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Foburg, a brand new 3-day alternative music festival held in 8 or more venues on and around Frenchmen Street on March 12-14, 2010. Foburg will feature rock, indie rock, and alternative artists from the greater Gulf South and national touring artists on their way to SXSW in Austin, TX, which is the following week.
More info via foburgneworleans.com
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… and it’s called “Say Uncle” — an image of the inimitable Uncle Lionel Batiste of the Tremé Brass Band, painted by Terrance Osborne. Osborne did the 2007 poster of Rebirth Brass Band’s Philip Frazier, and this one is done in the same vibrant style.
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The French Quarter Festival announces its preliminary line-up of music, food vendors and more…
Mark your calendarApril 9 - 11, 2010
The award-winning French Quarter Festival is Louisiana's largest free music event, a three-day local music showcase scattered throughout the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. There are music performances on 17 stages…
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The biggest change this year is that the festival has a title sponsor for the first time; now it is the French Quarter Festival presented by Capitol One Bank. Though the festival remains free, it will sell memberships as part of the “Fest Family of New Orleans” program. Those will give members inside information and special bonuses...
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R&B superstar Alicia Keys has been added to the headline roster for this year's Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.Keys will join Mary J. Blige, Gladys Knight, Keri Hilson, Jill Scott, Raphael Saadiq, Charlie Wilson, Earth, Wind and Fire and others performing at the Louisiana Superdome July 2-4...
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Added on Sunday, April 25: Juan Luis Guerra y 440, a Dominican singer who has sold over 20 million records and won nine Latin Grammy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards.
Moved to Saturday, May 1: Band of Horses will not appear during the first weekend of the Festival as previously listed.
Scratched: Gil Scott-Heron, previously announced for the Festival, will not appear this year.
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The traditional New Year’s Eve bonfire in Mid-City looks to have been extinguished this year, not by city officials, but by the neighbors who fought so hard to keep it alive in 2008.
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NewOrleans.com contributing photographer Jeffrey Dupuis is proud to announce the publication of the 2010 New Orleans Music Festival Calendar. The calendar features the photography of Dupuis, whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone magazine, An Honest Tune magazine…
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Pearl Jam, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, Lionel Richie, The Neville Brothers,Allman Brothers Band, Anita Baker, My Morning Jacket, Darius Rucker, Widespread Panic Among Hundreds Scheduled to Appear at 41st Jazz & Heritage Festival…
Read more via jazzfest.posterous.com
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As the largest GOP gathering prior to the 2012 Republican National Convention, you can expect to see the top Republican leaders in the country. Among the invited speakers for 2010 are Sean Hannity, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Sarah Palin and Chuck Norris.
The SRLC in 2010 will be sharing the weekend of April 8 - 11, 2010 with the French Quarter Festival which should add some side show politics for festival goers and lagniappe music and food for the conventioneers.Read more about the convention via www.srlc2010.comRead more about the FQ Fest via fqfi.org
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