Fan Appreciation Ticket Sale

LAST BOUT OF THE SEASON-FAN APPRECIATION TICKET SALE

Because we love our fans so much, we've decided to offer Buy One Get One Free on this tickets for the May 16th bout until Saturday morning at 10:00 am. How to get the deal:

1) log on to Brown Paper Tickets
2) Click on "begin order button" in top right hand corner of the screen.
3) Use discount code B1G1Free to show special pricing.
4) Add one ticket at the "Buy One" Pricing, and one ticket at the "Get One Free" pricing.
5) Checkout
6) Come the the HPC Saturday night to witness the excitement and hard hitting action that IS the Big Easy Rollergirls.

See You There!

May 16th Double-Header!

On Saturday, May 16, 2009 The Big Easy Rollergirls Season Finale, Double Header will commence at UNO's Human Performance Center located on the corner of Leon C. Simon and Elysian Fields.

Doors at 5:30. Tickets are $10 IN ADVANCE and $12 at the door.

At 6 p.m. sharp the Crescent Wenches take on The StoryVillains; 

THE CRESCENT WENCHES

THE STORYVILLAINS

Following this momentous bout, at 7 p.m, The Confederacy of Punches will battle Baton Rouge's Red Stick Roller Derby

THE CONFEDERACY OF PUNCHES

RED STICK ROLLER DERBY

As usual, we will have the lovely and delightful Pussyfooter Cheerleaders 

and The Krewe of The Rolling Elvi on hand for your enjoyment.

Halftime entertainment will be provided by The G-String Bluegrass Band.

We will also be accepting arts and crafts supplies as well as school supplies for  Ogden's Summer Art Camps! 

The New Orleans Bulls will have a table set up for San Fermin in Nueva Orleans will be celebrated from July 10 - July 12, featuring the Encierro (with The Big Easy Rollerbulls) on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at precisely 8:00 a.m.

Afterparty at Finn McCools located at 3701 Banks Street in Mid City promises: free food, dancing with rollergirls, D.J., cheap drinks, and sexy bartenders!

Summer is quickly approaching and that mean's it's time for The Ogden's Sippin' in Seersucker, an evening of Southern art, cocktails, live music, delicious cuisine, fashion and shopping.

Friday, May 15th from 6 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at The Shops at Canal Place located at 333 Canal St.

 For only $25 (Ogden Museum members) or $35 (nonmembers) a ticket, partygoers will receive:

Entertainment by The Iguanas and Los Po-Boy-Citos.

Hors d'oeuvres from more than 14 local restaurants and libations (including mint juleps) from Republic National Distributing and Cafe Adelaide and the Swizzle Stick Bar.

Special store promotions from The Shops at Canal Place

Raffle packages: $5 per ticket: $20 for 5 tickets will give you the chance to wine prizes in Beauty, Entertainment, Shopping, Wine, and "Be a Tourist in Your Own Hometown!" 

and.... most importantly......

The Big Easy Rollergirls will be judging the Seersucker contest! We will be rating and ranking you on the best and most creative Seersucker ensemble... and judging from some of our own fabulous boutfits you know we will be tough judges. So look your best!

Please call 504.539.9618 for more ticket information.

Tchoupitoulas Barathon!

Friday, May 15th, The Big Easy Rollergirls will be beer wenches in the annual Tchoupitoulas Barathon

6 BARS

6 BEERS

6 MILES

You can register the day of starting at 4:45 at le bon temps roule located at 4801 Magazine St.




The $20 registration fee includes a frosty Abita beer, t-shirt, koozie and post-race party! The race starts at 6:05 sharp!

Get your needs met!

The Big Easyrollergirls hosting Finn McCool's Pub Quiz

Join some of The Big Easy Rollergirls this Monday, May 11th as they guest star as celebrity hosts of Finn McCool's  legendary Monday night Pub Quiz! Located in Mid City at 3701 Banks St, this week's theme will be Rock-n-Roll! 

The fun starts at 8PM sharp and are typically standing room only so be sure and get there early. The rollergirls need some room to roll... and rock!

 Finn McCool's will be offering 5 Domestic Longnecks for $8 and 5 Import Bottles for $12. They will have loads of prizes and the winner will receive a $20 bar tab AND 2 tickets to our May 16th Bout!

Roller Derby Clinics & Tryouts!

The Big Easy Rollergirls are running roller derby clinics on Thursday, April 23rd and Monday, April 27th from 6:30-8:30PM. You can learn the proper stance, stop, stride and much, much more!

Check in is at 6PM. $15 per clinic. $25 if you attend both! The clinics will be held at Skate Country located at 1100 Terry Pkwy in Terrytown.

All this skate knowledge will give you an edge for The Big Easy Rollergirl Tryouts at Skate Country on Monday, May 4th and Wednesday, May 6th from 6:30-8:30PM. Now is your chance to become a rollergirl!

