Still thunderstorms rolled in over New Orleans in the final hours before the festival opened. Jazz Fest spectators, including Goria Harville of Birmingham, donned rain gear to listen to Maria ...

NEW ORLEANS — Gray skies spawned lightning, thunder and heavy rain as fans gathered for Friday’s opening day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. But even as the rain fell, drenching the Fair ...

BUT SOUTH SHORE, WE’RE LOOKING TO AREAS THAT ARE CLOSER TO 2 TO 3 IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA ... data have a break in the rain by the time gates open for Jazz Fest.However, these data ...

The rain returns for weekend two of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Why it matters: Grab your ponchos before you head out to see Lenny Kravitz, Pearl Jam and Patti LaBelle. The big ...

WDSU FIRST WARNING WEATHER NOW AND YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT THE RAIN WE HAD THIS MORNING. BUT IT WAS PRETTY LIGHT AS IT MOVED INTO AT LEAST NEW ORLEANS ... ESPECIALLY FOR JAZZ FEST OUTDOOR EVENTS.

It wouldn't be the first time. Whether it's Jazz in Congo Square or Jazz Fest, rain seems to make New Orleans music even better. Because dancing in the rain in New Orleans is a religious experience.

The 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will go on as usual in post-Katrina New Orleans this spring, buoyed by a deal with a first-ever presenting sponsor, the Shell Oil Co., producer Quint ...

You’d be hard pressed to find a more loyal group of festivalgoers than New Orleans Jazz Fest fans. Come rain or shine, heat waves, mud pits or natural disasters, these Hawaiian-shirt-wearing fanatics ...