re: Will Jazzfest Improve This Year?

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You gave up on Phish after a festival set

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Widespread Panic killed it in 2013 in the pouring rain. The best panic sets I've ever seen were at festivals.

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Widespread Panic killed it

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stopped reading after this

This was my first year ever attending Jazzfest and had a great time. A couple buddies of mine flew in from out of town and tried to soak up as much of the festival as we could since we had heard such good things. The food was incredible. Hands down some of the best festival food I have ever eaten. I was blown away by the blues and gospel tents. Really a great experience.

Overall, I think Santana was my favorite. I had never seen him before and I've always been a huge fan of him. From what I gathered is that Jazzfest is more about witnessing legends than fresh musical performances, which I was okay with. For the most part it didn't seem like there was much new music going on. It was my first time so I don't know how it compares to previous years but we had a great time. I hope to return in the future and take advantage of all the late night shows throughout out New Orleans. We only got to catch a couple but was able to see some great musicians. I look forward to seeing who gets booked next year.

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The Jazzfest lineup rumors thread got me thinking. Will Jazzfest actually improve this year? Will the lineup actually progress or return to the glory days of the 80s and early 90s? I’ve come to the same conclusion every year: Jazzfest is always overhyped. For the past ten years, they’ve been getting really shitty headliners. It’s Bruce Springsteen, John Mayer, Dave Matthews, Cee Lo Green or some crap like that every year. The only good acts are the local tents (blues, jazz, fais do do) and why pay $75 to go see good, local acts that you can see for $5 every week? It’s really only become a place for frat boys, dads wearing ray bans/Hawaiian shirts/fedoras and Yankees to go and try to look cool like we’re still living in the 70s. I think Santana/ Phish / Eric Clapton this year was the catalyst of the decline.. those were some of the worst festival sets I’ve seen during my lifetime. On top of the ”has-been” stacked lineup, the fairgrounds is a piece of shite. Literally. I don’t understand how anyone could enjoy going to an overcrowded festival where there is horse shite everywhere. The place is ugly as sin (even for a horse racing track) and gives visitors a poor representation of the city. When I think jazzfest, I think of spring in city park, not spending my whole weekend drinking over-priced beer in a horse track that smells like shite. It’s always hot as frick, dusty, muddy, and the sound is always terrible. The soundsystem is about 10 years past due for an upgrade. For a city with such a unique amount of music talent, New Orleans fricking sucks. They don’t even have a real outdoor venue or amphitheater. At least Baton Rouge has an amphitheater. Hopefully, Jazzfest can get their shite together this year, but I’m really not feeling too optimistic about it.

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Stayed at the Samsung Stage last year and saw The Revivalists, Better Than Ezra and Foster The People. 3 great shows there all back to back.

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Phish hurt

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They really didn't bring much of a show. I'm a fan, but I think Quint dropped the ball by not booking them after 93-94 or whenever they were "banned." Quint Davis could've cashed in while they had that fake break-up thing going on in ~2000.

The nostalgia dad music acts are fine; more room for me @ fais do-do or jazztent. I'm fine with Doobie bro's making their 24th appearance...

I don't really care much about headliner acts usually. I'll stick around for some of them but that's not who I'm there to see. My only real gripe is that there's a lot of bleedover from one stage to the other, particularly in the back around the Congo Square, Fais-Do-Do and Gentilly stages.

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Maybe you shouldn't go anymore since you have such a shitty attitude. I can't imagine you being pleased no matter what. Jazz fest will be fine without you.


Did I offend you?

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nope, by all means stay in BR and go to Bayou Country Superfest. One less person in the beer line at Jazz Fest.

Have you seen the new festival grounds city park is building/cultivating?

Jazz fest will be moved out to city park one day.