[Dixielandjazz] Just off the wire:New Orleans Jazzfest is scheduled - in New Orleans!

[David Richoux]

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? 
vnu_content_id=1001921542

Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival will be held in its usual  
location at the city's Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28-30 and  
May 5-7, despite the ravages of Hurricane Katrina. The event will be  
sponsored by Shell, marking the first time a presenting sponsor has  
been brought on board. A full lineup announcement is expected next  
month.

"We're dedicating this year's festival to the people of New Orleans  
and inviting everybody who cares about this city to come to Jazz Fest  
and play a meaningful role in bringing back the city's culture, which  
is the soul of America," festival producer Quint Davis said today  
(Jan. 31)." Jazz Fest 2006 will be a homecoming party for thousands  
of New Orleans musicians, Festival chefs and craftspeople, and we  
want the world to join us in welcoming them back as we present the  
celebration of a lifetime."

The lone artist confirmed at present is R&B legend Fats Domino, who  
was evacuated from his New Orleans home in the wake of Katrina.  
Domino will also be the subject of the 2006 event poster, which was  
designed by local painter James Michalopoulos.

Dave Richoux