Jazz Fest is a New Orleans tradition dating back 50 years, bringing together the best music, food and soul the Big Easy has to offer.
"Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story" covers the bases of the festival, which is spread out over eight days on 14 stages, bringing in some 7,000 musicians and 100,000 fans. It's not at all like being there, but it might help convince you that life is too short to not make your way to the festival at least once before you die.
Talking heads from Jimmy Buffett (a Jazz Fest staple) to Tom Jones wax on the fest, which unfolds on the Fair Grounds Race Course at the edge of the city's 7th Ward. Filmed during the 2019 edition of the festival, there's an emphasis on that year's performances by Katy Perry and Pitbull, representative of the fest's eclecticism if not its traditional sound.
