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The Samantha Fish Cigar Box Guitar Festival - 3/12-13/2021
John Dunlop
The Samantha Fish Cigar Box Guitar Festival in 2021 goes virtual, promising to provide unforgettable performances by legendary performers. Don’t miss it!
New Orleans Film Festival - 11/6-22/2020
John Dunlop
The 31st annual New Orleans Film Festival will span three weeks this year between November 6-22, showcasing 150+ films virtually on our channel + open-air screenings of a selection of films from the program on two outdoor screens at the Lafitte Greenway between November 6-16. Open-air screenings will be limited to 50 people per screening in accordance with the City of New Orleans’ safety regulations.
The festival lineup will be announced on October 1st with passes and tickets going on sale on October 5th for NOFS members and NOFF2020 pass holders. Passes go up on Early Bird Sale on September 9th.
Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival - Festing In Place, 10/16-18/2020
John Dunlop
We can't gather for a live festival this year, but we can still celebrate 15 years of the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival- virtually! The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is bringing you three days of incredible music, food and crafts just as we always have. We’ll revisit some of the most popular performances from past Blues Fests and we’ll even see some new performances from Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Little Freddie King! And we’re doing this while raising money for a very worthy cause: the Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund – a fund that was created to support the Louisiana music community as we all do our part to bring live music events back! There's two ways you can watch or listen October 16-18: Community radio station WWOZ 90.7 FM will broadcast Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival live from Lafayette Square – over the air and in streaming audio at www.wwoz.org. You can also catch the live stream via our Facebook and Youtube channel!
NOLA River Fest 2020 - September 21st to 27th
John Dunlop
The eighth Annual Nola River Festival on September 21-27, 2020 celebrates the environmental, cultural, and economic impact of the Mississippi River and the land it built through live music, cooking demonstrations, presentations, panels, and walking tours that explore this year’s theme “Working on the River." The festival is free and open to the public, hosted on Facebook.
Seven Days of Satch! A Virtual Celebration of Louis Armstrong from July 27 to August 2!
John Dunlop
Seven Days of Satch! is a virtual celebration of Louis Armstrong and Satchmo Summerfest's 20th Anniversary, taking place July 27 to August 2. Starting on July 27, enjoy thematic programming on WWOZ, and August 1-2, catch original performances by Satchmo SummerFest artists on Facebook Live!
Lineup includes James Andrews, John Boutté, Wendell Brunious, Topsy Chapman and Solid Harmony, Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns, Herlin Riley, Treme Brass Band, and Tuba Skinny. Musical performances sponsored by the New Orleans National Jazz Historical Park will be filmed onsite at the New Orleans Jazz Museum and shared on Facebook Live Saturday, August 1 – Sunday, August 2.
