treme neighborhood with performances by the Treme Brass Band and the St. Augustine Soulful Voices Choir. Seating is limited.

Immediately, following the Jazz Mass, join us for the 'Satchmo Salute' Second Line Parade, presented by Rhodes Funeral Home. A New Orleans cultural tradition, this very special second line parade first visits Louis Armstrong Park, then proceeds to Satchmo SummerFest at the Old U.S. Mint. (10 - 15 blocks).
Featuring: the To Be Continued Brass Band and the Baby Boys Brass Band,
Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Sudan Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Dumaine St Gang, Undefeated Diva Social Aid and Pleasure Club, and Grand Marshall Jennifer Jones and Bull Monkey Red

 

 

 Fun Family Activites All Weekend Long!   

 

New Location: 2nd floor of the U.S. Mint (Esplanade Street side of building) 
Join us Saturday and Sunday for fun and educational family activities: Coconut decorating with the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club's Junior Zulus; Second line Umbrella Creation Station and More!
 
Children's area will have a new ‘Armstrong on Film for kids' featuring Armstrong cartoons and other historic family friendly shows and specials.
You Rascal You - Betty Boop cartoon
The Skeleton in the Closet - from 1936's "Pennies From Heaven"
Jeepers Creepers - Louis sings to a horse
When the Saints Go Marching In - 1959
Hello, Dolly - 1965
The Faithful Hussar - 1965
The Bare Necessities - 1968
Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah - 1970
Duet with Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop on "The Whiffenpoof Song" - 1970