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Jazz Fest 2007 Photos &
Pictures
The Scene of What Was
Seen
The huge crowd enjoys
Rod Stewart's Do Ya Think I'm Sexy.
Crowds packed JazzFest
'07 to see artists such as Stewart.
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Jazz Fest Tips, Bands, Party Guide
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JazzFest
2007 Party and Music Scene
• The crowds are back. After a slower season in '06, the
first day had what appeared to be record attendance. And it only
went up from there. The crowds on Bourbon Street afterward are
back to pre-Katrina levels, too.
• Beers are $4 and $5; slushy drinks are $5.
• Tickets are $45 – up considerably from previous years.
Transportation options are a bus ($16 R/T, catch it from the Sheraton
on Canal Street), taxis ($10, plus $2 for each additonal person)
or the street car ($1.50).
• The food is as good as ever.
• Check out the Fais Do Do stage. It features local Cajun
bands and provides a true feel of the music of New Orleans. Fais
Do Do means to dance, by the way.
• The cool fans and tents with misting water are popular
resting spots.
• The acoustics in the Blues tent are pretty poor on the
side when the tent is full.
• After the JazzFest is over, don't go home! Two bars continue
the partying, one right outside the main gate by the taxi stand
(the Seahorse Saloon) and an even bigger one that turns
into a multi-block street party at Ponce de Leon and N. Lopez
(Liuzza's).
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Jazz Fest is back. Two years after Hurricane
Katrina put it – and the city on the edge – this national
music festival is playing to near-record crowds.
Held at the New Orleans Fair Grounds about 15 minutes from the French
Quarter, the 2007 version features Rod Stewart, Bonnie Raitt, Van
Morrision, ZZ Top, Harry Connick, Jr., and local musicians ranging
from Cowboy Mouth to the famed Louisiana Hayride in six
days over two weekends (end of April, first of May).
PubClub presents this photo journal of the New Orleans Jazz Festival
2007.
The band within the bands - the parade makes its was around the grounds.
The Destin Duo enjoys
the show by Van Morrison on the first Friday.
Taking a break between
the bands.
As these photos
demonstrate, the crowds are back for JazzFest.
Rod Stewart (right)
rocked the crowd the first Saturday.
Rod Stewart's Maggie
May was popular with the tens of thousands in the crowd.
More crowd photos.
For these party girls, JazzFest '07 is just a walk in the park.
Enough already!
A typical scene at JazzFest.
Sunset at the fairgrounds.
But more parties await just outside the gates.
After
JazzFest – The Party is Not Over Yet!
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Want more music?
A band plays at a street party after JazzFest.
Meanwhile,
Down on Bourbon Street...
The party is on
at Bourbon
Street after JazzFest.
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JazzFest – Party and Event Guide
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