The Stooges Brass Band will lead the Pigeontown Steppers on a second-line through Carrollton on Easter Sunday. (Photo by Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Easter revelry comes to Uptown New Orleans this weekend in a variety of forms, including an Easter Egg hunt at the Palmer Park art market, a second line through Hollygrove, Fontainebleau, Carrollton and Pigeontown, and an Easter tribute to Louis Armstrong.
For full details and links to these and other events, see our calendar listings below.
Friday
- Kids Club Earth Day celebration Easter egg hunt and petting zoo. 12 to 2 p.m., Whole Foods Arabella Station, 5600 Magazine.
- PJ’s Family Night at the Movies (weekly). 6:30 p.m. PJ’s Coffee, 5432 Magazine Street.
- Uptown Chess Club (weekly). 7 p.m. Pepperoni’s Cafe, 8123 Hampson St.
Saturday
- Hollygrove Farmers Market. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., 8301 Olive Street
- Friends of NOPL Weekly Used Book Sale. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Latter Library, 5120 St Charles.
- The Arts Market of New Orleans Easter Egg Hunt and Everything Spring. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Palmer Park at South Claiborne and South Carrollton.
- Steven T. Jones signs and discusses “The Tribes of Burning Man.” 1 p.m., Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St.
- BET reality star Toya Carter signs “Priceless Inspirations.” 3 p.m. GARB Boutique, 2108 Magazine St.
- Irvin Mayfield discusses and signs “A Love Letter to New Orleans.” 6 p.m., Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St.
- Swing dance party and NOLA Spaces fundraiser. 9 p.m., Dixon Hall at Tulane University.
Sunday
- The Original Pigeontown Steppers Social & Pleasure Club second line parade. 1 to 4 p.m., begins at 3500 Eagle in Hollygrove and rolls through Fontainebleau, Carrollton and Pigeontown.
- Poetry Reading and Open Mic. 3 p.m., Maple Leaf Bar, 8316 Oak Street.
- Celebrating Easter: 65 performers from the town of Algoma. 5 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Avenue.
- Richard Horan Book Signing and discussion. 5:30 p.m., Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St.
Thank you for posting the information about this weekend’s events and Easter celebrations. All of them sound wonderful! That’s great about the Original Pigeontown Steppers Social and Pleasure Club’s second-line parade, the Palmer Park art market’s Easter Egg hunt, and the Easter tribute to Louis Armstrong.