French Quarter Festival

French Quarter Festival announces 2021 dates: Sep. 30-Oct. 3

Thu, 01/14/21
Authored by Carrie Booher
This morning, French Quarter Festivals, Inc. (FQFI), the nonprofit organization that produces French Quarter Fest, announces their dates for the 2021 festival. The event will take place September 30-October 3, 2021. In 2022, French Quarter Fest will return to its traditiona... Read more

Holidays New Orleans Style

Sun, 12/20/20
Tune in for the sounds of the season today on WWOZ, courtesy of Dr. Michael White, Topsy Chapman, Louisiana Philharmonic, Amanda Shaw, Tim Laughlin, Don Vappie, and Irma Thomas! We'll kick off today's broadcast at 10am CT with Dr Michael White with Topsy Chapman and member... Read more

2020 French Quarter Fest, Satchmo SummerFest canceled

Thu, 05/07/20
Authored by Carrie Booher
This morning, French Quarter Festivals, Inc. (FQFI) announced that plans to host French Quarter Festival in October are no longer moving forward. At the City's direction and out of caution for the safety of fans, musicians, staff, and partners, French Quarter Festival and S... Read more

WWOZ's #StayHome tribute to French Quarter Fest

Tue, 04/14/20
French Quarter Festival 2020, was supposed to start Thursday, April 16, but since it's been postponed, WWOZ will be celebrating French Quarter Fest online and on the airwaves through archival audio and video footage (90.7 FM, wwoz.org, and our Facebook page). Eyes on the W... Read more

WWOZ's #StayHome tribute to French Quarter Fest

Tue, 04/14/20
French Quarter Festival 2020, was supposed to start Thursday, April 16, but since it's been postponed, WWOZ will be celebrating French Quarter Fest online and on the airwaves through archival audio and video footage (90.7 FM, wwoz.org, and our Facebook page). LISTEN LIVE HE... Read more

WWOZ's #StayHome tribute to French Quarter Fest

Tue, 04/14/20
French Quarter Festival 2020, was supposed to start Thursday, April 16, but since it's been postponed, WWOZ will be celebrating French Quarter Fest online and on the airwaves through archival audio and video footage (90.7 FM, wwoz.org, and our Facebook page). Eyes on the W... Read more

WWOZ's #StayHome tribute to French Quarter Fest

Tue, 04/14/20
French Quarter Fest was supposed to start Thursday, April 16, but since it's been postponed, WWOZ will be celebrating French Quarter Fest online and on the airwaves through archival audio and video footage (90.7 FM, wwoz.org, and our Facebook page). Eyes on the WWOZ 90.7 F... Read more

French Quarter Fest moved to October

Fri, 03/13/20
Authored by Carrie Booher
French Quarter Fest released a statement this morning stating that their top priority is the health and safety of fans, artists, staff, volunteers, sponsors, and community. Following the recommendation of public health officials and with the support of the City of New Orlea... Read more

French Quarter Fest 2020 Lineup Announced

Tue, 02/04/20
The music lineup for the 2020 French Quarter Festival is out! This year's festival is April 16-19 at stages throughout the French Quarter. See frenchquarterfest.org for full information about the music, food, kids activities, and other offerings.  More than 300 acts will h... Read more

Photo highlights from Day 4 of French Quarter Fest

Sun, 04/14/19
Our volunteer photographers were on the scene at French Quarter Fest! It was a beautiful festival with many fantastic performances, including a number of live sets on WWOZ on Sunday-- Dejean's Olympia Brass Band, Tricia Boutte, Glenn Hall, TBC Brass Band, and Leroy Jones & ... Read more

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