Alison Fensterstock is a WWOZ volunteer and a music writer who has covered
Jazz Fest for the Times-Picayune/nola.com, NPR, The Gambit, 64 Parishes, and
more. In this WWOZ Jazz Fest Flashback, she recalls seeing Joe Blakk and the
Throwback Jam at the Congo Square Stage in 20...
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Wild Mohicans at Jazz Fest on April 29, 2017. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest
photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz
Fest 50 page, all year long to see them, plu...
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The Fairview Baptist Church Christian Marching Band at Jazz Fest in Congo
Square, 1971. Photo by John Messina, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz &
Heritage Archive.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest
photo of the day with our au...
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Mike Gowland is the owner of Fireman Mike's Kitchen. He and his family have
run two food booths at Jazz Fest for years: one in the kids area and one in
Food Area I with alligator sauce piquante, shrimp & grits, and shrimp,
sausage, and okra gumbo. In this WWOZ Jazz Fest Fla...
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Happy birthday to Leroy Jones! Here he is at home in Economy Hall at Jazz
Fest on Day 7 - May 6, 2018. Photo by Marc PoKempner.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest
photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at ou...
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Queen Shirley Goodman of the Flaming Arrows tribe passed away in December
2018 and this video shows a few moments of her homecoming celebration.
Goodman was a beloved mainstay of the 7th Ward community, involved in both
Mardi Gras Indian and Baby Doll groups. After the fune...
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WWOZ was on hand to capture the Fufu All-Stars performance at the New Orleans
Jazz & Heritage Center on February 15, 2019. Check it out below!
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Crawfish Monica has long been a Jazz Fest fan favorite. Photo by David
Stafford.
In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest
photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz
Fest 50 page, all year long to see them...
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Renowned sculptor and jewelry designer Thomas Mann has exhibited his work at
Jazz Fest since 1977. Watch this WWOZ Jazz Fest Flashback to find out how
he's kept his jewelry and presence at the festival fresh through all these
years:
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