Join us for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s Johnny Jackson Jr. Gospel Is Alive! Celebration presented by Peoples Health on May 2, 2022 at 9:00am at the Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, 2515 Franklin Avenue, New Orleans, La 70117.

Talent for this year’s celebration includes Kathy Taylor, The Electrifying Crown Seekers, and the New Orleans Council on Aging Gospel Choir. 

The concert is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and attendees are encouraged to arrive early.

Learn more on gospelisalive.com

The Johnny Jackson Jr. Gospel Is Alive! Celebration presented by Peoples Health is the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation’s annual educational workshop and outreach program for youth and senior citizens in the New Orleans area. The concert has been named in honor of one of its biggest proponents, Johnny Jackson, Jr., a longtime member of the board of directors of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, as well as a former New Orleans City Council member and former Louisiana State Representative. Past headliners have included Rance Allen, CeCe Winans, The Clark Sisters, Shirley Caesar and more.

The Gospel Is Alive! Honoree Committee is Howard Rodgers, III, Chair, Rev. Dr. Lois Dejean, LaQuan Fields-Carter, Caryn Rodgers- Battiste, Leonard Smith and Frank B. Stewart, Sr.

The Johnny Jackson, Jr. Gospel is Alive! Celebration is brought to you by Peoples Health.

Gospel Is Alive! Schedule: 

9:00am - 9:30am - Council on Aging Choir 

9:30am - Opening Invocation/Welcome

9:35am- Electrifying Crown Seekers 

9:55am - Recognition of GIA Committee 

10:00am- Presentation of Honorees 

10:30am- 11:00am - Kathy Taylor 

11:00am - Closing Remarks