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MAJOR ATTRACTIONS, THINGS TO DO AND SEE
*The Mardi Gras*
...You know the story!!!!
*New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival*
Come experience one of the largest and most popular annual six-day musical extravaganzas in the world. Known locally as JazzFest and internationally as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, this six-day extravaganza is one of the largest and most popular annual musical events in the world. Featured on two successive weekends.
Founded in 1973, JazzFest has drawn up to half a million attendees in its best years. JazzFest features the best in local food, arts and crafts, but the high point of the festival is the music. Scattered about on numerous stages and inside tents, there is virtually every genre of music available, in addition to jazz, to choose from.
There's Country, Pop, R&B, Soul, and Classics.
*French Quarter Festival*
French Quarter Fest offers the best in local musical entertainment, culinary delights and colorful, imaginative works of art. This is, without a doubt, “The World's Largest Block Party". Festival goers fill the streets of the French Quarter. Culinary delights are everywhere. No city in the U.S. throws bigger, more fun parties than New Orleans. No sooner are the streets swept clean from Mardi Gras and the viewing stands dismantled, than is the city already planning its next round of festivals and special events. Leading the pack on the second week of April is the annual French Quarter Festival. Sometimes described as “The World’s Largest Block Party,” French Quarter Festival actually takes place over many blocks. Occupying a wide swath of the Quarter, FQ Fest offers the best in local musical entertainment, culinary delights and colorful, imaginative works of art that capture the 'joy of life' that makes New Orleans the unique place it is.
*Preservation Hall*
Back in the days when the future of traditional New Orleans jazz seemed dim, Preservation Hall is the place that kept the beloved music alive.
If you think of the heart of New Orleans as a place, that would be the French Quarter. If you think of the heart of New Orleans beating, the sound would be traditional jazz. These two hearts become one at the Quarter’s legendary Preservation Hall, located at 726 St. Peter Street. This historic New Orleans house of swing sits between Bourbon Street and Jackson Square. Needless to say, the lucky listeners in this building dating back to 1865 smile, sway and beat their feet in the heart of it all. Indeed, the audience in the classic brick and stucco room where the band holds forth may think they are at the birth of jazz itself. The shows are family friendly with no bar and no smoking. They also are musician friendly with no food, so no clanging plates or waitresses taking orders. The music is played the way it was played when Louis Armstrong was a kid and the music can be heard Thursdays through Sundays.
*Spring Fiesta*
The Annual Spring Fiesta parade and Historic Home Tours is always a hit in New Orleans. Spring Fiesta Opens Historic Homes to the Public.
How did the old families of New Orleans enjoy lavish lifestyles in their opulent mansions and townhouses in years past? Once a year visitors are given a chance to find out. For one week visitors will have the opportunity to explore the interiors of 20 privately owned homes in the French Quarter, Uptown and the Garden District that are normally off-limits to the general public. During the 71st Annual Spring Fiesta and Historic Home Tour visitors will get to experience the grandeur of the past and see what a New Orleans home might have looked like a century or more ago.
The New Orleans Spring Fiesta Association is a non-profit organization with a simple mission: “To preserve and share the cultural heritage of New Orleans, to promote the preservation of the region’s history and historic architecture, and to educate others regarding the importance of that history.”
The highlight of the Spring Festival is a daylong series of events designed to entertain, educate, and allow all to revel in the cultural heritage that is uniquely New Orleans. The festival includes a parade of horse-drawn carriages through the French Quarter and the presentation of the Spring Fiesta Queen and her court at Jackson Square. During this time, also, the city gets to display its history, charm and uniqueness through educational and entertaining presentations and events. Spring Fiesta is a time when New Orleans opens its heart and homes to visitors from all over the world, inviting them to explore its many fine homes, enchanting courtyards and elegant gardens during an azalea-filled spring. Tours of private homes, gardens and courtyards complete the remainder of the activities.
*The New Orleans Voodoo*
The city’s Arena Football team gets ready to kick off another action-packed season in the New Orleans Arena.
Although the regular football season is over, a new football season is set to kick off. All this happens indoors! Played under different rules than conventional football, Arena Football keeps the gridiron broiling during what is normally the sport’s off-season. Home games are played in the New Orleans Arena adjacent to the Louisiana Superdome.
*Essence Music Festival Returns*
Spend your 4th of July holiday in New Orleans to celebrate the talent of Essence music festival. Essence Fest Holds a “Coming Home” Party.
For 11 years, the Essence Music Festival (locally known as Essence Fest) made its happy home in New Orleans, where it was the highlight of the summer music scene. Essence, the preeminent lifestyle magazine for African-American women, sponsored this July festival of contemporary black music and culture. Celebrating visitors came from all over the country and the world. Streets in the Central Business District temporarily became outdoor markets: Booths featuring art, books, food, businesses and more, much of it African-influenced. One could easily spend an entire afternoon wandering from one to the next, shopping, chatting and learning.
After hurricane Katrina, the Festival had to move to Texas temporarily.
In 2007, however, the Essence Music Festival will return to New Orleans.
