French Quarter Fest Kicks Off Thursday With Food, Music And A Riverfront Parade

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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The French Quarter Festival kicks disconnected Thursday pinch 4 days of unrecorded music, food, and revelry on nan Mississippi River and done nan historical bosom of New Orleans.

Things get underway pinch nan festival’s kickoff parade astatine 10 a.m., ending astatine Jackson Square. Music is group to statesman soon after, pinch stages crossed nan French Quarter.

Now successful its 41st year, nan free French Quarter Fest is 1 of nan city’s astir beloved events.

The arena stretches from nan riverfront adjacent nan Bienville statue each nan measurement to Esplanade Avenue.

Festivalgoers are encouraged to bring folding chairs, sunscreen, hats, and h2o arsenic nan upwind is expected to beryllium lukewarm and sunny. With Thursday serving arsenic nan accepted “locals’ day,” organizers opportunity it’s nan champion clip to hit nan play crowds and bask nan sights and sounds of nan Quarter.

View nan afloat lineup astatine frenchquarterfest.org.

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