French Quarter Festival
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New Orleans, LA New Orleans, Louisiana
Justen Williams.
Dwayne Dopsie at French Quarter Fest. Courtesy of FQF.
The largest free music festival in the South is back at the most beautiful time of year to spread four days of musical performances throughout the French Quarter. Every genre is represented here, from traditional and contemporary jazz, to rhythm and blues, New Orleans funk, zydeco, brass bands, folk, opera, and gospel. This year's headliners are Ivan Neville, Big Freedia, ÌFÉ, and DJ Raj Smoove. The music beckons from twenty music stages arrayed around the Quarter, and delicious smells waft from over fifty New Orleans restaurants and chefs selling food. Fireworks snap, crackle, and pop above the Mississippi, too. 10 am–8 pm. Free. fqfi.org.