When New Orleans throws a party, everybody shows up! Expect this GO FOURTH ON THE RIVER celebration to be more of the same, as thousands flock annually to the Crescent City to watch a truly spectacular display of fireworks echoing off the man-made canyons of downtown New Orleans and reflecting off the Mighty Mississippi.
When the ESSENCE gets its party on, it's always done in great style. Every year, The Essence Music Festival is the hottest ticket in the nation. This "party with a purpose," has become well-known for its electrifying performances, inspiring seminars, intriguing authors and fabulous food...and each year, fans and music lovers turn out in droves to listen, dance, eat and just generally throw it down! In fact, fans feel so close to the event, they have given it a nickname: The ESSENCE.
The internationally acclaimed festival of cocktails, cuisine and culture returns for its seventh year in New Orleans, July 8-12, 2009.
The Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival, which originated in 1980, is a four-time winner of the prestigious "Top Twenty Events in the Southeast" Award given by the Southeast Tourism Society. In 1980, 1981, and 1982, the Folk Festival was supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Louisiana Division of the Arts. While the Festival attempts to be largely self-supporting, Northwestern State University of Louisiana provides necessary and much appreciated financial support.
Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans on August 4, 1901. By the time of his death in 1971, he was world famous..known by the single moniker...Satchmo! Satchmo's influence as an artist is still very much alive today and his unique way of playing and singing jazz will never be matched. There is a reason he was often referred to as the "Father of Jazz!"!
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