Because of Jon's visit, this is going to be a bigger Jazz Fest for me than ever before. Further pushing the excitement envelope is the lineup this year: Robert Plant, the Raconteurs, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Carlos Santana, Sheryl Crow, Jimmy Buffet, Widespread Panic, Elvis Costello, Randy Newman, Bobby McFerrin... the rest of the list is at www.nojazzfest.com/.
My perennial Jazz Fest conundrum is that because it's such a footbag conducive environment and it means so much to my footbag persona (it's where I started), I've always wanted to host a footbag jam to go with it. But invariably I kick all day inside the event, to such an extent that organized kicking on top of that would be overkill. That said, I'd like to extend the same invitation to the community that I do every year:
Come on down.
Mark, Andrew, Jon and I will be kicking up a storm. The music and food and art and crowd will be unforgettable. Contact me soon enough and there may be crash space for you.
It will be during the last weekend of April and the first weekend of May, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
I can't wait to share this experience with you.
