906 Mardi Gras Indians at Congo Square Rhythms Fest - Nov. 2019
Armstrong Park (OUTDOORS)
The "future site of the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park," Louis Armstrong Park is located in the Fauberg Tremé, right outside the French Quarter on North Rampart Street. Armstrong Park was created to honor New Orleans' favorite son, the great Louis Armstrong, and to preserve the site of Congo Square.
Upcoming Shows
Tune in as we broadcast live from the FREE Treme Creole Gumbo Festival this weekend! The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation has combined two of their favorite festivals into one! The Tremé Creole Gumbo and Congo Square Rhythms festivals sit on the outskirts of the French Quarter in Treme, celebrating the neighborhood as a key proving ground in the birthplace of jazz.
Tune in at 90.7 FM or wwoz.org to hear the sounds from the Treme Creole Gumbo Fest side. Broadcast schedule is below (subject to change):
11am-12:15pm Big Six Brass Band
12:30-2pm Gina Brown
2:15-3:30pm Hot 8 Brass Band
3:45-4:45pm The Original Pinettes Brass Band
5-6pm Water Seed
6:15-7:30pm Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Check out the Congo Square Rhythms Festival side via our live video stream at wwoz.org/livevideo and on our Facebook page! Video stream schedule is below (subject to change):
10:45-11:45am Drum Circle
12-12:20pm Kumbuka Dance Collective
12:25-12:45pm N’Kafu n Culu
12:50-1:10pm Bombazo Dance Company
1:15-1:35pm N’Fungola Sibo
1:40-2pm Free Spirit Walkers
2:30-3:30pm Bamboula 2000
3:45-4:30pm Mardi Gras Indian Battle: Creole Wild West led by Big Chief Howard Miller, Flaming Arrows led by Big Chief Kevin Goodman, Creole Cheveyo led by Big Chief Kevin Turner
4:45-6:15pm Big Chief Juan Pardo
