Are You Thinking About Taking A Trip To The Big Easy?

If you have never been to New Orleans, you do not know what you are missing. One of the highlights of visiting the 'Big Easy' is the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. You will be able to sample some of the best food in the world. Along with the food, there will be great musical entertainment lined up for this year's festival:

Stevie Wonder will perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival after an absence of 35 years. On May 2 Mr. Wonder is scheduled to headline the second weekend of this year’s event, along with Billy Joel, Sheryl Crow and Tim McGraw. The festival will be held from April 25 to April 27, and from May 1 to May 4.

Headlining the festival’s opening day are Ms. Crow, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Also scheduled to perform are Dr. John, Al Green, Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint. Performers on the second weekend include Randy Newman, Widespread Panic, Aaron Neville and Santana. The event, with more than 1,000 musicians, is held at a racetrack where 11 stages and tents are set up.

This year features a particularly strong lineup of female jazz singers, including Patti Austin, Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Diana Krall and Ruby Wilson.

So come on down and enjoy that great New Orleans' hospitality.