It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No Andy Williams, not
Christmas, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the unchallenged
greatest music and culture event on the planet. I hope you remembered your
sunscreen yesterday and were not fooled by the perfect temper...
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Every day at Jazz Fest, there are a number of interviews held on the Allsion
Miner Stage in the Grandstand... One of today's featured Zydeco legend
Queen Ida and contemporary Zydeco star Terrance Simien.
Ida Lewis "Queen Ida" Guillory is a Louisiana accordionist and the f...
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Here are a few things of note happening today at Jazz Fest:
Cooking Demo at 3:30pm, in front of the Grandstand (east end): John Boutte
makes his Down in the Treme Carrot Ginger Soup, a recipe from That Sounds
Good!. Available in the Book Tent.
See your favorite tradition bea...
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No Andy Williams, not
Christmas, Day 1 of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the
unchallenged greatest music and culture event on the planet.
My hot picks, dedicated to Callie –
Start out with the N. O. Suspects or Freddie ...
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Watch the Sync Up conference live - streaming in real-time video and audio
at WWOZ.org, starting at 10 a.m. CST every day of the conference.
The Sync Up Conference, put on by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation
and held during Jazz Fest at NOMA in City Park, is New ...
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What's going on at the Jazz & Heritage Stage and around the Fair Grounds.
11:15 - 12:00
Semolian Warriors Mardi Gras Indians
11:30 - 12:15
Brass Band Throwdown - [Kids Tent]
12:20 - 1:20
Young Pinstripe Brass Band
1:40 - 2:25
...
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Old Man River is back at it again!
Every Tuesday @ 6pm we will meet in Armstrong Park for the
"it's all about the MUSIC bike ride" which meets at Congo Square
So if MUSIC or CASUAL CYCLING or COOL PEOPLE is yo THANG then meet us at 6pm
at CONGO SQUARE in Armstrong Park
We will...
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