Fans of the Tremé Creole Gumbo and the Congo Square Rhythms Festival are in for a treat.
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation recently announced that the two
festivals will combine into one big event. Both festivals will occur from March
25 to 27 at Louis Armstrong Park and Congo
Square. The event
will have multiple performance stages, food vendors, and art markets.
Plus, the
foundation also announced the lineup, which will consist of local singers and
bands performing from 10:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. all day. The lineup is as
follows:
SATURDAY,
MARCH 26
• Drum
Circle
• Paulin
Brothers Brass Band
• Margie
& Sula Present the Wanderfuls
• The
Stooges Brass Band
• Casmé
• Tonya
Boyd-Cannon
• Caesar
Brothers Funk Box
• Kings of
Brass
• Erica
Falls
• James
Andrews
• Big Chief
Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles
• Rebirth
Brass Band
• Cyril Neville with Omari Neville & the Fuel
SUNDAY,
MARCH 27
•
Drum Circle
• Gerald
French & the Original Tuxedo Brass Band
• African
Dance with Tekrema, N'Kafu, Culu, Kumbuka Dance Collective, and N'Fungola Sibo
• Tremé
Brass Band
• Charmaine
Neville
• Bamboula
2000
• Mardi Gras
Indian Battle
• Kinfolk
Brass Band
• Cha Wa
• Original
Pinettes Brass Band
• Hot 8 Brass Band
Plus, don't
miss John Boutté and Family live in concert on Friday, March 25 at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center at 8 p.m. The concert will also
feature special guests Tanya Boutté and Arséne DeLay. The show costs $10.
For
more information about both festivals, visit jazzandheritage.org. You can also purchase tickets for the Friday concert at eventbrite.com.
