New Orleans Jazz Fest highlights the city’s rich cultural heritage
The New Orleans Jazz Fest showcases the city’s cultural heritage through music, food and art, drawing tens of thousands of visitors to experience the vibrant local traditions. Keyala Cottrell, a New Orleans native, once sang in the Gospel Tent as a child and now delights festival-goers with her desserts.”For me to now be a vendor at Jazz Fest and not singing in the Gospel tent is now like a full circle moment for me,” Cottrell said.The Brossett family is familiar with the festival’s legacy, as their mother has been serving lemonade there for 37 years.”She was into entrepreneurship. She started her own business in the New Orleans Centre 30-something years ago, and this is how she got into the Jazz Fest,” said Brossett’s daughter.While food and music are major attractions, it is the culture that truly sets the event apart.”My favorite thing about people’s responses when they see something or feel something I didn’t intend, but it still fits,” said Courtney Buckley.Buckley, whose artwork tells the story of the Crescent City and this year, the Jazz Fest used art to tell the story of the city’s musical journey, highlighting musical pioneers from the 504 area.”These people were homegrown here, they’re a part of New Orleans and I feel like you’re supposed to start at home,” Buckley said. The festival draws tens of thousands of visitors from all over, emphasizing the importance of people in creating a real-life connection.”It’s like a real-life connection between all of us,” Buckley said.
The New Orleans Jazz Fest showcases the city’s cultural heritage through music, food and art, drawing tens of thousands of visitors to experience the vibrant local traditions.
Keyala Cottrell, a New Orleans native, once sang in the Gospel Tent as a child and now delights festival-goers with her desserts.
“For me to now be a vendor at Jazz Fest and not singing in the Gospel tent is now like a full circle moment for me,” Cottrell said.
The Brossett family is familiar with the festival’s legacy, as their mother has been serving lemonade there for 37 years.
“She was into entrepreneurship. She started her own business in the New Orleans Centre 30-something years ago, and this is how she got into the Jazz Fest,” said Brossett’s daughter.
While food and music are major attractions, it is the culture that truly sets the event apart.
“My favorite thing about people’s responses when they see something or feel something I didn’t intend, but it still fits,” said Courtney Buckley.
Buckley, whose artwork tells the story of the Crescent City and this year, the Jazz Fest used art to tell the story of the city’s musical journey, highlighting musical pioneers from the 504 area.
“These people were homegrown here, they’re a part of New Orleans and I feel like you’re supposed to start at home,” Buckley said.
The festival draws tens of thousands of visitors from all over, emphasizing the importance of people in creating a real-life connection.
“It’s like a real-life connection between all of us,” Buckley said.
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