Festivals in Louisiana

Cradle of jazz and home of the blues, Louisiana moves to the brass, gospel and gumbo rhythms of the Mississippi delta. Everything flows toward New Orleans, where the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival raises its cathedral of stages at the Fair Grounds each spring, while the French Quarter Festival turns the old town into one giant riverside second line. When summer lands, the Essence Music Festival lights up the Superdome and celebrates African American culture beneath the neon of Bourbon Street.

That fervor reaches well beyond the Crescent City: the Nola Funk Fest keeps the city's groove heritage alive, while up north in Shreveport the Shreveport Blues Festival lets the twelve bars of bayou blues ring out. FestT calculates your FestiScore — the affinity between a lineup and your favorite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing up to date, so you never miss a beat in a state where music is spoken like a second language.