Voted the Best New Orleans Festival in 2008!
(It even outvoted Mardi Gras)
It has been called “The World’s Largest Block Party” and, so far, no one has come forward to dispute the claim. Like a true block party, the annual French Quarter Festival, from April 17-19, is free and open to everyone. From kids to adults, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
I volunteered today at the Hermann-Grima/Gallier Historic House booth. We made Victorian fans around all the other kids tents. It was fun!
We were right on the river and had a nice if not amazingly strong wind keeping us cool all day. Good spot.
View of the crowds and one of the many music stages.
26th Annual Collector's Edition Poster
It has been called “The World’s Largest Block Party” and, so far, no one has come forward to dispute the claim. Like a true block party, the annual French Quarter Festival, from April 17-19, is free and open to everyone. From kids to adults, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
I volunteered today at the Hermann-Grima/Gallier Historic House booth. We made Victorian fans around all the other kids tents. It was fun!
We were right on the river and had a nice if not amazingly strong wind keeping us cool all day. Good spot.
View of the crowds and one of the many music stages.
26th Annual Collector's Edition Poster
Native New Orleanian, Soren Vandegaard, captures all things French Quarter this year with his print including Joan of Arc, 'The Maid of Orleans', a parade of revelers, the late Ruthie 'The Duck Lady', a bullish sanitation worker, and an infamous hot dog vendor all next to the Jackson Square with the peaks of the St. Louis Cathedral and the paddle wheel of the Steamboat Natchez in the background!
My lunch!
Yum. It had cabbage and some spicy sauce with it as well.
French Quarter Fest welcomes special guest: THE SUN. It came out despite all of the thunderstorm weather warnings! You can even see blue skies in the background - nice day, but I think I have a sunburn now.
Events scattered all throughout the FQ.
My lunch!
Yum. It had cabbage and some spicy sauce with it as well.
French Quarter Fest welcomes special guest: THE SUN. It came out despite all of the thunderstorm weather warnings! You can even see blue skies in the background - nice day, but I think I have a sunburn now.
Events scattered all throughout the FQ.
I opted to stay out of the massive crowds and walked around more to the left bottom corner of the map.
More Stage Music.
To give you an idea of how big this festival is, here are some numbers:
250 hours of free entertainment, 150 musical performances, 450 musicians, 18 separate stages, and 60 food and beverage booths!
At any given time during the festival you’re likely to hear salsa, gospel, R&B, blues, Cajun, funk, rap/hip hop, classical, rock, cabaret, bossa nova, country/western and, of course, jazz. All genres of jazz. From brass marching bands to traditional (Dixieland) to modern styles. After all, jazz is what New Orleans is best known for and, if that’s what you’ve come to hear, you will not be disappointed.
More Stage Music. 
To give you an idea of how big this festival is, here are some numbers:
250 hours of free entertainment, 150 musical performances, 450 musicians, 18 separate stages, and 60 food and beverage booths!
At any given time during the festival you’re likely to hear salsa, gospel, R&B, blues, Cajun, funk, rap/hip hop, classical, rock, cabaret, bossa nova, country/western and, of course, jazz. All genres of jazz. From brass marching bands to traditional (Dixieland) to modern styles. After all, jazz is what New Orleans is best known for and, if that’s what you’ve come to hear, you will not be disappointed.
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