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French Quarter Festival marks a quarter century of free music
by Keith Spera
April 11, 2008
The Times-Picayune
New Orleans, Louisiana

In 1984, civic boosters launched an intimate, free festival to showcase traditional jazz and draw locals to the French Quarter. In its infancy, the French Quarter Festival fulfilled that mission.

A quarter century later, it is much more.

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The 2008 roster includes The Radiators, Bonerama, Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, Lionel Ferbos, Lars Edegran, Fredy Omar, Susan Cowsill, Banu Gibson, Marva Wright, the Ellis Marsalis Quartet, the Treme Brass Band, Mem Shannon & the Membership, Bruce Daigrepont, Vivaz -- and that's just today.

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Cowsills
STEVEN FORESTER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE ARCHIVE Catch Susan Cowsill on Friday, April 11, at the festival.




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