Business Festivals
Arkansas Riverfest 2007 in Little Rock, Arkansas
The Arkansas Riverfest in Little Rock is an annual event Memorial Day weekend of each year in the capitol city. This year’s event is sure to be one to remember as the 30th Anniversary of the festival. I remember Riverfest being free when I was a kid, but those days are no more. Tickets can be purchased at the gate or at any area Harvest Foods in advance. Advance tickets are $10 (for all 3 days) and tickets at the gate are $15 (for all 3 days). …
Date: April 6th, 2007 |
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New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, otherwise known as Jazz Fest, is New Orleans’ largest music festival each year. Despite the name, it is not actually all jazz. I’m not sure why, but people think to think that. Dozens of headliners perform at the festival each year from every genre imaginable. Last year I saw the Dave Matthews Band at the festival. The Edge from U2 came out and played with Dave for a song, which was incredible.
Jazz Fest is held at the fair …
Date: April 1st, 2007 |
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Memphis in May - Beale Street Music Festival
The Beale Street Music Festival is part of the Memphis in May celebration held in Memphis, Tennessee each spring. The music festival is always held the first weekend in the month of May. I’ve been a regular festival goer for a while and have had the opportunity to see Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson, James Brown, B.B. King, George Clinton, the Killers and so on. It is CROWDED, but it’s a good time.
If you plan on going to the festival, plan on muddy terrain. Seriously. …
Date: March 22nd, 2007 |
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Mardi Gras Season 2007
Mardi Gras is celebrated throughout the United States, particularly on the Gulf Coast at this time of year. If your business travel takes you any place from Shreveport, Louisiana to the Florida panhandle, the party will be going full swing.
New Orleans, Louisiana is, of course, Mardi Gras central for the United States. When people think New Orleans, they think parades and beads and king cakes and Rue de Burbon. One little tip from me to you - if you head a few blocks off Burbon Street to Decatur, you can get a ONE GALLON drink called a “diver” at Silky O’Sullivan’s (of Memphis, Tennessee fame). I’m ashamed to say I’ve never actually been to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. I’ve been the weekend after, I’ve been to Jazz Fest, I’ve been to the Voodoo Music Festival and I’ve been for New Years, but not actually to “the show.” Hotels are crammed, as are the streets. If you’re adventurous, head out of the Quarter to see the celebrations like the locals. A great Pre-Katrina resource for the city is Letters from New Orleans by Rob Walker. It isn’t a travel guide, but he gives great information in his true stories.
Date: February 7th, 2007 |
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Branch Brook Park Cherry Blossom Festival
Branch Brook Park in Essex County, New Jersey (which is located in the cities of Newark and Belleville) is gearing up for its annual cherry blossom festival which is held in April of each year. The pink and white cherry blossoms, which were planted in a style reminiscent of a Japanese garden, bloom for about 3 weeks each April. Branch Brook Park was the first County Park opened to the public in the United States, which is a reason to visit in and of itself. The annual event, which …
Date: April 2nd, 2007 |
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Bon Appetit’s Culinary & Wine Event in Las Vegas
Bon Appetit Magazine’s Culinary and Wine Focus will be held in Las Vegas from May 17 to May 20, 2007. So if you’re headed to Las Vegas for business travel and you like to eat, then you just might be in luck. Events will be held up and down the strip with a Spectacular Wine Event at Wynn Las Vegas, a Professional Culinary Series at Bellagio, a Poolside Grand Tasting at Caesars Palace (that sounds like my kind of scene) & a Starlight Concert by John Legend (is that …
Date: March 29th, 2007 |
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Wye Mountain Daffodil Festival
The Wye Mountain Daffodil festival is held each spring atop Wye Mountain near Bigelow, Arkansas and is a springtime tradition for my family. Bigelow is a short drive from the capitol city of Little Rock at approximately half an hour.
The festival is actually quite small. It includes the daffodil field (of course), along with a barbeque stand and a craft hall. Crafts include various locally made items, such as wood cuttings, homemade candles and some FANTASTIC Razorbacks wine charms that were a bargain at $5.00. I don’t like barbeque, so I can’t tell you much about the food but that it’s inexpensive.
The field is on fire with daffodils in every shade possible, from pure white to the traditional yellow to some interesting hybrids. But they are all basically yellowish. It’s quite pretty, really. And an excellent photo op if you’re in the area. I want to take a bright red kite next year, just to balance out the primary colors. I’m sure you’re all traveling with your SLR with remote control and Gorilla Gear tripod like I do, aren’t you? HeHe!
Date: March 17th, 2007 |
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Detroit City Stole the Blues: Where the Heck is King Biscuit?
The blues originated far, both geographically and culturally, from the state of Michigan. Detroit stole the blues from the Mississippi Delta. All those people had was the blues and a few acres to sharecrop, so it’s really a shame. Visit the Delta today in Mississippi, Arkansas or Louisiana and you’ll see much of the same thing now as you would have many decades ago in the heyday of the blues. There will be old men on the front porches of shotgun houses that look like they could collapse at any minute. Why are these men on the front porch? Because they don’t have air-conditioning. Or if they do, it tends to be one small window unit, which is far inadequate for the 100 degree plus temperatures the south regularly withstands during the summer time. Imagine 104 degrees shining down on a tin roof. Those people would bake themselves alive if they stayed in-doors. But don’t worry, the blues are still alive and well in the delta.
Date: September 19th, 2006 |
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