Jam, Eat, Shop: The Jazz Fest Weekend Experience | Huffington Post #jazzfest

"Uncle" Lionel Batiste, Treme Brass Band, Jazz Fest 2011. Famous New Orleans trumpeter Kermit Ruffins calls Batiste his "total influence," saying that Batiste "taught [him] how to act, how to dress, how to feel about life." - Gambit New Orleans and Entertainment

In contrast to many festivals that have become a hive of celebrity and status symbol, the energy of Jazz Fest was open and friendly, with minimal attitude and nary a hipster in sight. The crowd was diverse in age and race and the event itself is like a microcosm of New Orleans itself, with so much soulful, local flavor integrated throughout...

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