Reaux Fareal photo taken by himself
The New Orleans Jazz Museum and Parlay present a spoken word and music LED Concert on Sunday, September 4th at 7:00 PM CDT.
This program takes place inside our third-floor Performance Center, listening room.
The event will start at 7 PM CDT with local spoken word artists. Reaux Fareal & The Parlay Band will then play at 8 PM CDT.
The LED Concert will highlight Reaux with a full band performing spoken word and original music. LED (Light Entering Darkness) will be a powerful display of performing arts at the highest level wrapped with motivation and inspiration by one of the best of this generation.
Tickets are free for general seating but VIP seating is available. For more information and tickets: Text ONLY 504.294.5044 or go to: www.parlaybrand.com/ledconcert
The New Orleans Jazz Museum will play host to a Louisiana icon in the arts community. From North Louisiana to South Louisiana, Reaux Fareal has been a staple in the performing arts. He is a 2x National Spoken Word Winner who has been featured on HBO, MTV, Congo TV Network, and various local channels. This event is being filmed for Amazon Prime in which Reaux already has a movie listed (Get The Ring) that he filmed and directed.
A Louisiana native and resident, Reaux Fareal, is multi-talented with a professional career beginning at age 7. He began writing Kid’s Korner in the Monroe Free Press and earned $10 per week for his published articles sharing a kid’s perspective on social events and politics. By 13, he had become so popular in North Louisiana that he emerged into radio, becoming the youngest employed radio personality in Louisiana history. Since his childhood, Reaux has been a public figure in the Louisiana/Texas region. In 2001, he founded Amps Magazine and franchised it in 7 other cities before selling it. He was a founding partner of the Congo TV Network in 2017.
As an author, most of his books are published under his birth name (Ro Wright). Even though he has self published five books, its the fifth book that received the greatest notoriety. The People Next Door, a fictional novel won him Fiction Book of the Year at the annual ULM Book Club at University of Louisiana at Monroe. The book has also been featured at Dillard University, more than 10 high schools, and numerous churches around the country.
Reaux’s Parlay Company makes clothing for his staple brand, Parlay. His son, Cadence, is being groomed to manage The Parlay Clothing Co. However, Parlay is more credible for its charitable efforts through the Parlay Foundation. The group organized a social media campaign during COVID to provide financial aid for HBCU students. “I Got 5 On It Fridays” challenged people to donate $5 every Friday to help HBCU students. The Parlay Foundation was able to help over 50 students pay off tuition debt, raising more than $25k in its first year. Reaux, who attended Southern University in Baton Rouge while in college, is an outspoken advocate for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Born Roosevelt Wright (Ro Wright), he uses Reaux Fareal as his moniker because it connects him to his Louisiana roots and reminds him to always be himself… unapologetically. Reaux has publicly stated his greatest honor is being the father of three sons. Cadence, Ethan, and Caleb, the Godson that he always claims as his own.