Weekly, SHNO pays local musicians for their gigs so that they are not merely performing for tips. This is done through our Subsidized Gig Prorgram.
Upcoming Sweet Home New Orleans Subsidized Gigs:
Friday, December 26th:
5pm-7pm - Friday Night Happy Hour with the Hurley Blanchard Trio at the Columns Hotel, 3811 St. Charles Ave.
8pm - Jo Cool at Trinity Episcopal Church
Sunday, December 28th: 8pm - Jo Cool at Trinity Episcopal Church
Friday, January 2nd: 5-7pm - Friday Night Happy Hour with Lars Edegran & Friends at the Columns Hotel, 3811 St. Charles Ave.
Photos in the main banner taken by:
Scott Chernis. To view more of Scott’s work please visit his site here.
Eli Reed, Jen Reel, Whitney Martin
Eric Waters, photo of the Young Guardians of the Flame, including Craig and Tevis Jones, Queen Nadia Robinson, and Chief Kevin Cooley, Jr.
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Who We Are: Sweet Home New Orleans is a non-profit agency that offers social services and financial assistance to the city’s musicians, Mardi Gras Indians, and Social Aid & Pleasure Club members. Sweet Home’s mission is to support the individuals and organizations that will perpetuate New Orleans’ unique musical and cultural traditions.
This month Sweet Home New Orleans would like to thank all of our generous supporters who donate through their office Employee Giving Campaigns and Employee Gift Matching Programs! We understand how hard each and everyone of you works, and we truly appreciate your generosity in donating straight from your pay check.
We would also like to thank all of those companies who provide and promote these type of community involvement programs. And a special thank you to those companies who choose to match donations made by their employees!
Learn more about how you can donate online or through your office of employment through the link below.
Thanks to the help of our many donors and supporters, we have been able to help over 1,800 musicians, Mardi Gras Indians, and Social Aid & Pleasure Club members. Here you can learn more about these culture bearers and why we need these individuals and their talents back in New Orleans. Every other week we will provide you with a new profile on a one of the many talented individuals whom you have helped us serve.
And don’t forget to check back in a couple of weeks when we have our new profile of Bill Summers up!
You can also find more success stories in our monthly newsletters, so sign up now!
Rolling Stone Magazine: ‘“You’ve shown us what happens when people rise together, work together and dream together,” Brer Rabbit of indie hip-hop group Flobots said at Tipitina’s in New Orleans Thursday night. He was one of 10 musicians who visited the Crescent City for an activism workshop that concluded with “Musicians Bringing Musicians Home IV,” a benefit for the non-profit group Sweet Home New Orleans.’
Read more about the benefit concert and about Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard’s $5,000 donation to Sweet Home here.
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All donations are tax deductible. Sweet Home New Orleans and Renew Our Music Fund, Inc is a 501(c)(3) organization. Musicians accepting grants from the Fund allow the Fund to use their name and likeness for additional fundraising purposes only.
All musicians and press can contact us at info@sweethomeneworleans.org to learn more about the Fund and how to participate.
