THURSDAY / Keep on truckin’: Cancel whatever dinner plans you may have made for tonight. Central City is having a food truck fest. Featuring local music and food trucks serving a variety of cuisines, there will be something there for even the pickiest of eaters. New Orleans is seeing a food truck movement, and this is a chance to be a part of it. Buy local, eat local, and enjoy this beautiful weather in Central City. 5:30-7:30 PM, 2000 Block of Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
THURSDAY / The talkies: New Orleans Film Festival kicks off this Thursday. Showing films at a variety of different locations on a range of subjects for a full week, there is bound to be something that appeals to your inner cinephile. The festival features panels, parties, workshops, and special programming. It opens Thursday evening with a screening of The Paperboy, a locally shot film appropriate for Hollywood South. Thursday Oct. 11- 18, Various locations.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY / Getting crabby: New Orleans is known for three things: food, festivals, and music. All three come together for Louisiana Seafood Fest this weekend. Get a sampling of the charbroiled oysters from Drago’s, shrimp remoulade from Galatoire’s, and more, to the sound of some of New Orleans’s most popular brass and funk bands. Seafood on a paper plate and trombone music on the Mississippi with a cold drink in your hand—I’m pretty sure that’s the Nola version of heaven. Friday through Sunday, Woldenberg Riverfront Park.
SATURDAY / Dangerously smooth: Live Music Blog: Nola Pick of the Week: Hard-hitting and hypnotic, the Oxford, MS jamtronica band Zoogma will be launching their dangerously smooth cocktail of electro-funk directly off the eardrums of Tipitina’s Uptown patrons this Saturday Oct. 13th. Zoogma is famous for their high-energy and unpredictably dynamic live performances, so fans might want to lace up their dancing shoes extra tight before this weekend’s must-see show. Hometown heroes Gravity A will be opening with the full fundamental force of their own distinct jazz-funk blend. Don’t fight it; just let it pull you in. 10 PM, Tipitinas, 501 Napoleon Ave.
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