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Voodoo fest reaches deal with La. City Park – AP – NOLA.com

Looks like Voodoo Fest is on for Halloween!!

Voodoo fest reaches deal with La. City Park – AP – NOLA.com.

Jazzfest Grids | The Nearly-World-Famous Jazzfest Grids

If you’ve ever been to Jazz Fest in NOLA, you know there are TONS of night shows and after parties, etc. Check out all the night shows and Jazz Fest rumors here: Jazzfest Grids | The Nearly-World-Famous Jazzfest Grids.

Chelsea’s must rezone or face shutdown

Chelsea’s Café is being backed into a corner to change its rezoning status. David Remmeter, owner of the popular Perkins Road restaurant and live music venue, pleaded “no contest” to charges of operating a bar without a license to do so and agreed to pay a $2,000 fine. His restaurant license is suspended for one year unless he meets certain conditions from the Louisiana Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, such as changing the zoning status to reflect operating as a bar. If Remmeter loses his restaurant license, he will be forced to shut down the business.

“The other part of the stipulation is he has a choice to get his city restaurant license to match the one he has from the state, or he can rezone and receive a bar zoning that would allow him to get a license from the state, called the restaurant conditional permit,” says ATC Commissioner Murphy Painter, who explained with that particular zoning, Chelsea’s Café can be a restaurant until 9 p.m. and be a bar until closing time, as long as ratio and qualifications are intact and there’s no zoning issues within the area. “That’s how complicated it is. I’m not a demon. I just do what I have to do.”

Remmeter says he is working to get his rezoning status through the Metro Council. In the meantime, he says, Chelsea’s will continue offering a full menu all day and live music after 10 p.m. Remmeter says that at his old location by LSU, alcohol sales outnumbered food sales. Since he moved to the Perkins Road overpass, food sales have surpassed alcohol sales. Painter, however, argues that the records show Chelsea’s is “selling barely more food,” which still puts the restaurant out of qualifications to be considered a “bona fide restaurant.”

“This is just the tip of the iceberg,” says Remmeter, who adds that a few restaurant owners in town are looking at ways get around the ATC restrictions. “It’s a big deal. We’ve got a strong business; people like this place.”—Rebecca Breeden

via :: Baton Rouge Business Report :: Daily Report AM.

This is ridiculous.. Why can’t Dave just run a restaurant that serves good food and supports live music?

Founder: Voodoo Can’t Move Date, Location – New Orleans News Story – WDSU New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — The founder of the Voodoo Experience says a communication error with City Park means that one of the area’s largest outdoor music festivals may not happen this October.

WDSU first broke the story Monday that Voodoo was seeking to move the event to the last weekend of the month to coincide with Halloween, but that prior bookings at the park made that impossible.Festival founder Steve Rehage said Tuesday that he had agreed on the new dates with City Park officials. He said someone even updated the dates on the park’s Web site just before Voodoo officially announced its Halloween plans.”They actually posted the date change on their website on Feb. 16, 10 days before we sent out our press release and changed our Web site,” he said.But City Park leaders say they can’t understand the confusion, because Voodoo has secured the same dates with the park for the past five years.

Founder: Voodoo Can’t Move Date, Location – New Orleans News Story – WDSU New Orleans.

Wow.. I went last year and am sooooooooo looking forward to this year’s Voodoo Fest! I hope they can figure something out!

Photos: Mardi Gras Indians celebrate ‘Super Sunday’ in New Orleans – Breaking News from New Orleans – Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

The New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians hold their annual Super Sunday extravaganza with several different Indian tribes showing off their finery in this gallery of photos from The Times-Picayune.

Audio slideshow: Hear the sights and sounds of “Super Sunday”

via Photos: Mardi Gras Indians celebrate ‘Super Sunday’ in New Orleans – Breaking News from New Orleans – Times-Picayune – NOLA.com

When underdogs dance – greatest upsets in men’s NCAA tournament history

Have you filled out your brackets yet for the NCAA tourney? There’s still a few more hours left! Check out the greatest upsets in men’s NCAA tournament history at ESPN.com – Page2 – When underdogs dance. (peep #10!)

Also check out: Top Ten March Madness Buzzer Beaters

Gambit’s 2009 Fairs and Festivals Guide – Fairs and Festivals are scheduled almost every weekend of the year in Louisiana. – News & Views – Gambit Feature – The Gambit – New Orleans

Louisianans love festivals, perhaps because they bring together in one place the things we love most about our state: culture, food, music and fun. Almost every town hosts at least one festival to spotlight its unique character, and the themes and offerings are as varied as different cooks’ gumbos.

To help us pull together information on the state’s fairs and festivals, The Gambit has turned to Julie Posner, reigning queen of Louisiana festivals and publisher of the 12th annual Huli’s Calendar of Louisiana Festivals and Events. The calendar lists hundreds of events across the state, with dates, town names, phone numbers and Web sites. You can buy a calendar for $14.95 at local stores, or purchase one online at www.louisiana-festivals.com.

via Gambit’s 2009 Fairs and Festivals Guide – Fairs and Festivals are scheduled almost every weekend of the year in Louisiana. – News & Views – Gambit Feature – The Gambit – New Orleans.

Britney’s Back!

As some of you may or may not know… I like Britney Spears. Please don’t tell anyone. It could ruin my
image. But…I’ve always liked her music and also have sort of a personal connection to her. Her 1st concert since her come back was last nite and I found the 1st review on Perez Hilton!!

Britney Spears descended from the sky at the New Orleans Arena on Tuesday night to rightfully reclaim her role as the Princess of Pop. And Perez was lucky enough to be there!

One of the reasons we decided to go to New Orleans was because we weren’t sure if Britney would make it without quitting through to the middle of April, when her Circus tour is scheduled to hit Los Angeles. Heck, we weren’t even sure she could pull off opening night.

And she did! Quite well. Much better than we had expected!

Perez Hilton: Britney’s Back!.