[Dixielandjazz] Jazz festival promotion - something new from Jazzfest New Orleans

[David Richoux]

Hi all,

As a preamble - I have gone to about 20 years of Jazzfest (but not in 
the last few years due to local gig conflicts.) I have liked it a lot 
because it is much more than an OKOM Fest and the food is great! I will 
be going again as soon as I can, but not this year.

Anyway, in the last few issues of the San Francisco Bay Guardian and SF 
Weekly (free regional weekly "alternative"  newspapers covering 
politics, arts and entertainment) there have been large ads for the 
2005 Jazzfest. The ads cover the music, food, activities and cultures 
of the New Orleans & Louisiana festival. I don't know if the same ad is 
being done in other regional areas - the Bay Area has always had a 
major presence at jazzfest  but there has never been such an 
advertisement here before that I can recall.

Is the festival still suffering the post 9/11 blues? Is attendance from 
people outside the NO region slipping?

Has the Sacramento Festival ever advertised in these newspapers?

I don't know...

Dave Richoux