{UAH} Fifty FREE Things to Do in New Orleans

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rates increase April 30th!                                                                                                                       Fifty FREE Things to Do in New Orleans Beginner's guide to New Orleans - Lonely Planet travel video 1.                   Take in the sights and sounds of Jackson Square, a good spot to take a rest, too.   2.                   Gallery hop in the Arts District along Julia Street on the first Saturday night of each month. 3.                   Join the parades during Carnival Season and Mardi Gras in New Orleans. 4.                   Stroll Royal and Chartres streets and window shop the arts, antiques and boutiques. 5.                   Enjoy French Quarter Festival every April, the South's largest free music festival. 6.                   Watch the ships pass on the Mississippi River from Woldenberg Riverfront Park and listen for the Steamboat Natchez's calliope. 7.                   Learn about local the beer-brewing scene with a complimentary tour of the NOLA Brewing facilities. 8.                   Swing dance every Sunday with the NOLA Jitterbugs Dance School. 9.                   Ride the Canal Street Ferry to Algiers Point and see the New Orleans skyline. 10.                Let the kids run around in the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden in City Park. 11.                Volunteer at one of the many organizations helping to rebuild New Orleans' residences.  12.                Celebrate the life and music of jazz legend Louis Armstrong during Satchmo SummerFest. 13.                Experience a cooking demonstration at the Crescent City Farmers Market. 14.                Jam out at the free Wednesday afternoon concerts in Lafayette Square during the spring and fall months. 15.                Dance down Frenchmen Street at night, many clubs don't have a cover charge. 16.                Watch the fireworks on the Mississippi River every New Year's Eve and Fourth of July. 17.                Enjoy free oysters and music every Friday at Le Bon Temps Roule music club. 18.                Attend one of the many festivals that the Jazz and Heritage Foundation hosts throughout the year, like the BBQ and Blues Festival or Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival. 19.                Browse the shops and stalls throughout the French Market. 20.                Tour Saint Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square. St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, LA is the oldest operating cathedral in the nation.    21.                The New Orleans Museum of Art offers free admission to Louisiana residents on Wednesdays. 22.                Enjoy a free concert of opera arias and musical show tunes by Bon Operatit! on the second Wednesday of each month at the Four Points by Sheraton at the site of the Old French Opera House. 23.                Venture into our "Cities of the Dead" for a self-guided day tour of a unique cemetery, especially St. Louis Cemetery #1, the closest one to the French Quarter. 24.                Bring your book on the Garden District and take a self-guided walking tour. 25.                Find a Saturday Art Market and check out the local art scene. 26.                Listen to live music near the Joan of Arc Statue on Decatur Street. 27.                Go upstairs at Arnaud's for a tour of their Germaine Cazenave Wells Mardi Gras Museum. 28.                Ask Antoine's for a tour of their 160-year-old restaurant. 29.                Watch artists demonstrate glassblowing at Rosetree Glass Studio, Studio Inferno, or Glassworks. 30.                Sit under 100 year old Oak trees in Audubon Park and/or City Park. 31.                See beignets made through the kitchen window at Café du Monde in Dutch Alley.                           32.                Sample a praline at a sweet shop. 33.                Take a free self-guided audio tour of downtown and the French Quarter with the National Park Service at 419 Decatur Street. 34.                Try on masks and boas in French Quarter shops.                  35.                People watch on Bourbon Street. 36.                Take a picture with Fats Domino, Pete Fountain, or Al Hirt at Music Legends Park on Bourbon Street. 37.                Tour the Global Green house in the Lower Ninth Ward. 38.                Get a view of Jackson Square from Washington Artillery Park.              39.                Make a wish in the fountain at Spanish Plaza in front of the Riverwalk Shopping Center. 40.                Watch looming at Louisiana Loom Works on Chartres Street. 41.                Check out the Fulton Street Mall near Harrah's Hotel and Casino. 42.                Catch a concert at Wednesdays on the Point during the summer months taking place in Old Historic Algiers just a quick ferry ride across the Mississippi from the French Quarter. 43.                Window shop on Magazine Street. 44.                See the swans from the Peristyle in City Park. 45.                Tailgate outside the Superdome at a Saints football game or join the party before a Pelicans basketball game. The Super dome is right outside the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, venue of the 27th Annual UNAA Convention 46.                Walk the nature trail at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve's Barataria Unit. 47.                Watch the sailboats race on Lake Pontchartrain from the Lakefront Park or watch the sunset from Lakeshore Drive. 48.                Experience the great outdoors at NOLA's very own National Park with free admission to the Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve. 49.                Pay homage at the National Shrine of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos. 50.               Catch the holiday spirit with Cathedral concerts, cooking demonstrations and more during Christmas New Orleans Style, the entire month of December.  About UNAA New Orleans 2015   The 27th Annual UNAA Convention and Trade Expo will take place over three days; September 4 - 6 2015 in the Central Business District (CBD) of the historic American city of New Orleans. The premier global networking event for the Ugandan Diaspora attracts more than 3,000 Ugandan Americans and Friends with program and forums including the Trade & Investment Forum, Technology Forum, Health Forum, Education Forum, Political Forum, as well as a forum on Intergenerational relationships between immigrants and their children born in the Diaspora, etc.   The Saturday Dinner Cruise is a popular culinary event complete with a dance to both live performances by popular artists and DJ music - aboard a magnificent marine vessel sailing into the spectacular Mississippi River sunset. Proceeds from the Fashion Show Auction during the Sunday Gala Dinner will go towards the Emerging Leaders Scholarship Program. Exhibiting companies and vendors featuring the latest world class Ugandan culture, produce, music, books, literature, arts crafts, Jewelry, clothing, foods, etc. will gather at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans under the theme "Better Together: Investing in our future through education". Registration for vendors is currently ongoing at www.unaa.org and there is still space available to partner with UNAA as a sponsor. If interested or for questions please call 1-855-873-8622 or email info@unaa.org. About UNAA   Founded in 1988, UNAA is oldest and largest formal association of Ugandans in the diaspora, encouraging acquaintance and fellowship among members through the Annual UNAA Convention and Trade Expo held in different cities in North America each Labor Day weekend bringing together members and creating a platform upon which they can network, share, experience and showcase Uganda's rich cultural heritage and the abundant opportunities of their new homes on the continent. The premier gathering of the Ugandan diaspora attracts leading voices in business, government, academia, technology, health and other professions from Uganda and the Ugandan diaspora. © Copyright 2015 Ugandan North American Association  All rights reserved.