Reunion Itinerary

Itinerary between July 18th to July 21st

  • ARRIVAL DAY

    3pm – 7pm

    • MEET & GREET AT HAMPTON INN (Convention Center)

    • (Warehouse Bar)

    8pm – 10pm

    • DIY DINNER

    • (PLEASE NOTE: THIS COST IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE REUNION FEE. PURCHASES ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. THERE IS A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED)

    10:30pm – Until

    • (Bienville Room)

    • LATE NIGHT GAMES AT HOTEL

  • CITY TOUR / LUNCH / SECOND LINE

    9am

    • DEPART HAMPTON INN (Convention Center)

    9:15am

    • ARRIVE AT VUE ORLEANS

    9:20am – 10:40am

    • TOUR STOP #1: VUE ORLEANS

    10:40am – 11:15am

    • DRIVING TOUR: TREME

    • (Voodoo Spiritual Temple / Etoile Polaire No. 1 Masonic Temple / Jazz Heritage Center / Storyville / Louis Armstrong Park / Congo Square / Treme Neighborhood / Cosimo Matassa Recording Studio)

    11:30am – 12:30pm

    • TOUR STOP #2: STUDIO BE

    12:30pm – 1pm

    • DRIVING TOUR: BYWATER / LOWER 9TH WARD

    • (Bywater Neighborhood / Ruby Bridges School / St. Claude Bridge / Industrial Canal / 9th Ward Neighborhood / Fats Domino House / Make It Right Foundation Homes / Claiborne Ave. Bridge)

    1pm – 1:30pm

    • DRIVING TOUR: MID CITY

    1:30pm

    • ARRIVE AT PARKWAY BAKERY

    • PLEASE NOTE: THIS COST IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE REUNION FEE. PURCHASES ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

    1:30pm – 3pm

    • LUNCH

    3:45pm

    • TOUR STOP #3: FRENCH QUARTER

    • (French Quarter history / Jackson Square / French Market / US Mint / Second Line history)

    3:45pm – 4:45pm

    • SECOND LINE THRU THE FRENCH QUARTER

    5pm

    • RETURN TO HAMPTON INN (Convention Center)

    5pm - 6:45pm

    • FREE TIME

    FULTON ALLEY BOWLING & DINNER

    6:45pm

    • DEPART HAMPTON INN (Convention Center)

    • PLEASE NOTE: IT’S NOT A FAR WALK IF YOU WANT TO WALK; IT’S LONGER TO DRIVE THAN TO WALK. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE A SHUTTLE BUS AVAILABLE FOR TRANSPORT TO AND FROM THE BOWLING ALLEY FOR THOSE WHO PREFER NOT TO WALK.

    6:55pm

    • ARRIVE AT FULTON ALLEY

    7pm – 10pm

    • BOWLING & DINNER

    10pm

    • SHUTTLE #1: Depart Fulton Alley to Hampton Inn (Convention Center)

    10:20pm

    • SHUTTLE #2: Depart Fulton Alley to Bourbon Street

    • PLEASE NOTE: A SHUTTLE BUS WILL PROVIDE DROP-OFF ONLY. FOR YOUR RETURN TO THE HOTEL, PLEASE ARRANGE A RIDE SHARE OR WALK WHEN YOU ARE READY TO CALL IT A NIGHT.

    NIGHT OUT ON BOURBON STREET

    10:30pm-Until

    • ARRIVE ON BOURBON STREET

    • PLEASE NOTE: Anyone going to Bourbon Street will need to handle their own ride share back to the hotel whenever you’re ready to call it a night.

  • KINFOLK KICKBACK DAY PARTY – CITY PARK

    9am

    • DEPART HAMPTON INN (Convention Center)

    10am

    • ARRIVE AT CITY PARK SHRUBS

    10am – 10:30am

    • FAMILY PHOTO #1: (CITY PARK SHRUBS)

    10:30am

    • BOARD BACK ON THE BUS TO DRIVE TO THE PERISTYLE

    10:45am – 11:15am

    • FAMILY PHOTO #2 (THE PERISTYLE)

    11:15am

    • WALK A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE PERISTYLE OVER TO OUR RESERVED LOT (DREYFOUS LOT)

    11:30am – 12:30pm

    • GAMES IN THE PARK

    12:30pm

    • SEAFOOD BOIL

    1pm – 2pm

    • LUNCH

    2pm – 3pm

    • FREE TIME IN THE PARK

    • PLEASE NOTE: THE COSTS OF ANY OF THE EXTRA ACTIVITIES YOU WANT TO DO ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE REUNION FEE. WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO DO IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

    • Carousel Gardens Amusement Park

    • City Putt Miniature Golf

    • Storyland

    • Café Du Monde (Beignets)

    • New Orleans Botanical Garden

    3pm

    • FAMILY BUSINESS

    3:30pm

    • DEPART CITY PARK

    4pm

    • RETURN TO HAMPTON INN (Convention Center)

    4pm - 7pm

    • FREE TIME

    MARDI GRAS BALL BANQUET – HAMPTON INN

    EVENT ROOMS:

    -The Mingle Hour, Photo Booths & After Party will be in the Fulton Room.

    -Food Stations for dinner will be served buffet style in the Cotton Mill Room.

    -Dinner Tables/Seating will be set up in Dauphine Rooms I & II, Bienville Room, and Fulton Room.


    DRESS CODE:

    MARDI GRAS FESTIVE MANDATORY


    7pm

    • MINGLE HOUR / PHOTO BOOTHS

    • (Fulton Room)

    8pm

    • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    • (Dauphine Rooms I & II) FAMILY ROOTS TRIBUTE

    8:30pm

    • GRACE / DINNER

    • (Food in Cotton Mill Room)

    9:30pm

    • “PASS THE 🎤” FAMILY RECOGNITIONS

    10pm

    • CLOSING REMARKS

    10:30pm

    • AFTER PARTY

    • (Fulton Room)

    12am

    • GOODNIGHT

  • DEPARTURE DAY

    TRAVELING GRACE AND MERCY FOR A SAFE RETURN HOME