New Orleans Jazzfest 2008-WOW!!!

[30A Skunkape]

They outdid themselves this year booking talent:clap:

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/01/the_best_of_the_best_to_perfor.html

[seaside2]

No doubt about it, they did. We are thinking of going home in early April with a couple of friends via Amtrak. Just might have to think about re-scheduling to Jazz Fest.

[kurt]

Complete Lineup (http://blog.nola.com/music/2008/01/jazzfest_announces_2008_lineup.html)

They didn't intend for it to be this big.

Thanks to good will, good fortune and a goodly investment of cash, producers of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell have unveiled perhaps the deepest talent pool in the festival's 39-year history.

Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Sheryl Crow, Keyshia Cole, Robert Plant with Alison Krauss, and the previously announced Tim McGraw are all headed to the Fair Grounds for the first time.

From April 25 to 27 and May 1 to 4, they'll join Jazzfest veterans Jimmy Buffett, Santana, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Widespread Panic, Randy Newman, Diana Krall and Al Green, along with the hundreds of Louisiana acts that comprise the festival's foundation.

[InletBchDweller]

ok so no beach blanket bingo on these 2 weekends...:biggrin:

here is the official wesite...

www.nojazzfest.com (http://www.nojazzfest.com)


ok, so who is in for Buffett????:clap:I am listening to him RIGHT NOW. It surely must be a sign...:clap:

[sunsetbaby]

I can't wait! The second weekend is definately the weekend to go! Great line-up! Will New Orleans be the same after the so-waller arrive? Can we look into a bus to take us like the casino runs...we could just sit back and chill then...party the way up and the way back...Keep us out of trouble that way...maybe!