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Jazz Fest 2013
10:41 am
Sat May 4, 2013

Jazz Fest Music Schedule For Saturday, May 4

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Your updated, complete music schedule for the second Saturday of Jazz Fest 2013!

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Festival International
4:41 pm
Mon April 29, 2013

Photos: Highlights From The 27th Annual Festival International

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Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara performed Thursday night at Festival International in Lafayette.
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Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave. closed out Thursday night.
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Thousands of people crowded in front of the Scène Stabil Drill International Stage.
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R&B maestro Charles Bradley on Friday night.
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Nimbaya Women Drummers on the Lafayette General Fais Do Do Stage. They are an African drum and dance troupe from Guinea.
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Marna Bourque and Benito Enrique danced to Mariachi Las Alteñas, an all-female mariachi band, on Saturday.
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Montreal-based Niyaz, a group marrying Sufi mysticism, poetry and folk songs from the Middle East.
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DJ Andrés Proaño.
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Kelli Jones Savoy, of the Cajun band Feufollet.
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Keith Blair, a Lafayette-based blues musician.
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Delhi 2 Dublin, performing Sunday afternoon. They are a British Columbian-Celtic-Punjabi-Electronica mashup group.
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Downtown was thronged with people. This was the scene in front of the Acadiana Center for the Arts.
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Stilt walkers from the Dragon Knights Stilt Theater delight the crowd on Jefferson Street Sunday.
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Downtown Lafayette was transformed into a giant pedestrian mall, so some found better ways to get around.
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Cole, Penny and Kyle Davis, from Shreveport. This was their first Festival International... The trio traveled to Lafayette for the crafts.
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The Soul Express Brass Band, performing on Jefferson St.
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By Dionne Grayson

The 27th annual Festival International took over downtown Lafayette this past weekend, featuring scores of musicians and crafts artists from all over the world and packing the streets with revelers.

WWNO was there, and brought back these highlights.

Festival International's Official Lineup Video:

Red River Radio
10:10 am
Thu April 25, 2013

Festival Showcases Shreveport's Indian Community

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By Kate Archer Kent

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LoveNOLA
5:00 am
Mon April 15, 2013

In A City Of Festivals, Why Not Taxfest 2014?

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By Brett Will Taylor

Unless it's your birthday, you've just been promoted, or find out that you have the winning Powerball numbers, April 15 is not the most celebrated day in America.

But wait! If you're about to opt for that last-minute extension, maybe, just maybe, there's a way to make Tax Day fun, New Orleans-style...

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French Quarter Festival
1:56 pm
Fri April 12, 2013

2013 French Quarter Festival Schedule

Thursday – Friday music schedule.
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If you're headed out to the French Quarter Festival this weekend, it's about time you got your itinerary down. Take a look at what's when with the complete festival schedule, plus links at the bottom of the post to our complete festival coverage and a map of where's it's at when you get there.

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The 2013 French Quarter Festival starts Thursday, and runs through Sunday, April 14.

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