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This year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which wrapped up seven days of music yesterday (May 2), served up sounds that hit every sonic flavor related to the brassy genre born in the city. Aretha Frankin may have had to cancel her set, but that didn't slow the momentum of the fest's second weekend.
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near the Trafalgar entrance, some people handed out free energy drink samples and free cell phone chargers to promote a brand of batteries. Others sold chips, candy and beer...
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Less than 10 hours before Aretha Franklin was to headline the Acura Stage, producers of the 2010 New Orleans Jazz Fest announced she had canceled her performance. This marks the second year in a row that Franklin has backed out of a scheduled Jazz Fest performance...
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for the hundreds gathered in front of the Preservation Hall in New Orleans' French Quarter Saturday night, the last lyric certainly must have spoken to them, as many waited -- and hoped -- to get into My Morning Jacket's intimate evening with the Preservation Jazz Hall Band for night two of the 2010 New Orleans Jazz Fest...
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World-renowned entertainers like James Brown, Jon Bon Jovi, Lenny Kravitz, The Temptations, Patti LaBelle, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Willie Nelson and Miles Davis have played to Jazz Fest crowds since the festival’s start in 1970...
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Nearly 70 acts provided their own natural forces on the dozen stages. It all made for a thrilling, sunny conclusion to a day that started with the threat of hailstorms and tornadoes (they never materialized). The seven-day, 41st annual festival continues Sunday and April 29-May 2...
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A contender in the unofficial muddiest feet contest at the New Orleans Jazz Festival Presented by Shell.
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Don't miss a beat, tune in to WW0Z 90.7FM New Orleans wwoz.org for live updates from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
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Join the NOLA.com gang live from Liuzza's by the Track both weekends of Jazz Fest.
Or, if you're out at the Fest, stop by Liuzza's, stand in front of cam and wave hello to the folk back home...
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by Maria C. Montoya, The Times-Picayune on April 19, 2010 at 11:39 AM There's plenty of good stuff to choose from on the Fairgrounds. You don't have to go crazy when it comes to calorie intake.
| How to eat healthy at Jazz Fest 2010? |
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