Gallery Openings and Outdoor Celebration: 6-9pm - 300-600 blocks of Julia Street and throughout the New Orleans Arts District. Free admission.

Official Post Party at the CAC - 9pm until midnight with live entertainment by John Mooney & Friends with Sunpie Barnes, cash bars & restaurant stations. (900 Camp St.) $10 general admission. FREE for CAC members.

The New Orleans Arts District (NOAD) presents the annual Whitney White Linen Night, Saturday, August 2, 6-9pm. Sponsored by Whitney National Bank and produced by the Contemporary Arts Center, the annual summer art-walk in New Orleans includes open art galleries, exciting live music on the street, fine cuisine, and refreshing specialty drinks. Admission is FREE to the outdoor event, with cash bars and food available for purchase. (Rain date is Saturday, August 9.)

Whitney White Linen Night is now a summertime tradition, as thousands of New Orleans art and culture enthusiasts stroll down Julia Street (300-600 blocks) and throughout the New Orleans Arts District, visit galleries such as the Contemporary Arts Center (the Arts District's anchor gallery), and enjoy art openings at 17 galleries, museums and businesses that feature works by local, national and international artists.

In addition to dancing in the streets to the sounds of and being seen in their "must-have" white linen outfits, gallery-goers will keep cool with complimentary souvenir hand-held fans. The fans are available at each gallery and at booths on the street, and provide a list of galleries, entertainment, and curbside restaurants/bars during Whitney White Linen Night. Cuisine served at the outdoor celebration will be provided by 7 on Fulton, Bombay Club, Cool Brew Coffee, Crepes a la Cart, La Divina Gelateria, New Orleans Ice Cream, Nirvana Indian Cuisine, Stop 9, Wolfe's In the Warehouse and Ye Old Kettle Cooker. There will also be live entertainment on two stages by jazz vocalist Troi Bechet, and by blues vocalist and harmonica player Johnny Sansone.

The official Whitney White Linen Night celebration and post party continues at the Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp Street. Festive cuisine by 5 Fifty 5 and spirits will be available for sale at the CAC beginning at 6pm. There will be art openings for the exhibitions Peter Sarkisian: Extruded Video Engines 6,7,8 and 9; City Stage - Works by Jeffrey Cook, Bruce Davenport Junior, Adrian Price, Colin Miller, Adia Millett, Cauleen Smith, Mickalene Thomas; and Works by Emeril Lagasse Foundation Summer Art Camp Students. And a special concert, beginning at 9pm, features New Orleans blues legend John Mooney & Friends with Sunpie Barnes. Admission to the CAC afterparty is $10, and is free for CAC members.