Events

WTIX Summer Concerts @ Porch & Patio – The Fabulous Von Zippers

The Summer Concert Series for this Wednesday, August 7th, it’s the Fabulous Von Zippers. It’s free Wednesday concerts at Porch & Patio in Kenner’s Rivertown with great local bands. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy good food, cold drinks, friends and music all summer.

Please, no outside food or drink. But the Porch & Patio has a full menu that is available.

The Porch & Patio is located right next to the train tracks in Rivertown. (Map)

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Cruise Nite 8/2/2019

It’s another Cruising Friday at the Metairie Frostop. Come see all the classic cars, great food and music for cruising from 6 to 10 pm.

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Happy Birthday Mic

Happy 76th Birthday Mick Jagger.

Sir Michael Philip Jagger, singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer.

Art Neville Passed Away At Age 81

Today we lose another New Orleans music legend. According to sources close to his family, Art Neville died Monday morning. He suffered years of declining health. He spent a half-century shaping the sound of New Orleans music. He was keyboardist, singer and a founding member of the Meters and the Neville Brothers. He was the voice of the Carnival season anthem “Mardi Gras Mambo”, and the classic “Tell It Like It Is”,

A list of hits include: “Hey Pocky A-Way”, “Fire on the Bayou”, “People Say”, “Cissy Strut”, and many more to his credit.

“Papa Funk,” as he would later be called, was 81.

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50th Anniversary Of The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

“One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the Moon. Today the KREWE OF TIX remembers.