Free Shit in New Orleans

Devotion Studios, French Quarter

TODAY 1:00 PM • Free

“Tarot, burlesque and live painting for a Quarter pilates studio's first birthday. Free to enter.”

John Thompson Legacy Center, Treme

TODAY 6:00 PM • Free

“Protest art, free wine, and someone's uncle explaining the 60s to you”

New Marigny Theatre, Marigny

TMRW 10:00 AM • Free

“Free Sunday-morning workshop on Kabuki and Bunraku body language. Move like a stagehand in black.”

Frenchmen Art Bazaar, Marigny

TMRW 6:00 PM • Free

“Open-air art market on Frenchmen. Buy something weird, avoid the brass band crush.”

Merchant Hall, Other

MON 12:00 PM • Free

“A timeline wall of New Orleans Black education history plus five stations. Free, noon to 5.”

Brieux Carré Brewing Co., Marigny

MON 7:00 PM • Free

“Free trivia at a Marigny brewery. Lose to a team named after a sandwich.”

WYES Paulette and Frank Stewart Innovation Center, Other

TUE 2:00 PM • Free-$22.53

“70+ vendor tables across two TV studios. Pay for 2pm bubbly and discounts, or walk in free at 3.”

Frenchmen Art Bazaar, Marigny

WED 6:00 PM • Free

“Open-air art market on Frenchmen. Buy a weird painting, tip the brass band.”

André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice, Treme

THU 3:15 PM • Free

“Essayists preview a book on Jerome Smith, CORE veteran and Tambourine & Fan co-creator. Free.”

Morrow's Balcony Bar, Marigny

THU 4:00 PM • Free

“Chef Lenora on the balcony over St. Claude. Free to walk in, impossible to leave sober.”

Blue Nile, Marigny

THU 11:00 PM • Free with ID and drink purchase

“Reggae, dancehall, afrobeat and soca upstairs at the Blue Nile, 11pm on a Thursday.”

André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts and Cultural Justice, Mid-City

FRI 2:00 PM • Free

“Two authors on Bunny Matthews, the cartoonist who taught New Orleans to laugh at itself. Free”

Frenchmen Art Bazaar, Marigny

FRI 6:00 PM • FREE

“Open-air art market on Frenchmen. Buy a weird painting, skip the brass band.”

Frenchmen Art Bazaar, Marigny

NOV 22 6:00 PM • FREE

“Outdoor art market on Frenchmen. Free to look, dangerous to bring cash.”

Kinfolk Coffee, Garden District

NOV 23 12:00 PM • Free

“Free red beans every Monday while they last. B.Y.O.C.: bring your own chicken.”

Fair Grounds Race Course, Mid-City

NOV 26 12:00 PM • Free

“The 102nd Thanksgiving Classic, first post at noon. Grandstand is free. Bet the pie money.”

Frenchmen Art Bazaar, Marigny

NOV 26 6:00 PM • FREE

“Open-air art market on Frenchmen while the rest of America naps in a recliner”

Frenchmen Art Bazaar, Marigny

NOV 28 6:00 PM • FREE

“Night art market on Frenchmen. Talk to the artist, buy the weird print, hear the brass next door”