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Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival

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  • Date: Mar 25 - 26, 2023
  • Location: Armstrong Park

 

 

 

 

 

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES COMBINED TREMÉ CREOLE GUMBO FESTIVAL AND CONGO SQUARE RHYTHMS FESTIVAL HAPPENING ON MARCH 25 AND 26


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
 

NEW ORLEANS (March 16, 2023) – The Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival and the Congo Square Rhythms Festival will happen concurrently on March 25 and 26, 2023. Both events are celebrating the Faubourg Tremé neighborhood as the birthplace of both jazz and so much of the cherished local culture of New Orleans. The festivals will happen throughout Louis Armstrong Park and Congo Square on Saturday, March 25, and Sunday, March 26, with multiple performance stages and large local food and arts markets.

Admission to the park is free and open to the public, presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. 

The festivities will open with James Andrews live in concert at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center (1225 N. Rampart Street) on Friday, March 24. Tickets for that show are $10, available here.

Also on the opening night of the festival, a Tom Dent Congo Square Lecture will take place through a partnership with Ashé Cultural Arts Center. The lecture will focus on Stick-fighting Dances of the Caribbean and Early New Orleans, featuring panelists Milteri Tucker Concepción, Miquel Quijano, Freddi Williams Evans, along with drummers and dancers of Bombazo Dance Company. The lecture is free and open to the public on Friday, March 24 from 5:30pm to 7:00pm at Ashé Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. RSVP for free here.

Immediately following the Tom Dent Lecture, Ashé Cultural Arts Center's Sistahs Making a Change is hosting a special community dance class led by Bombazo Dance Company! Join us for a beginner’s level Bomba class and experience this unique Puerto Rican music genre and dance in which the dancer guides the rhythm and tempo of the drums.

 

Note: "Treme Creole Gumbo Festival" will be merging this year with the Congo Square Festival

New Orleans celebrates our African roots at the Congo Square Rhythms Festival, with live music, soul food, a wonderful arts market and a kids area. 

Come see Mardi Gras Indians, watch traditional African dancing, and hear New Orleans' favorite brass bands and players of jazz, soul-funk, Latin jazz and West African highlife music.

The Congo Square Rhythms Festival is produced and presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation and will take place at Armstrong Park at the same time as the Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival. View the entertainment line-up and learn more about their mission here.