WWE, Fried Chicken Fest: Things to do this weekend in New Orleans

Chelsea Brasted

A wrestler is photographed in midair as he appears to jump toward another wrestler lying prone on the floor of a wrestling ring. — CM Punk battles Gunther during SmackDown. Both will appear at WWE Money in the Bank. Photo: Craig Melvin/WWE via Getty Images

WWE is in town, and the National Fried Chicken Fest gets a redo this weekend in New Orleans.

Zoom in: Here are our picks for things to do in the city this weekend.

🎸 Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival returns to Lafayette Square Park this weekend. It's free. Details.

🎶 Gentilly Fest has live music, local food, arts, vendors, and family activities in Pontchartrain Park all weekend. Details.

🍗 The National Fried Chicken Festival gets a redo this weekend after last week's rain check, though without Nelly on the lineup anymore. It starts Friday. Catch up quick, and see the event website.

🇮🇹 Two Italian fests are on tap: Reginelli's 30th birthday bash, and local food content creator Carla Pesono's Taste of Italy.

🤼‍♂️ WWE's Money in the Bank brings championship matches and high-stakes ladder bouts to the Smoothie King Center on Saturday. ESPN has a "casual fan's guide" to fill you in. Get tickets.

👻 See the 1922 classic silent film "Nosferatu," but with a live score by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra at JPAS on Saturday night. Tickets.

🦇 Big Couch presents a Halloween-season improv comedy show performed entirely in total darkness Saturday night. Spooky! Details

🎸 Blackberry Smoke brings its 25th Anniversary Tour to The Fillmore on Sunday night. Details.

🏈 Football

Tulane is at Army on Saturday at 11am.
Southern heads to Prairie View on Saturday at 3pm.
LSU is at Kentucky on Saturday at 6pm.
The New Orleans Saints host the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday at noon.

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