The Jazz Festival in New Orleans
I have had requests in the past to expand the sphere of coverage I do for this blog. That can be a tough thing. I am just one man, and Chicago is a big city and there is a lot of jazz and blues music going on here. Trying to include such bastions of jazz and blues such as New York and Kansas City and New Orleans can be tough. I don’t get free airline tickets or flown to concerts and events around the country by record labels and concert promoters (if you happen to be one, however, feel free to contact me).
Still, this month and into May one of the biggest jazz festivals in the country is going on in the city still trying to recover from a hurricane: New Orleans. It is known as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and if you click on that link you will find a detailed listing of the events.
The festival kicks off on Friday April 25 and goes through the 27th. But wait…there’s more. It then starts up again on Thursday May 1 and goes through May 4. Yes, it is a festival so big they have to break it up into chunks with a few days of rest in between.
This is an interesting festival. It has “jazz” in the title, but has performers like Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and Jimmie Buffet. Of course, that just scratches the surface. The concerts also include enough jazz to satisfy you for the rest of the year and perhaps many years.
In fact, the list of performers is so huge, I cannot even attempt to give it here. I strongly suggest you click on the link above and take a look at the schedule. They have a schedule for you to look at for each day of the festival. Given the fact that the city of New Orleans is a place to party like you may never party again, actually having a scheduled, city-sponsored party is an event not to be missed.
I would love to attend, but I am not going to be able to make it. So, if you have plans and would like to report and send stories from the festival, please just let me know. I would be glad to publish the tales here and give credit where credit is due.
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