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The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Celebrates The Genre In All Its Glory!

April 28, 2017

If you love jazz, here's where you need to be! It began with an impromptu moment, when gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, accompanied the Eureka Brass Band at a county fair in April, 1970 to croon her way into t...

7 Cake Festivals You Ought To Know If You Like Baking

Brij Dalvi

May 16, 2016

FS Features

Love baking? If yes is your answer, you cannot give these festivals a miss! Some of them are small-scale, some large-scale, but the vibe remains the same. They're all conceptualized by people who share the s...

Freak Lightning Strikes And Kills Girl At A Music Festival

Brij Dalvi

March 21, 2016

FS News, International

Tragedy struck the music festival world due to a natural calamity, as a lightning strike claimed the life of New Orleans native Jacqui Stavis, and injured two others in an unprecedented accident at T-Bois Blues...

In Pictures : The Beautiful BUKU Music + Art Festival, 2016

Sanskriti Shukla

March 13, 2016

Culture, FS Features

The BUKU Music + Art Festival is one of the coolest festivals we have ever come across, here are 17 vibrant pictures to prove it! Set in the robust electronica scene of New Orleans, the festival is surely sh...

The Buku Music + Art Project : Where Art Reconverts New Orleans Into A Stage For Indie Music

Meher Manda

February 29, 2016

Culture, FS Features

The Sherp looks at how The Buku Music + Art Project reconvenes the city of New Orleans with art, and makes it one grand venue for the best of indie music. We've argued time and again, that music festivals w...

Make Your Way To Mardi Gras: The Greatest Celebration Of Culture And Debauchery

Anupama Khedkar

February 3, 2016

Culture, FS Features

With February comes Mardi Gras, New Orleans's uninhibited carnival of colours, revelry and sexual expression. Mardi Gras, traditionally, marks the last period of celebration before the Lenten season begins,...

Buku Music And Art Project Reveals Its Blistering Line-Up

Prem Gupta

December 18, 2014

FS News, International

The New Orleans festival will feature the likes of Bassnectar, Bobby Shmurda, A$AP Rocky, Porter Robinson and many other outstanding names As we head into a fresh new year of electronic music, festivals...

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