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Quote: French Quarter Festival
April 9-12, 2015
What began as a small celebration for New Orleans’ most famous neighborhood during the 1984 World’s Fair has since grown into the city’s second largest festival, drawing more than half a million people each year.
Promoters of the French Quarter Festival have taken to calling it “The World’s Largest Block Party!” Musical stages and other attractions spread over the five or six blocks between Bourbon Street and the Mississippi Riverfront, and spectators are free to come and go at will as they would at any block party.
In typical New Orleans fashion, French Quarter Festival has evolved into a celebration of all of everything this cosmopolitan city has to offer: lively music, fabulous food, colorful and imaginative art and, above all, a good ole time is on the calendar for the weekend of April 9-12.
During this 32nd Annual French Quarter Fest, more than 1,500 musicians will be performing on 21 stages between Bourbon Street and Woldenberg Riverfront Park. More than 60 food and beverage vendors will be set up in half a dozen locations offering a wide variety of Crescent City culinary delights. Some of New Orleans' top artists and artisans will have their talented work on display and for sale, and there will be fun activities for children to enjoy as well.
Music
Always the highlight of any New Orleans experience, the 1,500 or so musicians performing at this year's FQF will be spread out outdoors on more than 20 stages between Bourbon Street and the Mississippi Riverfront. Some of Louisiana's top musical artists will perform Cajun, jazz, blues, rock, gospel, zydeco, funk, country and just about every other genre. Even classical! All of which are genres that were either born here or incubated here in their infancy.
All of the participating musicians are exclusively from New Orleans and elsewhere in Louisiana. No outside acts are ever brought in. Here are just a few of the other top names that have confirmed for this year’s French Quarter Fest and the dates on which they will be performing:
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Allen Toussaint
Benny Grunch and the Bunch
Big Chief Smiley Ricks and the One Nation Band
Blues Masters featuring “Big Al” Carson
Chris Owens
Doug Kershaw and Steve Riley
Ellis Marsalis
George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners
Irvin Mayfield and The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra: the music of Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, and The Grateful Dead
James Andrews
The Joe Krown Trio with Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste Jr.
Panorama Jazz Band
Susan Cowsill
Friday, April 10, 2015
Bonerama
Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band
Connie Jones and the FQF All Stars
The Dixie Cups
The Dukes of Dixieland
Ernie Vincent and the Top Notes
Fredy Omar con su Banda
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Review
Irma Thomas, Soul Queen of New Orleans
Irvin Mayfield and NOJO: the music of Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, and Queen
John Boutte
Leroy Jones’ Original Hurricane Brass Band
Lynn Drury Band
Monk Boudreaux and the Golden Eagles
New Orleans Cottonmouth KingsThe New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
Norbert Slama Trio
The Original Pinettes Brass Band
Waylon Thibodeaux Band
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Amanda Shaw
Bamboula 2015
Big Chief Bo Dollis, Jr. & the Wild Magnolias
Brass-A-Holics
Charmaine Neville
Debbie Davis and the Mesmerizers
Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra
Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders
Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers
Gina Brown & Anutha Level
Guitar Slim, Jr.
Helen Gillet’s Wazozo Zorchestra
Hot Stuff featuring Becky Allen
Ingrid Lucia
Irvin Mayfield and NOJO: Children’s Songs
Jerry Embree’s Jazzman Band
Jimmy LaRocca’s Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Jumonville Staehle Band
Kim Carson and the Real Deal
The Lena Prima Band
Linnzi Zaorski
Lisa Lynn
Little Freddie King
Lost Bayou Ramblers
Micaela y Fiesta Flamenca
The Original Pin Stripe Jazz Band
Patrice Fisher and Arpa
Paul SanchezPaulin Brothers Jazz Band
The Revealers
Rhodes Spedale & Live Jazz Group
Rick Trolsen’s New Orleans Po’Boys
Robin Barnes
The Ronnie Kole Show featuring John Perkins
Shannon Powell & his Traditional All-Stars
Storyville Stompers Brass Band
Tim Laughlin
Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington and the Roadmasters
Washboard Chaz Blues Trio
Zazou City
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Anaïs St. John
Astral Project
Bucktown All-Stars
Carl LeBlanc
Cristina Perez
Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
Dash Rip Rock
Duke Heitger’s Steamboat Stompers
Fritzel’s New Orleans Jazz Band
Glen David Andrews
Honey Island Swamp Band
Hot Club of New Orleans
Irene Sage Band
Jeremy Davenport
Jo-el Sonnier
Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers
Kid Simmons Jazz Band
Kristin Diable
Lars Edegran’s New Orleans Jazz Band
The Last Straws
Leroy Jones & New Orleans’ Finest
Los Po-Boy-Citos
Miss Sophie Lee
New Birth Brass Band
The New Orleans Songbook: Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield, and NOJO
Palmetto Bug Stompers
The Pfister Sisters
Riccardo Crespo & Sol Brasil
Robin Barnes
Rockin’ Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters
Tom McDermot and His Jazz Hellions
Tommy Sancton’s New Orleans Legacy Band
Treme Brass Band
Tribute to Al Belletto featuring Leif Pedersen’s 1944 Big Band
Wanda Rouzan and A Taste of New Orleans
...and many more.
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