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New Orleans Marriott
555 Canal St.
New Orleans, LA 70130

The New Orleans Marriott has reserved a special room rate of $179 per night for single/double occupancy for Inside Self-Storage World Expo attendees. Rates are applicable Sept. 27-Oct. 1, 2010, and based on availability through Aug. 27, 2010. After that date, prevailing room rates will apply.

Refunds of deposits will only be made when individual reservations are cancelled 30 days prior to your arrival date.

To make your reservations, call 800.228.9290. Mention the Inside Self-Storage World Expo to receive the discounted room rate.

To view hotel details and amenities, visit http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/msyla-new-orleans-marriott.
Things To Do in New Orleans:
Thursdays at Twilight Garden Concert
Thursday, Sept. 30, 5-8 p.m.
Pavilion of Two Sisters, City Park Botanical Garden

Stroll through the New Orleans Botanical Garden at twilight, settle in with a mint julep, and enjoy the finest musicians New Orleans has to offer. This popular music series offers jazz, classical, and Latin American music.

New Orleans Saints v. Carolina
Sunday, Oct. 3, Noon
Louisiana Superdome

The New Orleans Saints football team kicks off against the Carolina Panthers. Go Saints!

Gretna Heritage Festival
Oct. 1-3
Historic Downtown Gretna

Gretna Heritage Festival presents exciting carnival rides and games for wholesome family fun. This year's lineup will feature The Doobie Brothers, REO Speedwagon, Charlie Daniels Band, Blake Shelton, Little River Band, The Temptations Review Featuring Dennis Edwards, Irma Thomas, Louis Prima, Jr., plus much more.

Vieux Carré Matinées
Tuesday-Saturday, Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
LePetit Theater, 616 St. Peter St.

The Historic New Orleans Collection and Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré present Vieux Carré Matinées, a series of free films and tours celebrating Louisiana’s history and culture. The program opens with a brief tour of the nation’s oldest continuously operated little-community theatre. Afterward, participants can view one of 10 films, each addressing a different aspect of the region, including the Battle of New Orleans, Creole cooking and visual artists of the city. Free and open to the public.

Music Concert Garden Party
Wednesday, Sept. 29, 5-9 p.m.
City Park Botanical Garden

Free and open to the public and sponsored by the Backbeat Foundation, this concert features Paul Sanchez and The Rolling Road Show as well as Seth Walker. A featured local chef or restaurant will serve up signature cuisine, and a full range of beverages will be available.

Art Exhibit, “Ancestors and Descendants: Ancient Southwestern America at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century”
July 24-Oct. 24
New Orleans Museum of Art

The exhibition consists of 73 antique photographs of Native American subjects and 84 Native American artifacts, including Navaho and Pueblo textiles, pottery and jewelry. All materials were collected by George Hubbard Pepper, the first anthropologist/archeologist to excavate Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico, between 1895 and 1905.

Piano Lounge Night
Nightly
Pat O’Brien’s, 718 St. Peter

Clap your hands and stomp your feet with Pat O's piano players! No cover. Be sure to try one of the bar’s world-famous hurricanes while you’re there.

Oktoberfest 2010
Oct. 1, 4 p.m. to Midnight; Oct. 2, 1 p.m. to Midnight
Deutsches Haus, 200 South Galvez, New Orleans, LA 70119

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