New Orleans July 4 Events and Celebrations

French Market New Orleans July 4 at Dutch Alley

Washington Artillery Park
11a.m. Teddy Cross & Company Gospel Choir sing patriotic gospel
11:30 a.m. Second line with trumpeter and stilt walkers to Dutch Alley to be met by Treme Brass Band with students for a Louis Armstrong Tribute “When the Saints Go Marching In” Dutch Alley Performance Pavilion
12:00 p.m. Daddy-O Brothers Band featuring Lisa Lee
2:00 p.m. Larger-than-Life Signing of the Declaration of Independence
3:00 p.m. Tuane & the 3rd Eye Production Band
5:30 p.m. Chuck Perkins and Voices of the Big Easy
7:00 p.m. Preservation Hall Stars featuring Carl LeBlanc

Flea Market
2:30-3:00 Watermelon tasting at French Market Produce

New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park Visitors’ Center
1:00 p.m. Chuck Perkins and Voices of the Big Easy
3:00 p.m. Showing of the 1957 film Satchmo

Go Fourth on the River 2009

"Dueling Barges" and other firework shows on the Mississippi are set to patriotic music that can be watched from the banks or from several steamboat "fireworks cruises."

Maafa Presented By Ashé Cultural Arts Center at Congo Square in Louis Armstrong Park

The term "Maafa" comes from the Swahili term for disaster. It is also known as the African Holocaust or Holocaust of Enslavement and references the 500 years of African suffering in slavery and exploitation. Participants don white clothing and gather in Congo Square for 6:30 a.m., then make a drum procession through the French Quarter, which passes by the slave exchange and then proceeds on to the riverfront for a closing ceremony that includes spoken word and drumming.

Olivia Greene Trio's Independence Day Concert at Snug Harbor
Independence-inspired jazz, offered free at 3 p.m.

The Patriotic Project @ Trinity Episcopal Church
This free concert features over 160 children from all over the state directed by Dr. Valerie Jones-Francis. 2 p.m. at 1329 Jackson Ave.

New Orleans Zephyrs vs. Iowa
Or just celebrate the 4th with the American ritual of baseball. 6 p.m. at the Zephyrs Stadium, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie.