The mission of the Tipitina's Foundation is to restore Louisiana's irreplaceable music community and preserve the state's unique musical cultures. Learn more about the Foundation's mission, find out how you can help, or make a donation.
Tipitina's voted Best of New Orleans
New Orleans Gambit Weekly readers have once again voted Tipitina's Best Live Music Venue and Best Place to Dance to a Live Band. Thanks!
New York Times article on Tipitina's Foundation programs and progress after the storm.
Read the New York Times' August 5, 2007 story covering the Tipitina's Foundation's efforts to preserve and restore New Orleans' music culture in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Click here to read the article.
Music Royalty Comes Together To Pay Tribute To Fats Domino On New CD: Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino
Icons from the world of rock, blues, reggae, pop and country music have joined together to salute the genius of legendary piano man FATS DOMINO for the upcoming double CD set, Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino. Goin' Home released on Vanguard Records and will help raise desperately needed funds specifically earmarked for instruments to be donated to New Orleans' public school children. Monies raised from the sales of Goin' Home will also go toward the rebuilding of Fats Domino's home and to create a community center in the Crescent City's still ravaged Lower 9th Ward. Proceeds of Goin' Home will fund additional community related programs.
The roster of music royalty contributing their interpretations of classic Fats Domino songs include: Sir Elton John (Blueberry Hill), Sir Paul McCartney (I Want To Walk You Home), Tom Petty (I'm Walkin'), Robert Plant (It Keeps Rainin'), Willie Nelson (I Hear You Knockin'), B.B. King (Goin' Home) and Neil Young (Walkin' To New Orleans). Goin' Home will also feature the late John Lennon's version of Fats' most popular song, "Ain't That A Shame."
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>> Order the CD from the Tipitina's Foundation.
Music Office Co-Op open at Tip's Uptown.
Tipitina's Uptown is open weekdays from 11am - 5 pm as a Musician's Community Center, a place where New Orleans musicians can begin rebuilding their lives. The Tipitina's Music Office Co-Op offers musicians:
- An office equipped with work stations providing high speed internet, fax and email access.
- Pro-bono Entertainment Law Legal Assistance program (ELLA), for contracts, copyrights, L.L.C.s etc.
- Resources and information on networking, opportunities, gear replacement and healthcare in conjunction with the New Orleans Musician's Clinic.
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Tip's Foundation to host special VIP party at Michael Arnone's 19th Annual Crawfish Fest in Augusta, New Jersey
The Tipitina's Foundation will be the host of a special VIP party on Sunday, June 1st at the Crawfish Fest in Augusta, New Jersey. The Tip's party will include Sunday Admission, a 2 hour buffet on Sunday of Boiled Crawfish, Jambalaya, Shrimp Creole, Alligator Sausage and Deserts in mini-pavilion #5 with free soda and water from 1 PM-3 PM. The Tip's Party will have a private cash bar under your own private pavilion. 20% of this VIP ticket will go to the Tipitina's Foundation. Everyone attending 2 years old and older must purchase a Ticket. $125.00 per Ticket. $150 person Maximum. Show your camping wrist band and get $20 in drink tickets on Sunday with a Tip's Party ticket purchase. 20% of this VIP ticket will go to the Tipitina's Foundation. Buy tickets online.
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Tipitina's Sunday Music Workshops
Resurrecting a program that was popular in the early '90s, the Tipitina's Foundation proudly announces the Sunday Music Workshop Series, the brainchild of Stanton Moore and Johnny and Deborah Vidacovich. These free workshops take place every Sunday from 12:30-3:30 at Tipitina's Uptown, where students have the opportunity to play with and learn from the best musicians in the city. As many of the city's various music programs have been put on hold since the storm, these workshops are serving a vital need in the rebuilding process: passing on the musical traditions to a younger generation. Featured artists so far have included Stanton Moore, Johnny Vidacovich, Kirk Joseph, and Theresa Anderson. The on-stage workshops are only for students, who are encouraged to bring their insruments, but all members of the public are welcome to attend.
Upcoming Workshops:
May 18: Songwriting w/Rita Batiste & TRIM with Rita Batiste, Tiffany Kahrs, Takeshi Shimmura, Clint Pigg, Tom Goicoechea, Phil Breen, David Batiste, Sr.
May 25: Robert Mercurio, Jeff Raines, Joe Ashlar, and Kevin O'Day
June 1: Shane Theriot
June 8: Jo Cool
June 15: Sequenon Kone
