NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents the 2024 Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, celebrating the rich musical traditions of Southwestern Louisiana. This year, the Foundation is featuring Louisiana’s indigenous sounds both outdoors and indoors at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center, 1225 N. Rampart St. in New Orleans.
On Saturday, June 1, the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival will be held outside in the parking lot of the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center. Waylon Thibodeaux, Rosie Ledet, Rockin’ Dopsie Jr., and Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie will perform. Doors open at 2 p.m. and the first band starts at 3 p.m. Savory and cold treats will be available for purchase.
Free and open to the public. Limited seating will be available, first come, first served.
The festival kicks off with Sheryl Cormier & the Cajun Sounds and Jourdan Thibodeaux on Friday, May 31, indoors at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center. Doors open at 6pm and the concert begins promptly at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $10, available here.
Seating is limited, so please register in advance. All proceeds from this concert series directly support the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation.
The concert will be live-streamed: jazzandheritage.org/live.
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