re: Jazz Fest Questions

Are you going on a particular day for music? If not, go on Locals Thursday which happens to have the best lineup this year. The crowds are thin. As for your eating, my way to enjoy as much as possible is to find the booths that have combo plates of the three dishes they offer ($10-$13), most booths have combo plates. Feel free to set up shop with your chairs and what not in front of the Acura or Gentilly Stages. Come and go as you please. Ive never had anyone steal my stuff.

If you are going for a big name performer, expect to set up camp as soon as the gates open. Nothing worse than being 200 yards from the stage, watching it on the screen, with the sound blown away in the wind.

If you like to smoke weed, feel free, just be mindful of the women and children.

You can park at Cabrini High School on Esplanade Ave for $30 or $40, i don't know, I've never parked. If you do this, don't be in a rush to leave, traffic.

If you don't have a budget, go multiple days for eating. It's worth it if you don't get the cuisine often. I know several grey tops that just go to eat, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. At the end of the day, some booths will wrap a go plate for ya.

No one eats on acid, so headie doesn't have much to offer in this thread; but he sure can recommend some salty jams.

Happy Fest.