For more information on the clinics and tryouts, please email membership@bigeasyrollergirls.com.

April 18th Bout

The Big Easy Rollergirls’ Bout is scheduled for Saturday, April 18th at UNO’s Human Performance Center (on the corner of Elysian Fields and Leon C. Simon) The doors open at 5:30 PM. The action starts at 6PM featuring the The StoryVillains vs The Confederacy of Punches.

 

StoryVillains

Confederacy of Punches

It follows at 7PM with The Crescent Wenches vs The Mobile Roller Derby of Alabama.

Mobile Roller Derby

The Crescent Wenches

Tickets are $10 IN ADVANCE ($5 for kids 12 and under) and $12 at the door. 

We will be accepting donations on behalf of The New Orleans Public Library.  Items for the wishlist include office supplies and craft supplies -- 8 ½ x 11 white copy paper and colored paper, ball point pens, Scotch tape, White-Out, Post-It Notepads, markers, glue sticks, kid scissors, construction paper, glitter glue, beads, paper plates, pipe cleaners (assorted colors), paint brushes, crayons, plastic / wiggle eyes (assorted sizes), etc. NOPL staffers will be on hand to give out National Library Week goody bags and other promational materials.

The afterparty will be at Squeal on 8400 Oak Street. 

Big Easy Rollergirls in Nashville this weekend!

Saturday, April 11th, The Big Easy Rollergirls take on the Nashville Rollergirls All Stars in Nashville in a WFTDA Sanctioned Bout!


Big Easy Rollergirls All-Stars


Nashville Rollergirls All-Stars

The Big Easy Rollergirls are ranked two ahead of Nashville in the South Central Region. Come out and cheer us on as we move up the ranks with hard hits and fast whips!


The action takes place at the Tn State Fairgrounds (Sports Arena) at 625 Smith Ave in Nashville. The doors open at 6PM, the bout starts at 7PM. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door, $7 for Children 7-12, and free for children 6 and under. Buy your tickets now!

Big Easy Rollergirls Car Wash & Bake Sale!

Sunday, April 5th : Car Wash/Bake Sale, at The Kingpin 1307 Lyons from 2-5. 

We will have merchandise, bout tickets, handmade goodies and face painting. 

We will also have information on how you can become a rollergirl!

$10 for every washed car. For $15 you can get a photo, by our official photographer, Scott Stuntz, of you, your car, and the women who washed it!

BERG Allstars vs Assassination City!

Come out Saturday, March 21st to UNO’s Human Performance Center (on the corner of Elysian Fields and Leon C. Simon) to see The Big Easy Rollergirls All-Stars take on The Assassination City Roller Derby of Dallas.

Assassination City Derby

The doors open at 6PM. The action starts at 7PM

Tickets are $10 IN ADVANCE ($5 for kids 12 and under) and $12 at the door. You can also purchase tickets at Dirty Coast Press on 5704 Magazine Street.

We will also be joined by our tantalizing cheerleaders from the Pussyfooters, The Big Easy Rollergirls official cheerleaders, and by The Krewe of The Rolling Elvi. 

We will be accepting school-supply donations on behalf of The Audubon Charter School of New Orleans. They need: Math Facts Flash Cards (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division) Sight Words Flash Cards, Individual erasers to fit onto pencils, Individual pencil sharpeners (the small plastic kind), Colored Pencils, Clear scotch tape. For your generosity, you will receive a 10% discount off any of our merchandise items.

The afterparty will be at The Hi Ho Lounge located at 2239 St. Claude Ave.

Alternative Media Expo Fashion Show

Join the Big Easy Rollergirl, Friday, March 20th, as well as Mod Dance Party and the lovely ladies of Fleur de Tease Burlesque for The Alternative Media Expo Fashion show presented by Dirty Coast Press

This glorious event is being hosted at One Eyed Jacks at 615 Toulouse St.

The doors open at 9PM and the first 200 guests receive a 10% off gift card to use at the Dirty Coast Store located at 5704 Magazine Street!

Come out and see your favorite rollergirl model the latest fashions from the clever minds of Dirty Coast! You can also Buy Tickets at the fashion show to our bout the following night, featuring the The Big Easy Rollergirls Allstars against Assassination City Derby of Dallas.

St. Patty's Day Parade!

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY






Join The Big Easy Rollergirls, this Friday, March 13th for Molly's at the Market annual St. Patrick's Day Parade!



The parade starts around 6ish, so be sure to get to 1107 Decatur in plenty of time! The parade also includes the Camel Toe Lady Steppers, Storyville Stompers, and the Kazoozie Floozies.

May good luck be with you wherever you go, and your blessing outnumber the shamrocks that grow.

Baby Squirt!

Our very own Squirtalicious, 1/2 Pint, has become a Mommy! This is the
second BERG baby for the league (the first being Bruise Springsteen with Mac
last year).



