Jazz in the Park

Louis Armstrong Park hosts Jazz in the Park each spring. Check out all my photos of the free bands from 4 to 8 every Thursday night. Various local vendors sell food, drinks and art pieces at reasonable prices.The Treme art and music festival is also held annually in Armstrong Park.Nola (New Orleans French Quarter) is renowned for it's live music offerings.THE DEAL: It's free, fun entertainment for the whole family!

Best ever idea.Community spirit.I love it.Local food stalls are brilliant.Better than 90% of the restaurants !Really fine music last night.All for one brass = enthusiastic and a great pleasure.Followed by Little Freddie King iconic local BLUES fixture. Did I mention Jazz in the park is still a FREE event?Get out and support it.Every Thursday for the next coupla months.Wonderful.Highest recommendation community spirit lives!

If you are looking for music, relaxation, and good food, this event is great. This music concert series is a lot different from the Wednesdays At the Park. The food trucks here are definitely home cooked meals either there, or in the kitchen at their homes. The people in attendance are much more relaxed and you feel the cultural difference. Festival grounds are clean, the fountains and lagoons, and auditorium create a beautiful background for a great evening

JAZZFEST FOR THE FRUGAL! This free, semi-annual, weekly neighborod festival is an uncrowded quirky mix of music and local wares.SCHEDULE:Thursdays 3-7PM, with both a Spring and Fall series. In 2014 the early event runs from 17 April to 5 June. Web is pufap.org for the full line-up.TIME TABLE:3:00 PM Gates open4:00 PM Second line & performance show5:00 PM Concerts (free but a $1 donation is encouraged and no outside food or drink)INSIDE THE GATE: 25 or so craft vendors, 10-15 Treme area food booths, the stage, and "Congo Kids".OUTSIDE THE GATE: "Marketplace at Armstrong Park", a mix of fresh produce and homemade foods.DON'T MISS:-3 for $2 Egg rolls from Thai D-Jing (outside the gate)-A&L Catering's crab ball & crawfish pasta in cream sauce: $10; a full meal! (inside the gate)-The second line performance show, particularly if someone you know has never experienced one - it's very well done.

This is soooo Fun!!!! The artist that performs here is really Top OF The Line!!! They give you a damn good Performance. Listen I went here And Free Agents Brass Band and Then James Andrews performed and omfg!!! I was on my feet dancing, and shouting along with the artist performing. My son loved it! He had a great Time. There good food trucks and even good craft vendors out there in the park. I really just can't believe I had that much fun at a event lime Jazz in the Park. I'm Still speechless and looking for more.... I will be back!! #HiddenGemInNOLA

I have to agree with the first poster, Charles H.It's like a mini Jazz Fest right in the city.Local artists performing, locals sitting in the park, or dancing or riding their funky lit up bikes and eating and drinking from food vendors.We ate here and all of us enjoyed the food from one local vendor. He was Bar B Quing ribs, pork chops and chicken. They also had sides to choose from like beans, rice, potato salad... Yummy, huge portions and cheap!It was a pleasure to meet true New Orleans locals in their neighbourhood.I also took a walk over to an open air art exhibit of local (Treme) artists. The theme of the art was local music talents. It was sad to see it pretty much unattended but I got a chance to talk to one artist. She was a nice lady who gave me a brief history of Treme.By the way, having a totally pimped out lit up, blinking, flashing, disco ball twinkling bike is a totally New Orleans cultural thing. Again NOLA proves to be the COOLEST CITY EVER!

Historic place, but not so much to do, really. Nothing for the kids like a playground or anything of the sort.