Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Big Sam's Funky Nation, African drum and dance performances and a special mass featuring the legendary Blind Boys of Alabama are highlights of the Congo Square Rhythms ...

NEW ORLEANS — A festival celebrating the deep cultural roots of New Orleans is returning to one of the most historic gathering places in the country. The Congo Square Rhythms Festival, hosted by the ...

Two of the most popular festivals of New Orleans are now combining into one event. The Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival and the Congo Square Rhythms Festival will happen concurrently on the weekend of ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The 2025 Congo Square Rhythms Festival is the largest free fest put on by the Jazz and Heritage Foundation. The fest also helps local school music programs. “For me the Congo ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation is producing one of it’s signature free festivals, the Congo Square Rhythms Festival, March 28-29. According to the foundation’s Kia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The festival takes place in historic Congo Square in Armstrong Park, a space that has played a powerful role in shaping the city’s ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The annual Congo Square Rhythms Festival is returning this year, bringing some of the African cultural traditions practiced in the 19th century to 21st century New Orleans. Since ...

Where rhythm was born. 🥁 Congo Square Rhythms Festival—celebrating the drums, the heartbeat, & cultural roots that shaped New Orleans.