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