The Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival and the Congo Square Rhythms Festival will happen in Louis Armstrong Park and Congo Square on March 25 & 26, 2023. Both events celebrate the Faubourg Tremé neighborhood as the birthplace of both jazz and so much of the cherished local culture of New Orleans, featuring multiple performance stages and large local food and arts markets.

Admission to the park is free and open to the public, presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. 

Visit www.tremecongofest.com to learn more.

Performers at the Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival and the Congo Square Rhythms Festival include Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Rebirth Brass Band, Big Chief Juan Pardo, 79rs Gang, Flag Boy Giz, Water Seed, The Original Pinettes Brass Band, Hot 8 Brass Band, RAM, To Be Continued Brass Band, Tremé Brass Band, Naydja CoJoe & the Lagniappe Section, Big Six Brass Band, Gina Brown, The Storyville Stompers Brass Band, Higher Heights, Young Pinstripe Brass Band, Marina Orchestra, Bamboula 2000, African Dance: N’Fungola Sibo, Bombazo Dance Company, Kumbuka Dance Collective, N’Kafu n Culu, Free Spirit Walkers, Mardi Gras Indian Battle, and Daily Drum Circle.

No recording. Please, no audio or video recording of any performances at the festival. 

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation will follow protocols established by the CDC, OSHA and Louisiana and City of New Orleans Health Department guidelines.

ABOUT THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FOUNDATION

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation invests proceeds from Jazz Fest and additional funds that we raise for year-round programming in education, economic development and cultural enrichment. Education programs include the Don “Moose” Jamison Heritage School of Music, the Tom Dent Congo Square Lectures, the Class Got Brass competition for school brass bands, a youth audio workshop program, youth vocal workshops, and more! Economic Development initiatives include the Community Partnership Grants, the Catapult Fund accelerator program and Sync Up entertainment industry workshops. Cultural enrichment programs include the Jazz & Heritage Concert Series and annual Foundation Festivals: the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival, the Congo Square Rhythms Festival, the Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival and the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival. Importantly, these are free programs that the Jazz and Heritage Foundation has developed over many years to ensure that we give back to Louisiana. The Jazz & Heritage Foundation also owns radio station WWOZ 90.7-FM and the Jazz & Heritage Archive. In late 2014, the Foundation opened the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center – an education and community facility named for the late Jazz Fest founder George Wein and his wife Joyce. In March of 2020, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation established the Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund – a statewide relief fund to support Louisiana musicians who were affected by the pandemic. In the last two years the Jazz & Heritage Foundation has been able to provide relief funds of more than $2 million dollars supporting musicians, music industry gig workers, Black Masking Indians and other indigenous cultural practitioners. To learn more about the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, please visit us online at www.jazzandheritage.org