February 23, 2024
It’s festival season! We have so much to celebrate and the weather is beautiful! The Jazz Museum is going to be sure that we all have happy feet as they keep us dancing all over their lush grounds all Spring!
On Monday, April 29, the New Orleans Jazz Museum will host its inaugural Gallatin Street Fest highlighting artists represented on the museum's record label, Gallatin Street Records. The festival will feature live music performances, food vendors, a full bar and an opportunity to purchase records and merchandise. The festival is free and open to the public. Featured artists will include George Brown Band, Mahmoud Chouki, Bo Dollis Jr, James Andrews and the Original Pinettes Brass Band.
Founded in 2014, Gallatin Street Records was conceived as a means of preserving archival recordings from the Jazz Museum’s collections that are in the public domain or that have never been made public before and making them available to a larger audience. Since then, Gallatin has evolved into a boutique label concentrating on limited run vinyl pressings of performances recorded at the museum.
Gallatin Street Records is housed at the Ruth U. Fertel Jazz Lab, a component of the New Orleans Jazz Museum’s Education Center. This state-of-the-art center provides the almost 200-year-old building with progressive technology. Allen Eskew, architect of the venue, described it as simply “the best of both worlds.”
The day after Gallatin Street Fest, experience the electrifying rhythms and soulful melodies of jazz as The New Orleans Jazz Museum celebrates International Jazz Day Festival on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, starting at 4 p,m. In collaboration with Professor Gordon Towell and the esteemed Music Department at Loyola University, the festival promises an enchanting showcase of talent and creativity.
Highlighting the diversity and depth of jazz, The Jazz Museum will feature music performances from local schools and colleges, showcasing our community's immense talent and passion. Join the revelry at the museum for an unforgettable International Jazz Day Festival filled with captivating performances, delicious international cuisine, and a celebration of the timeless legacy of jazz. In November 2011, UNESCO officially designated April 30 as International Jazz Day in order to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe. International Jazz Day brings together communities, schools, artists, historians, academics and jazz enthusiasts all over the world to celebrate and learn about jazz and its roots and to raise awareness of the need for intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding. It serves to reinforce international cooperation and communication. Each year on April 30, this international art form is recognized for promoting peace, dialogue among cultures, diversity, and respect for human rights and human dignity. It has goals of eradicating discrimination, fostering gender equality, and promoting freedom of expression. International Jazz Day is the culmination of Jazz Appreciation Month, which draws public attention to jazz and its extraordinary heritage throughout April.
On Saturday, June 1, NOLA River Fest returns to the New Orleans Jazz Museum! The theme of the 12th edition of this day-long festival is Beat of the River and accordingly, the festival will feature performances from some of the best drummers in New Orleans and beyond. This free family-friendly event also includes educational activities for children and lecture panels dedicated to ecological and cultural importance of the mighty Mississippi. It will offer delicious food from local vendors, a full bar, an engaging musical lineup, presentations, walking tours and an art market. NOLA River Festival celebrates the cultural, economic, environmental and inspirational impacts and contributions of the Mississippi River and its inhabitants to the Crescent City and the entire Gulf South region.
Grab a blanket or a chair and come enjoy the beautiful weather and live music at The New Orleans Jazz Museum. Check their calendar at nolajazzmuseum.org or swing by to see their fascinating exhibits on display at 400 Esplanade Ave. to learn more about jazz in the very city it was born.
On Monday, April 29, the New Orleans Jazz Museum will host its inaugural Gallatin Street Fest highlighting artists represented on the museum's record label, Gallatin Street Records. The festival will feature live music performances, food vendors, a full bar and an opportunity to purchase records and merchandise. The festival is free and open to the public. Featured artists will include George Brown Band, Mahmoud Chouki, Bo Dollis Jr, James Andrews and the Original Pinettes Brass Band.
Founded in 2014, Gallatin Street Records was conceived as a means of preserving archival recordings from the Jazz Museum’s collections that are in the public domain or that have never been made public before and making them available to a larger audience. Since then, Gallatin has evolved into a boutique label concentrating on limited run vinyl pressings of performances recorded at the museum.
Gallatin Street Records is housed at the Ruth U. Fertel Jazz Lab, a component of the New Orleans Jazz Museum’s Education Center. This state-of-the-art center provides the almost 200-year-old building with progressive technology. Allen Eskew, architect of the venue, described it as simply “the best of both worlds.”
The day after Gallatin Street Fest, experience the electrifying rhythms and soulful melodies of jazz as The New Orleans Jazz Museum celebrates International Jazz Day Festival on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, starting at 4 p,m. In collaboration with Professor Gordon Towell and the esteemed Music Department at Loyola University, the festival promises an enchanting showcase of talent and creativity.
Highlighting the diversity and depth of jazz, The Jazz Museum will feature music performances from local schools and colleges, showcasing our community's immense talent and passion. Join the revelry at the museum for an unforgettable International Jazz Day Festival filled with captivating performances, delicious international cuisine, and a celebration of the timeless legacy of jazz. In November 2011, UNESCO officially designated April 30 as International Jazz Day in order to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe. International Jazz Day brings together communities, schools, artists, historians, academics and jazz enthusiasts all over the world to celebrate and learn about jazz and its roots and to raise awareness of the need for intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding. It serves to reinforce international cooperation and communication. Each year on April 30, this international art form is recognized for promoting peace, dialogue among cultures, diversity, and respect for human rights and human dignity. It has goals of eradicating discrimination, fostering gender equality, and promoting freedom of expression. International Jazz Day is the culmination of Jazz Appreciation Month, which draws public attention to jazz and its extraordinary heritage throughout April.
On Saturday, June 1, NOLA River Fest returns to the New Orleans Jazz Museum! The theme of the 12th edition of this day-long festival is Beat of the River and accordingly, the festival will feature performances from some of the best drummers in New Orleans and beyond. This free family-friendly event also includes educational activities for children and lecture panels dedicated to ecological and cultural importance of the mighty Mississippi. It will offer delicious food from local vendors, a full bar, an engaging musical lineup, presentations, walking tours and an art market. NOLA River Festival celebrates the cultural, economic, environmental and inspirational impacts and contributions of the Mississippi River and its inhabitants to the Crescent City and the entire Gulf South region.
Grab a blanket or a chair and come enjoy the beautiful weather and live music at The New Orleans Jazz Museum. Check their calendar at nolajazzmuseum.org or swing by to see their fascinating exhibits on display at 400 Esplanade Ave. to learn more about jazz in the very city it was born.
