It’s a slow week for touring acts in New Orleans, but the local offerings include a free festival in Armstrong Park with an array of jazz and brass bands. Ever More Nest Local singer-songwriter Kelcy ...

In colonial times, the cobblestone area just inside the main entrance of Louis Armstrong Park was a Sunday gathering place for enslaved Africans. Now known as Congo Square, it was one of the few ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The 2025 Congo Square ...

Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra will host the second annual Jazz at Congo Square on Saturday August 20, and Sunday, August 21, at Congo Square in Armstrong Park. This free celebration ...

This year has seen the untimely deaths of two of the world’s most important cultural ambassadors. The Congolese rumba composer and TPOK Jazz singer Pepe Ndombe Opetum passed on around the same time we ...

They call him the voice of the Congo. His name is Shiko Mawatu and through his music, his working hard to bring attention to his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and to its people ...