French Quarter Festival
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The French Quarter Festival is the largest free musical event in the New Orleans calendar, and according to organizers, the largest free music festival in the USA. For many, it has become a less crowded, less expensive alternative to the Jazz & Heritage Festival.
With that said, it’s not really fair to describe French Quarter Fest in relation to the Jazz Fest. French Quarter Fest stands strongly on its own merits, rocking the city with a fantastic line up of musicians and unbeatable setting.
That setting is, as you may have guessed from the name, the French Quarter itself. Unlike so many music festivals around the world, French Quarter Fest eschews a huge grassy space for city streets. And in this case, said streets run through one of the world’s architectural preservation treasures. The festival goes off during the second weekend of April, which tends to come with gorgeous weather. The music line-up draws from a decidedly local list of acts; if you really want to experience the music of modern New Orleans and Louisiana in one free weekend, this is simply the event you cannot miss.
The French Quarter Festival is the largest free musical event in the New Orleans calendar, and according to organizers, the largest free music festival in the USA. For many, it has become a less crowded, less expensive alternative to the Jazz & Heritage Festival.
With that said, it’s not really fair to describe French Quarter Fest in relation to the Jazz Fest. French Quarter Fest stands strongly on its own merits, rocking the city with a fantastic line up of musicians and unbeatable setting.
That setting is, as you may have guessed from the name, the French Quarter itself. Unlike so many music festivals around the world, French Quarter Fest eschews a huge grassy space for city streets. And in this case, said streets run through one of the world’s architectural preservation treasures. The festival goes off during the second weekend of April, which tends to come with gorgeous weather. The music line-up draws from a decidedly local list of acts; if you really want to experience the music of modern New Orleans and Louisiana in one free weekend, this is simply the event you cannot miss.
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