Our food of the day today: Trout Baquet.
Trout Baquet is buttery trout, topped with lump crabmeat. Fantastic, and you
can get it at the Baquet's restaurant, Li’l Dizzy’s Café on Esplanade.
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WWOZ's fresh, juicy, frozen deliciosness generally referred to as Mango
Freeze has been a Jazz Fest tradition since 1994. If you want really dive
into the splednor, read up on Behind the Sorbet: The True Story of Mango
Freeze. Here are a few pics of some of this year's fabu...
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No Andy Williams, not
Christmas, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the unchallenged
greatest music and culture event on the planet. People say it is the
coolest sloppiest Fest on record… maybe, but the music and the spir...
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Here are a few things of note happening today at Jazz Fest:
Nicholas Payton Interview, 1:30 - 2:15 on the Allison Miner Music Heritage
Stage, inside the Grandstand.
Brushy One-String of Jamaica, 3:50-4:50 in the Blues Tent
Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, 3:50-4...
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The Congo Square Stage is not the only Jazz Fest venue named after a Treme
landmark: the Peoples Health Economy Hall Tent is named for Economy Hall,
former home of the Economy Society, an early twentieth century mutual aid and
benefit society.
Treme's Economy Hall was an ea...
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The Congo Square African Marketplace is a vibrant artspace alongside the
bombastic Congo Square stage. Featuring different local, national, and
international artists each weekend, the market is a colorful and dynamic
celebration of contemporary craftsmanship and art.
Atl...
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Nestled up in the heart of Jazz Fest lies the Louisiana Folklore Village, a
market displaying handmade crafts consisting of everything from glittery high
heels to traditional boat building. With intricacy and dedication each craft
preserves the unique culture and deep-roote...
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Our food of the day today: Crawfish Bread
It's more like a crawfish pot pie. Or maybe a calzone, only with bread
instead of a crust. Whatever, it's just delicious.
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Here are a few things of note happening today at Jazz Fest:
Markeith Tero - Big Chief Trouble of Trouble Nation Mardi Gras Indians
Interview, 12:30 - 1:15 on the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage, inside the
Grandstand.
Davell Crawford, 3:40 - 4:40 on the Congo Square stage...
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