NEW ORLEANS (press release) – With the start of fall comes the return of the local-favorite concert series, Evenings with Enrique at the New Orleans Botanical Garden. Every Wednesday in October the New Orleans Botanical Garden extends its regular hours of operations until 8 p.m. for revelers to enjoy the sounds of some of the best local Latin American artists and ensembles among the Garden’s lush landscape. Free for Louisiana residents courtesy of The Helis Foundation, Evenings with Enrique will kick off Wednesday, Oct. 4.
WHAT: Evenings with Enrique in the New Orleans Botanical Garden
WHEN: Every Wednesday in October starting October 4 5 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: New Orleans Botanical Garden, City Park 5 Victory Avenue
MUSIC LINEUP: October 4 5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.: Patrice Fisher and Arpa with special guests October 11 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.: Geovane Santos trίo – Brazil 6:20 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.: Manuel Arteaga trίo – Venezuela October 18 5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Vivaz Quartet – Bolivia October 25 5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.: Son Mandao trίo – Cuba
FOOD: Food will be available for purchase online at kitcheninthegarden.square.site. The Kitchen in the Garden menu changes weekly, order early as items often sell out.
Launched in 2016, Evenings with Enrique is a bi-annual concert series held every April and October. The series pays tribute to renowned Mexican artist, Enrique Alférez who lived in New Orleans for almost 70 years and made a profound contribution to the New Orleans art scene. Alférez has over 20 works of art featured at The Helis Foundation Enrique Alférez Sculpture Garden inside the New Orleans Botanical Garden. His sculptures can also be found throughout New Orleans at Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition and New Orleans City Park.
Admirers of Alférez’s work can purchase Enrique Alférez: Sculptor by Katie Bowler Young at the Botanical Garden giftshop. Published by The Historic New Orleans Collection, the book chronicles the life of the preeminent artist and was made possible with support from The Helis Foundation and members of The Historic New Orleans Collection’s 2019 Bienville Circle and Laussat Society.
Throughout the year, The Helis Foundation provides free admission on select days for Louisiana residents via its Art for All initiative to several of New Orleans most beloved cultural institutions including the New Orleans Botanical Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, Contemporary Art Center New Orleans, Ogden Museum of Southern Art and Louisiana Childrens Museum. For more information, visit www.TheHelisFoundation.org.
