Fairfield Weekly

Nola in Beepo
Bridgeport's Fairfield Avenue is not exactly New Orleans' Bourbon Street, but it does have a big old building named after a French word (the Bijou), in which there's a funky restaurant/music venue that serves up pizzas with Cajun-inspired toppings, and on Fat Tuesday, that's enough to do a Mardi Gras thing! Today, the talented young musicians of the Jazz Guild take on a New Orleans marching band configuration and lead a parade through downtown Bridgeport, ending at Two Boots, where local mainstays Otis & the Hurricanes will belt out some swampy, thumping blues-rock. It's free to attend, which means you can spend more on pizza and beer.