Upcoming Events Around NOLA
Lots of collectors events, music, and more!
I actually don’t have a lot of events popping up around me this time. I can’t tell if summer is just slow or what, but I was still able to find a few cool things for ya. I cannot stand seeing the wave of ai generated flyers and posters for events around here. It seems like every week I am being shown another band poster or event promo image that is very obviously “created” (and I use that term loosely) by ai. It’s especially bad with the local toy and comic books shows. I don’t know what it is, but it seems more and more nerd related events are using ai. We are collecting these cool figures and comics because we love the stories created by humans! It seems very disrespectful to the artists an writers to have crapGPT fart out a flyer with misspellings, the same overdone brush font, 3 legged Artoo units, and the pee-yellow color filter. If I were a professional working comic artist in “the biz”, I wouldn’t want to set up my table at any of these shows, since they obviously don’t give a rat’s hat about artists. To quote the character Skull from Monster house (2006) , seeing ai art makes me want to“throw up in some tinfoil and eat it!”
There isn’t anything I can really do to combat the wave of ai slop, other than just not attend those shows. As a part of that, I won’t be featuring any ai images on this event newsletter, so enjoy this slimmed down but even more curated list of events around the New Orleans area!
Hear ye, hear ye! Mini Renaissance Fest is happening at Urban South Brewery on 6/20! “Shop a makers market, meet miniature farm animals from Rowdy Rascals Petting Zoo, take part in medieval games and challenges, and fill your bellies with turkey legs and ale!” This event is FREE to attend! Seems like it might be a cool thing to hang out at since the big renaissance fest in Hammond continues to use ai generated crap for their event promos and material. So whack!
Real rappers get capped, fake rappers get lost. mc chris lowercase no dots!!! Yes, MC Pee Pants and Hesh from Adult Swim is back on tour. This time Joystick is opening for him at The Crypt on 6.23! Find out more info here!
Totally Rad Vintage Fest is back in Louisiana! This time, it’s not in Kenner, and you will have to head into Baton Rouge to snag some cool swag. More info will come the closer to the event date here, but for now, I can tell ya that the day to mark down is 8/29
Alright folks, this is the big one. Twice a year, the St Tammany Collectors Con puts together the best convention in the state. They cater to the vendors and collectors, and each year it gets bigger and better. If you go to one collecting event a year, make it this one! Be sure to make it to Mandeville on 11/14-15
More info can be found here
Summer is here, so put on your swimsuit, grab your board, and Listen Here before you dive in and catch some waves