French Quarter Festival

Music, art, food, drinks, dancing, colorful people....
What's not to like about New Orleans French Quarter Festival?

Yes, there are crowds, but the music is FREE!
Dancing with abandonment to a Jazz ensemble from Switzerland, Kermit Ruffin, Charmine Neville, Washbaord Chaz, Ronnie Kole, and unnamed groups who just play on street corners without a stage or a sponsor. Their buckets ready for your dollar donations. We are all performers.
Do we hear our songs? What are the lyrics that we would sing?
What type of music would we dance to?

Zesting with the Festing

Trials of powdered sugar;

From grandmother’s house

Makes way for Bloody Marys;

Strawberry Abita beer and crayfish cheesecake.

Street pounding rhythms.

Music laid down and pounded out-

One-foot-in-front of the other.

Side step, handkerchief drawn:

Ready to dance.

Young, but, mostly old

Stompin’
Hands held high:

Grooving to Zyedco beats.

Full fledged smiles

Years dissolve as the tunes progress.

Strangers waving 2^nd lines,

Encouraging hip swinging movements

On-n-on,

One mo’ time!

2 for 1 beer,

Yeah you’re right.

Crunk’n the Who dat Nation.

Release, relief, regality

No more Katrina heartbreak,

Just the heart beating

Wave after wave of 

Revival…..