NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Don Lemon will host a New Year’s Eve particular from his hometown of New Orleans, streaming dwell throughout a number of social media platforms Tuesday night time.
The former NCS host will broadcast from DBA and the Spotted Cat on Frenchman Street within the Marigny neighborhood. The occasion will function a block social gathering with meals vans, gumbo cooking competitions and boiled crawfish.
“There’s no better place to celebrate New Year’s Eve than New Orleans,” Lemon stated throughout a tv interview. “If you want to party like people from New Orleans, this is where you party.”
The celebration will start with a second line parade from the French Quarter to Frenchman Street. Lemon will co-host with comic D.L. Hughley, former Daily Show correspondent Dulce Sloan and New Orleans bounce artist Big Freedia.
Event particulars and charity part
The particular will stream on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitch and Substack. Viewers can entry the streams by way of hyperlinks at DonLemon.com.
Local attendees should buy VIP tickets for open bar entry and meals at collaborating venues. The complete block will be closed for the celebration.
The occasion features a dunk sales space to boost cash for Children’s Hospital of New Orleans. Lemon stated he’s making a fund in reminiscence of his sister, who died this yr and obtained remedy on the hospital as a toddler for scoliosis.
“My sister spent a lot of time at Children’s Hospital here as a kid,” Lemon stated. “My mom would come here for weeks and months to stay with her for her rehab and surgery.”
The broadcast will rejoice each East Coast and Central time zone countdowns, with the primary New Orleans celebration at midnight native time.
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