The Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans is gearing up for the 2024 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which will span two weekends in late April and early May.
The Fair Grounds Race Course, which plays host to the 2024 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, begins its annual transformation in earnest Tuesday as organizers prepare to take over the field this spring for two weekends of music, food and fun. 'Jazz Fest is back starting today!,' exclaimed festival producer Quint Davis during its one-month-before news conference inside the Fair Grounds' clubhouse.
This will be the biggest Jazz Fest ever, with the most food ever, the most crafts ever and the most bands ever to come together in our 53-year history,' Davis said. One of those bands — the Rolling Stones— is getting a lot of attention, he noted, smiling. Their May 2 performance is sold out, he added, still smiling. 'When the Rolling Stones come ... I've been trying to say that forever. I guess the third times the charm,' Davis said amid laughter from the crowd.
This time,' Davis said, 'they're coming to play!' Davis noted that the festival's 2024 performance schedule is filled with all types of gems, from country megastar Chris Stapleton to rap artist Queen Latifah, and a bevy of talent in between. The stages and performance times for participating artists — known as the 'cubes' — were released Tuesday on the festival's website, nojazzfest.
James Clesi and his brother, Carlo, said getting a booth at Jazz Fest is a dream come true. 'We are so excited,' James Clesi said as he dished out cajun crawfish dirty rice. 'This is something I've been wanting to do forever. Being chosen is quite the honor. It's like we've been anointed and officially recognized. The dream is now a reality.
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