Ilyana Elizabeth (or Baby Squirt, as we like to call her!) was
born on January 22, 2009 at 6:31 in the evening. She weighed in at 7 lbs 6
oz and was 19.5 inches long.

Baby Squirt's very first outing into the world was to a roller derby bout!
At almost three weeks old, Baby Squirt came to the UNO HPC for a little
visit before the Feb. 8 Doubleheader. She was wearing her StoryVillains
colors! "Lil Squirt, 1/4 pint." Mama's Little Girl!

Baby Squirt definitely brought some of the magic her mom has because the
StoryVillains defeated the Tragic City Rollers 153-125.

Of course, the Big Easy Rollergirls hope Baby Squirt grows up to be a roller
derby girl, but her mom and dad would be just fine if she grew up to be a
golfer (that's Squirt's other super duper talent!)

"I'm not sure what she's dreaming about, but everytime she sleeps, she
raises her arms up in what we like to call her 'victory pose!'" says Mama
Squirt. "If her dad has his way, she's dreaming about winning on the LPGA
Tour. He's already started explaining to her how to hold and swing a golf
club!!"



Our many congratulations to the Squirt Household!

Free Frame Friday at Le Mieux Gallery!

BERG in Baton Rouge!

The Big Easy Rollergirls take on Red Stick Rollerderby, this Saturday in Baton Rouge at the River Center located at 275 River Road S.

Doors at 6PM, action at 7PM.

The Big Easy Rollergirls are going to be playing with a combination of the three teams starring: CHEAP, Cougar, Deuce, Cooney, Em, Jambot, Chess, lacy, Rowdy, Mudflap, Sophie, Lush, Slaughter (Captain) & Bea.

Our fabulous refs; Henry Roll-ins, S'Aint NO Lady, and Sass Piquant will assist in officiating.

Tickets are $11 in IN ADVANCE, $16 VIP, $13 at the door, and kids 10 and under are free.

The afterparty is at The Spanish Moon located at 1109 Highland Road.

Krewe of Rolling Elvi

I know you will be missing The Big Easy Rollergirls after they skate past you in Muses - but lucky you, our favorite Krewe of Rolling Elvi will be following not too far behind us and TCB.

They will be between floats #20 and #21 so be sure to show them your love!

THANKYOUVERYMUCH

Set your TIVO for Kath & Kim

For those of you outside of the NOLA area tonight, check out NBC's hit show, Kath & Kim starring Molly Shannon and Selma Blair, and featuring members of The L.A. Derby Dolls

For those of you in the NOLA area who are coming out to see us tonight in The Krewe of Muses set your TIVO!



In tonight's episode, we meet Rusty, Kath's ex and Kim's father, when Kath finds out that her divorce from him was never finalized. Rusty runs a roller derby team (expertly played by The LA Derby Dolls), and in exchange for re-signing the divorce papers, he requires Kim to become his new Jammer, a position Kath once occupied.




Blue Collar Comedy star Ron White guest stars as Rusty. Busy Phillips guest stars as the Jammer that Kim replaces.




Tune in to support roller derby, and to see if it is really possible to "act" like a true rollergirl!

BERG to roll in Muses!

HAPPY

MARDI

GRAS


The Big Easy Rollergirls are thrilled to be part of Krewe of Muses for the third year.



This year, the parade rolls on Thursday, February 19, at 6:15 p.m.



Don't forget, there are more chances to see BERG and the lovely ladies of Muses with the extended parade route.

The parade will start at Magazine and Jefferson, and will proceed down Magazine to Napoleon, where we will fall in behind Babylon and Chaos and pick up the traditional route. Babylon and Chaos will start as usual on Napoleon.



Aside from the wonderful Muses' heels you can also catch...



Hand-decorated skate wheels, bearing necklaces, trading cards, the official 2009 BERG bead designed by Beatrix sKiddo, and much more!






Wave a sign for your favorite derby darling and you just might get lucky with some fabulous BERG stash!



Have a great carnival season and we will see you on Thursday!

BERG & Bulls in the Atlantic

Check out The Big Easy Rollergirls and New Orleans Bulls in this month's issue of The Atlantic. On newsstands now!



Meanwhile, you can view our article HERE featuring photos by Scott Stuntz our official photographer!

And be sure to break out your running shoes when the rollerbulls take to streets on July 11th for San Fermin in Nueva Orleans.

V-Day!

Come out for V-Day New Orleans
A production of Even Ensler's
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES

In The Parish Room at House of Blues
Sunday, February 15th
Pre-Show Concert by Dana Abbott
$18 in advance/$20 at door

contact: Jamie Choina at vdayjamie@gmail.com for more information

V-Day is a global movement to end violence aginst women and girls that riases funds and awareness through benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler's award-winning play "The Vagina Monologues."

This performance is to raise funds for The St Bernard Battered Women's Program