Jazz Fest
New Orleans, LA -Organizers have announced a partial 2008 lineup For New Orleans' premier music event - The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, to be held April 25-27 and May 1-4. Thousands of fans will fill the city to watch Tim McGraw, the Neville Brothers, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, and hundreds more perform during the 7-day festival.
“Jazz Fest is an invitation to move your body and your soul,” said Quint Davis, producer/director of the event. “New Orleans is the best place in the world to listen to music and to sing and dance in an open and loving atmosphere, and this year we’re presenting more music than ever. As always Jazz Fest is going to give Festivalgoers the best opportunity to participate in this city’s powerful and joyful integration of culture and community.”
Annually drawing tens of thousands of fans each of its six days of activities, the Festival will again be held at the Fair Grounds Race Course and run from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Ten stages of simultaneous music programming are complemented by an important, unparalleled Food Fair offering more than 100 varieties of authentic Louisiana cuisine and a stunning array of one-of-a-kind crafts available around the grounds in the Festival’s juried crafts areas.
In the coming weeks, the Festival will announce other details about the event (daily schedules, performance times, lists of food and crafts vendors and more). The most up-to-date information will be available at the Festival’s official website, www.nojazzfest.com.
A listing of hotels offering Jazz Fest rates
is available at www.nojazzfest.com.
For the most recent info on this event and others,
check our New Orleans Special Event Calendar.
