
NEW ORLEANS (22 July 2025) – Arts District New Orleans (ADNO), the organization that founded the popular White Linen Night in 1994, is pleased to announce the 31st annual celebration of the event on 2 August 2025, in conjunction with their monthly First Saturday Gallery Openings. Fidelity Bank returns as the title sponsor of the event, which will take place from 5-10 pm on the 300-600 blocks of Julia Street in the New Orleans’ historic Warehouse Arts District. Guests are strongly encouraged to don their white linen while strolling the district, visit the galleries, enjoy food and drink from local vendors, and art-centered street activations.
Each gallery will present new exhibitions, with world-class art installations from the talented artists represented. In addition to the Julia Street block party event, member galleries and businesses off-Julia will also welcome guests, and area institutions The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) and The Ogden Museum of Southern Art will also open their doors and unveil new exhibitions including solo surveys and juried open calls of artists from the region.
“White Linen Night has been part of the Arts District calendar for 31 years,” says Leslie-Claire Spillman, ADNO President. “We are grateful for our continued partnership with Fidelity Bank, as well as renewed relationships with our many other regular sponsors. Thanks to their support, we are able to continue to welcome guests to the district and grow this event which we all know and love; a night of music, food, drink, fun, and most importantly ART. Join us for the art walk from 5-10 p.m. and keep the party going with several after-hours options from our partners”.
Chris Ferris, President and CEO of Fidelity Bank states: “White Linen Night is more than an evening of art and culture — it is a celebration of the creative spirit that makes New Orleans so vibrant and unique. Fidelity Bank is honored to once again stand with our community as the title sponsor of this summer tradition, inspiring all of us to support artists and local galleries not just one night but all through the year.”
ACTIVATIONS
New Orleans and Company Main Stage - featuring Casme and Love Your Own Noise (LYON) + live music and DJ sets -300 Block
Artful activation - hosted by f/504 Collective -presented by The Helis Foundation and MDRG Inc. – 400 Block
Projection Light Mapping by Brennan Steele, sponsored by Deutsch Kerringan, 500 Block
DJ Mig, 600 Block of Julia Street
Live painting by New Orleans Paint & Design + more
Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey experience
BuzzBallz Experience
Curated Courtyard & Cocktails lounge experience presented by Curated (328 Julia) featuring Midnight Bean & The Spritz
FOOD TRUCKS & VENDORS
Bars Provided by the Sazerac Companies featuring: Corazón Tequila & Wheatley Vodka, Big O's Original Pops, Fat Tuesday Specialty Frozen Beverages, Da Grill Master’s Smoke & Soul BBQ, NOLA Cookie Co, Moon Garden, Southern’s, Swinel Richie Charity BBQ Team, Wolf's Burger Truck & more!
WITH GRATITUDE TO OUR ADDIONAL SPONSORS AND PARTNERS
Inside New Orleans Magazine, WWNO, Avenue 51 Events, Chicken + Champagne, Big Boot Productions, Deutsch Kerrigan, Our Place Promotions/ Mr. Merch Man, Southern Eagle Distributing, VividInk Graphics, Firestone Tire
MEMBER GALLERY & INSTITUTION EXHIBITIONS
*see event map for numbering legend
1. ARIODANTE GALLERY Sergio Alvarez, Cheri Ben-Iesau, Lisa Normand, Gary Schiro GROUP WORK
2. ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY Luis Cruz Azaceta In the Age of Anxiety, Troy Dugas In the Loops Between, Nate Scheaffer Fresh Religion: Electric Bohemian Relics, Allison Stewart Field Notes for a Future Perfect
3. BOULIER GALLERY Yannis Guibinga, Jesus Cordova, Trenity Thomas, Diego Bernal, Franck Godefroy, Will Willough Black is Beautiful
4. CALLAN CONTEMPORARY Key-Sook Geum Resonance
5. CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER From the Storms of Our Souls: The Art of Ron Bechet, Don Marshall: Refreshing America
6. CURATED Grand re-opening featuring curated art and furniture on consignment
7. DEUTSCH KERRIGAN GROUP WORK
8. ESOM Tony Mose On Figurative; Tracey Mose Above It All
9. FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY GROUP This City Holds Us - Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina
10. GALLERY 600 JULIA Carol Scott Crystal Rising
11. HILTON RIVERSIDE The Joy of New Orleans: The art of Myesha Francis and Sharika Mahdi, curated by Beryl Basham
12. HOTEL FONTENOT Jay McKay Let the Children Play
13. LEMIEUX GALLERIES AND NOW FOR SOMETHING NEW, Vol 7
14. MARTINE CHAISSON GALLERY Sofia Cia
15. OCTAVIA ART GALLERY Marina Savashynskaya Dunbar Natural Order
16. OGDEN MUSEUM Louisiana Contemporary, presented by The Helis Foundation
17. OLD NO.77 HOTEL Where Y’Art Activation
18. ORLEANS GALLERY Kloe Donley Let Them Eat Color Morgan Gray Goddess Complex
19. THE PARLOUR GALLERY Nurhan Gokturk and Ryan Gillut From Here to There
20. SASIK GALLERY Beata Sasik New Paintings and Jewelry
21. SMITH & CLARK Terrence Sanders-Smith Dead, Lost or Displaced
22. SMITH CONTEMPORARY James Macdonell Transits
23. SPILLMAN | BLACKWELL Proof of Life virtual gallery exhibition + Curated pop-up @328 Julia
24. STELLA JONES GALLERY Jerry Lynn Resilience: Kids of Katrina
25. VIRGIN HOTELS Cypher Code Switch
26. COMMON HOUSE Crescent Canna Cool Down Lounge (enter/purchase tickets at Tchoupitoulas courtyard gate)
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Featuring Crescent 9 seltzer (exclusive to this experience), DJ FeauxSheaux, Rhonda Corley, ADNO bar + Common House food, Glitter bar experience
27. RENAISSANCE ARTS HOTEL Fidelity VIP experience
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