Annual Jazz Festival Kicks off in New Orleans
693 views · Published 7 May 2010 · 5:04 · Indexed 22 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2010 · Entertainment
The 41st annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is taking place in the city where jazz was born. (April 25 and April 29-May 2). Over a period of seven days the Festival will be visited by approximately 400,000 jazz music fans from around the United States, as well as from foreign countries. Proceeds from the Festival will go to support educational and cultural programs, and to aid struggling musicians. The Festival combines the music, culture and traditions that are unique to New Orleans. Zorislav Baydyuk produced the following story, which is narrated by Wayne Bowman.
