New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz and a town that knows how to party—when Prohibition came the city paid little attention and just let the good times roll. Crack Prohibition agent Izzy Einstein used to gauge the challenge he would face policing a town by seeing how long it took him to get a drink when he arrived: in New York, it took 14 minutes; in New Orleans, it took 37 seconds.
In the run-up to Mardi Gras, they really let rip, with a festival of masks, costumes, parades, and music. Dozens of “Krewes” spend all year putting displays together and as they process through the city they fling trinkets, specially minted coins, and strings of gold, purple and green beads from their floats into the crowd. You can expect those at their party too, and they’ll be projecting New-Orleans-set vintage movies and original footage of the city in the Jazz Age.
The club’s food and drink menus will feature classic New Orleans cocktails and cuisine, and there will be live New Orleans music from the Candid Jug Orange Band, DJing from the Bee’s Knees, and cabaret from the King of the Carnival, Champagne Charlie. Down in the basement, Voodoo seer Lucius will be ready to tell your fortune.
