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Food menus and craft vendors have just been announced for the 2024 Congo Square Rhythms Festival presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. The Congo Square Rhythms Festival will be held in Louis Armstrong Park and Congo Square on Saturday, March 23, and Sunday, March 24, featuring two performance stages and large food and arts markets starring a variety of local vendors.

The 2024 Congo Square Rhythms Festival presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation returns to Louis Armstrong Park and Congo Square on Saturday, March 23, and Sunday, March 24, with two performance stages and large local food and arts markets. Admission to the festival is free and open to the public.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, the annual celebration of the unique culture and heritage of New Orleans and Louisiana, has just unveiled its very special lineup for the 2024 Festival. The eight-day event, scheduled for April 25 – 28 and May 2 – 5, draws nearly half a million fans each year to the New Orleans Festival to enjoy nationally and internationally renowned guest artists alongside local talents showcasing virtually every style of music across 14 different stages at the Fair Grounds Race Course.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is proud to announce the 2024 edition of Chanteuse: Celebrating New Orleans Women in Music, a concert series featuring outstanding women vocalists and performers at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is proud to announce that Don Marshall and Ricky Sebastian will be honored by OffBeat Magazine. Marshall is set to receive the 2023 Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement Award in Music Business, while Sebastian will be presented with the Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement Award in Music Education. These awards recognize their remarkable contributions and enduring legacy in their respective fields.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation announced this morning that applications are now open for Louisiana social service nonprofits and high schools to apply for the Community Outreach Ticket program.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents the 2024 Jazz & Heritage Concert Series celebrating contemporary jazz at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center.

The Archive of the New Orleans Jazz &  Heritage Foundation has launched a campaign to preserve more than 30 video and audio tapes of Jimmy Buffett’s performances at Jazz Fests spanning from 1990-2008. The tapes which have been carefully inventoried for more than two decades must now be digitized.  Preserving the tapes will increase access to these legendary shows so that the joy Jimmy provided can continue to reverberate for generations to come.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is thrilled to announce the 2023 Catapult Fund Graduates. The 2023 Catapult Fund featured two categories: one focused on entrepreneurs in the beauty, fashion, and jewelry industries, and another for culinary arts.

“She was the conscience of the festival,” one longtime friend said of Allison Miner, the New Orleans Jazz Fest and Jazz & Heritage Foundation co-founder who established both the Festival’s Music Heritage Stage and the Foundation’s Archive.