Ticket Sales for My Darlin' New Orleans Charity Auction have ended. Thanks to everyone who bought tickets.

WHO

HBO and its new series Treme, currently filming in New Orleans and premiering in April, are hosting a celebrity auction and cocktail gala to benefit the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic (NOMC), bringing attention to their important efforts to provide health and social services for local mu sicians and tradition bearers through this star-studded event. www.HBO.com/treme

WHAT

Event guests will walk the red carpet, mingle with the show’s cast and crew and see an exclusive trailer of the new HBO show before its premiere while bidding on unique film and television memorabilia and items donated by local artists and businesses.

Celebrity guests will include: Khandi Alexander, Kim Dickens, Melissa Leo, Clarke Peters and Wendell Pierce among others. The event also includes several not-to-be-missed musical performances including jazz trumpeter Lionel Ferbos, legendary jazz vocalist John Boutté, Leigh ‘Little Queenie’ Harris, members of the Mardi Gras Indians Circle of Chiefs, and DJ Brice Nice along with other surprise musical guests. New Orleans celebrity chefs whose cuisine is featured in the series, Susan Spicer (Bayona), Aaron Burgau (Patois) and JoAnn Clevenger (Upperline) will serve up a sampling of their signature dishes.

WHEN

“My Darlin’ New Orleans” Celebrity Auction will take place at 7p.m., Saturday, March 27 2010.

WHERE

Generations Hall
310 Andrew Higgins Drive
(In the Warehouse District)
New Orleans, LA
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GUEST PARKING:

Guests have access to complimentary parking in the "Riverwalk" parking lot on Convention Center Blvd from 6:00PM - 1:00PM.

Entrance to the lot is across the street from the Wyndham Hotel, at the intersection of Convention Center Blvd and Notre Dame Street.  

Take a ticket upon entering the lot, and park in any available spot.  

When checking in at the event, show the check-in staff your parking ticket, and receive an additional voucher for complementary parking.  
When exiting the parking lot, present the booth attendant with both the parking ticket, and the voucher received at check-in.  The parking voucher is valid for free parking from 6:00 PM until 1:00 AM.  After 1:00 AM, guests will be responsible for paying for any additional time in the lot.   

Shuttle service from the parking lot to Generations Hall will be available during the event.

Parking Courtesy of Hilton New Orleans Riverside. 

WHERE TO STAY

A special event rate will be available for our guests at the following hotel: 

NEW ORLEANS MARRIOTT 
859 Convention Center Boulevard 
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 613-2888
(800) 305-6342
www.marriott.com/msymc

 

HOW TO BUY TICKETS

Ticket sales for “My Darlin’ New Orleans” Celebrity Auction have ended. For questions, please contact the New Orleans Musicians’ Assistance Fund office at (504) 415-3514.

Please note: Tickets cannot be purchased at the door. Admission is non-transferable and a photo ID is required to gain admittance to the party. Must be 21 years old to attend. Cocktail attire. 
 

WHY

“My Darlin’ New Orleans” will help sustain the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic (NOMC), a program of the New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation, (NOMAF) and their commitment to providing affordable, comprehensive health care to New Orleans’ most precious resource: the musicians.

The Musicians Clinic, established in 1998, became the first healthcare initiative of its kind in the United States, addressing the unmet medical needs of local musicians, artists and their families. The NOMC strives to institute an agenda of wellness into the New Orleans’ musician patient population, which in turn helps to keep the music and traditional artistry of the city alive.
To learn more about the clinic see NOMC on NBC National News

AUCTION

More than 100 one-of-a-kind items have been generously donated. The auction also features items from David Simon and Nina K. Noble, Executive Producers of HBO’s “Treme,” “The Wire” and “Generation Kill.”

Following a silent auction and cocktail party, there will be the live auction. Some of the unique items to be bid upon are:

 

• A pair of VIP tickets to Voodoo Festival 
• A romantic Martha's Vineyard weekend package
• A stage suit worn by Jem Finer of The Pogue's
• A role on Treme (Perhaps a chance to be discovered!)
• An autographed guitar from Bruce Springsteen
• An autographed guitar from Bonnie Raitt
• Memento boxes created by the actors featuring items that reflect either their Treme characters or themselves
• Personalized and autographed portrait of Bonnie Raitt
• A Treme script autographed by the stars of the series
• A character in the Treme series named after you
• A visit and lunch on the set during the filming of Treme’s current season in New Orleans
• A trip to LA to watch the taping of The Ellen DeGeneres Show
• An autographed jersey from New York Knick's player: Chris Duhon
• And an assortment of other items including: one of a kind jewelry, wine baskets, dinner packages, weekend getaways, art work, spa treatments and more. 

(To Donate an Item to the Auction contact the Auction Coordinator: Ailene Staples (504)-579-4858)