New Orleans Pipe Show Returning

[pappymac]

Toby Ducote (the man behind the New Orleans Pipe Show in 2015) held an initial planning meeting to discuss bringing the New Orleans Pipe Show back sometime in 2024.

Toby has started the search for a location in New Orleans, Metairie or Kenner for the meeting. He is looking at hotels with outside space available for a smoking tent, food & beverage catering and discounted hotel rooms for show attendees. The hotel would also need to have a large meeting room for vendor tables.

He is also looking at banquet/event venues large enough to host the show and with space available for the smoking tent and either catering or space for one or two food trucks.

No firm date has been set but he is looking for a date in the first half of the year.

We will post updates as they become available.

 

[Streeper541]

Exciting! I haven't been to NOLA for a few years. This might be a good reason to plan a trip!

Thanks for sharing. I'll be looking forward to updates.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Never been to one, maybe someday, they look like fun.

I'll have to be satisfied with a visit to Iwan Ries when we are near Chicago this summer.

 

[AJL67]

We have one of our annual cigar herfs coming up in N.O. in May, I guess there is a large bar / restaurant that has a huge upstairs you can rent out and smoke in, never been there but this group had one there 5 yrs ago, looking forward to it.

 

[Worknman]

That'd be great. Would give me an excuse to go to Nola which I love visiting from time to time.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Let me know... I enjoyed myself at the last one.

 

[kcghost]

He will probably have a hard time getting a hotel to meet all his requirements, but I wish him well.

 

[ssjones]

how did I miss this thead? Keep me posted and good on Toby for reviving the show!

 

[pappymac]

He will probably have a hard time getting a hotel to meet all his requirements, but I wish him well.

The venues are out there but some of them are high priced because of all the things they require the event to pay like food and beverage services.

He is still looking.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

I've always wanted to visit NOLA...

 

[lonestar]

The first one was a ton of fun ! Hope he makes it happen again

 

[Piping Abe]

Any update on this @pappymac ?

 

[pappymac]

Toby is still looking for a good venue in the New Orleans metro area that would host the pipe show at a reasonable price. It's looking more like the late spring 2025 at the moment.

 

[Piping Abe]

Toby is still looking for a good venue in the New Orleans metro area that would host the pipe show at a reasonable price. It's looking more like the late spring 2025 at the moment.

Thank you. I have a friend in NO who has lived there a while. He said the following:

Tell him he should check out Deutsches Haus for a place with a lot of tables. It is not a hotel. It is the German-American club on Bayou St. John. Ample space and they would love to get the business. It is a new building and it is spic and span. It would get people out of the Bourbon Street zone and the Central Business District, into the real city, able to why people love living here instead of staying in the parts that natives avoid.