ValueNola gets into ValueMusic

When it comes to value, there is no better music festival than the French Quarter Festival held in the historic Vieux Carré every April. Recently, the festival has lengthened its schedule to 4 days (Thursday - Sunday) which is a nice opportunity for locals to have a day amongst themselves (Thursday). This years French Quarter Festival was super successful with over 574,000 attendees. This growing success has stirred up more talk of expansion in years to come.

This year I got to see: Kermit Ruffins, MyNameIsJohnMichael, Joe Krown, and (my favorite) Honey Island Swamp Band.

French Quarter Fest is great because you can come and go as you please. Attendees dont have the guilt of a $60 ticket if they choose to leave early. FQF (French Quarter Festival) also has arguably the best venue(s) of any festival in the world as it spreads throughout the French Quarter: Jackson Square, Armstrong Park (on the river), The old U.S. Mint, Bourbon Street, Royal Street, and many more...

Oh, did I mention, the food is also great! All the big players from the city show up: Rouses fresh boiled crawfish, Boucherie's Krispy Cream Bread Pudding, Huge Turkey Legs (VALUE), crawfish bread, and even donut sandwiches.

FQF is a festival dominated by locals which is always a treat for us New Orlineans who constantly play tour guide. Weather is usually bearable & the people are generally pretty cool. FQF is very laid back. I am sad that there is almost a full year to our next French Quarter Festival, but I know it will be well worth the wait.