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RAGTIME DAYS
 Coming to New Orleans in 2026!!

Wednesday Aoril 8, 6:30-9pm 

Patron Party in Mid-City

Thursday April 9, 3-5pm

Foxtrot Class with Walter Nelson, followed by a nearby Happy Hour with Live Ragtime!

Friday April 10, 3-5pm

Cakewalk Class with Walter Nelson, followed by a nearby Happy Hour with Live Ragtime!

Saturday April 11, 11am-4pm

Tenth Anniversary New Orleans

Ragtime Showcase!

5 Unique Ragtime Performances

by some of the best ragtime musicians

in the Crescent City!

Saturday April 11, 6:30-9:30 pm

A Cake-Walk Ball, with Special tba Orchestra

Sunday April 12, 1-3:30pm 

Tea Time Dance with the New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra

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Get ready for Ragtime Day NOLA, a vintage music and dance event that could only happen in New Orleans! Presented by Silver Swan Ragtime Innovations, Inc, in conjunction with the 10th annual New Orleans Ragtime Festival, it will be a weekend to remember! ​​​​​​​​

Ragtime Day NOLA, April 11 2026, will showcase ragtime in a way only New Orleans can.

 

From 11am to 4pm, the New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old US Mint will feature five top level local ensembles, presenting music from the 1890’s through the 1920's.

Opera Creole

the New John Robichaux Society Orchestra

Frederick Starr (formerly of the Louisiana Repertory Ensemble)

Louis Ford and his New Orleans Flairs

Tom McDermott

...and more!

  
 

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Grab a Partner! Dance Lessons with Walter Nelson

Long time producer of the famed Avalon Ball on Catalina Island near Los Angeles, Walter is highly regarded for his easy yet authentic approach to vintage social dancing.

TICKETS
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December 15!

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