To the right you will see a cropped screenshot of the official forecast for this weekend in New Orleans according to Blogging New Orleans parent AOL. Yup, that's right its going to rain during two of the three last days of Jazz Fest and I'm sure you're worried about what the city and the festival is going to do. Well, the really worry is what are you going to do. According to many sources, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival almost never cancels for rain. Ticketmaster says, "Miscellaneous: FESTIVAL IS RAIN OR SHINE" on the bottom of the ticket purchase page. The gumbo pages has a number of suggestions for rain gear including "a baseball cap and a light windbreaker or poncho. Or rain gear can be a basic as a 40-gallon trash bag. Cheap, disposable, stylish (sort of)." NOLA.com (the Times Picayune) alludes to the possiblity of rain with a reminder that "[u]nless the weather is really deplorable, Jazzfest will go on, so bring rain gear if it looks like rain." And Jazz Fest has only been canceled once due to rain, apparently 1979 was a really wet year. So grab a poncho and bring a ziplock baggie for you wallet and camera and enjoy the mud this weekend.
Jazz Fest Essentials: What if it rains?
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(Page 1)2. sounds great just look for me wondering the fest with a backpack, small notebook, camera, and a cap that says bloggingneworleans.com on it.
Posted at 5:27PM on May 3rd 2007 by Mike Schleifstein
4. One of my all-time favorite memories is dancing in the rain while watching Robert Cray at Jazz Fest a while back. We knew it was going to rain so we brought along extra trash bags in our backpack to stash our stuff in and and an extra set of clothes. Soon after Cray's set ended the sun came out and we dried off quickly. If you do get caught in the rain, give yourself over to the moment and enjoy yourself! You're at Jazz Fest baby! I wish I was there too!
1. If it rains, you can share the use of my umbrella. i will be there fixing up houses for the next few weeks and get in just in time to digg jazzfest too. We can meet up and blog about each other maybe; either way, the party will go on, mud or shine.
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p.s. "Dancing inthe rain is one of life's pleasures."
Posted at 4:54PM on May 3rd 2007 by ThunkDifferent.com