Lots of events, lots of music, lots of food. It's sort of the last fling the city puts on before the summer heats us up to the point we don't want to do anything until football season. This is what most folks think of when they think Jazz Fest. On the last weekend of April and the first weekend of May, tens of thousands of folks gather in Gentilly at the New Orleans Fair Grounds racetrack to hear musicians from all over the world. The Fair Grounds is open on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the first weekend, and Thursday through Sunday on the second weekend.
Acts play on several stages and in several tents simultaneously.
Everything else is located in-between these stages. The big-name acts play these stages. On the second Sunday, the Radiators usually play one stage and the Neville Brothers are on the other side. The stages are referred to on maps and schedules by their sponsors. There were two smaller stages in-between, one sponsored by BellSouth Mobility, and the other by House of Blues.