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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.
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