Feb 7 2026

Folk Alliance New Orleans 2026

Enjoy some shots of our trip to The Big Easy and some of the sights and sounds from another fantastic trip. Watch out for some new artists appearing at TLR in coming years!

Heathrow and goodbye UK for a week!

Opening shots of our arrival and first morning, before everything kicks off

View from the 40th floor on arrival at our hotel
Making ourselves at home…
Beignets at Cafe Du Monde on our first morning

A couple of street scenes from St. Anne’s and Royal

We kick off the first night of Official Showcases….!

Nikki D & The Sisters of Thunder
Robbie Hecht
House of Hamill
The Milk Carton Kids

It’s 10.30pm and off upstairs to the first night of Unofficial Showcases!

The Cody Sisters
Sam Robbins

Second day recovery morning, still jet lagged and some time to meander…

Second night Official Showcases

Crys Matthews
Sturtz
Steel Wheels

Second night Unofficial Showcases kick off at 10.30pm

It’s up to the 8th – 12th floors and lots of running around hotel rooms!

Sophie Lukacs

Third day and another recovery period….!

The lifts, impossible to use come unofficial showcase time, you have to resort to the fire stairs!
A first visit to the exhibition hall…

Third night Official Showcases

The Wildwoods
Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto
I Draw Slow
Dug
Banshee Tree
Chastity Brown

Onto the third night Unofficials…

Alice & Freebo…had to call in and say hello!

……and off to bed at 3.30am!

Day 4 and another recovery period…

On our way to the Bywater District for the British Underground takeover of Euclid Records

John Smith doing an in-store performance. Needless to say, Ron added to his vinyl collection here!

Final night Official Showcases

Gadan
Las Guaracheras
Calvin Arsenia
Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars
Goblin Band
Yellofox
Nigel Wearne & The Spectres
Los Enmascarados
Jack Barksdale
Cheikh Ibra Fam
Cody Sisters

Then onto the final night Unofficial Showcases

Sturtz
Dirk & Amelia Powell
Lily Henley

Then it got wild in the British Underground Room until around 3am see the videos!

All of our British Underground team at about 3.15 am! What a bunch!

Sunday and a gentle wind down before another great night in the Upper 9th Ward at BJ’s Lounge!

Some of the houses on our walk, all getting ready for Mardi Gras…

James McClaskey & his Rhythm Band

After that it got a bit blurry….! There were free hot dogs though!

A final few shots from Monday and Tuesday…so long NOLA, we hope to see you again…

It’s always Christmas somewhere…!
The Mississippi River
The Carousel Bar just before we left for the airport

Videos from Folk Alliance 2026

Streetband in the French Quarter

Dirk & Amelia Powell

British Undergound farewell party

British Underground farewell party part two