NOLAxNOLA to Celebrate New Orleans Culture and Music with Virtual Fundraiser

New Orleans & Company have announced “NOLAxNOLA ‘21: Show Your Love! A Virtual Celebration of New Orleans” a landmark virtual fundraiser to celebrate the success of October’s inaugural citywide festival, which featured more than 300 music performances in 35 New Orleans venues over ten days which saw music return to beloved Louisana city.

NOLAxNOLA ‘21: Show Your Love! A Virtual Celebration of New Orleans will showcase never-before-seen performances by the city’s most beloved and iconic artists, all to the benefit of community-based nonprofits. The non-profits which will benefit are The Roots of Music, Trombone Shorty Foundation, Tip-It Foundation, Preservation Hall Foundation, New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic & Assistance Foundation and Upbeat Academy Foundation. Funds will be raised through the digital fundraising platform Fandiem.

The two-night virtual celebration take place on Nov. 19 and 20 and will feature performances by New Orleans musical royalty including Irma Thomas, The Revivalists, Big Freedia, Galactic, Tank and the Bangas, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and many more. The event will also feature an all-star musical celebration of the late, Dr. John along with never-before-seen performance footage.

“It’s been a long time since our community around the globe was together to celebrate the New Orleans music and flavor that we all love so much,” said New Orleans & Company co-founder Paul Peck in a press release. “In that spirit, we’re throwing a two-night party of musical treats and storytelling. Our beloved venues and community can use the support now more than ever and some lucky donors will win some of the most unimaginable New Orleans experiences ever.”

Learn more about the event and watch it for free here.

FEATURED ARTISTS:

Irma Thomas

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Dumpstaphunk

Rebirth Brass Band

Kermit Ruffins

The Soul Rebels

George Porter Jr. and Runnin’ Pardners

Jon Cleary

Luther Dickinson

Kristin Diable and Gabrielle Cavassa

Preservation Hall Quartet

Dr. John

Davell Crawford

Big Sam’s Funky Nation

Anders Osborne

Cimafunk

Galactic with Anjelika Jelly Joseph

Tank and the Bangas

Boukou Groove

Charlie Gabriel

Big Freedia

The Revivalists

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