Friday, May 4, 2012

Delayed post (sorry, misfiled it!): French Quarter Festival

The weather could not have been better -- sunshine, cool river breezes (even gusty at times), reasonable temperatures (getting kind of cool in the shade).

The festival crowds were in a festival mood:  enthusiastic and friendly, and decked out in bright, colorful, imaginative festival clothes!  We saw some very cute and creative outfits, along with the bizarre and the hot season normal (hat, bandanna, T-shirt and shorts).  I wonder what folks wear at festivals in other places?  Couldn't be as inspired as our folks! 

Both of Big Man's festival gigs went well. On Friday he was part of the Renard Poche Big Band on the Abita Stage, which had a gigantic appreciative crowd of dancing fans.  Big Man played very well, despite the wind gusts trying to steal the music sheets off the music stands.

On Saturday Big Man performed with the affable John Lisi and his Delta Funk band to a smaller but just as energized crowd at the lil House of Blues stage on Decatur, in the deep shade of the old Customs House (now home to the Bug Museum).


While the French Quarter Fest crowds grow and grow, it still hasn't reached Jazz Fest levels and is still an enjoyable laid-back experience.

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