Oysters, king cakes, and a Fear No Evil Bull Riding Challenge

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Did you ever find it a little bit strange that the big New Orleans Oyster Festival takes place in June, when bivalves aren’t particularly in season? Well, so did Woody Ruiz (of Woody’s Fish Tacos), who decided to create an oyster party when pearl factories are at their seasonal peak. Head to the Freret Oyster Jam this Sunday to check out some of the top shuckers in the city, oyster shooters, tons of hot food options, beer, and music all day. Shuck and jive this way for more

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Thursday, January 16th: Carnival season is commencing... with Champagne and king cake! The Alliance Francaise of New Orleans is celebrating in style with their event, “Mardi Gras Degustation: Galette des Rois From France to New Orleans”, which basically means that there’s going to be a whole ton of food and fancy wine to enjoy. Delicious details here

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Thursday, January 16th: 60 issues in, and Bayou Magazine is still rocking the local literary set.  They’re looking to celebrate numero 60 with a launch party over at Saturn Bar, featuring a performance by raucous sing-along krewe the Natural Light All-Stars. Click here for more info

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Saturday, January 18th: On a scale of 1-10, approximately how badass do you think you are? If the answer is “17,” you’re in luck. Over in Houma this weekend is the 13th Annual Fear No Evil Bull Riding Challenge, featuring “professional cowboys and the meanest bulls in the South for one wild night of ridin', buckin', crashin', comedy, music, mayhem and more.” Giddyup this way for info, cowboy

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Saturday, January 18th: If you’re a fan of the amazingly bizarre and laughably bad cult movie The Room (and you ARE) the Prytania Theatre has just the event for you. Greg Sestero, star of the film that brought us such gems as “Hello, doggie!” and “YOU’RE TEARING ME APART, LISA!”  presents his book The Disaster Artist, about Tommy Wiseau's production of one of the best horrible movies of all time. Click here for more, you have to

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Sunday, January 19th: If the oysters on Freret St aren’t your “jam”, make your way over to One Eyed Jacks for some sizzling brass with Red Hot NOLA, feat. the Hot 8 Brass Band, with Partners N Crime and The Big Easy Bounce Band. More info here