Congo Square, the historic common that is now part of Armstrong Park but was once a market and gathering place for enslaved Africans, is the subject of a weekend-long symposium and music festival.

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 ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

Jazz at Congo Square returns on Sunday, October 6, 2024, at Armstrong Park’s historic Congo Square, located at 701 N Rampart Street. This free, all-day event celebrates the city’s rich musical and ...

Central Africa's Democratic Republic of Congo is about the last place one would expect to find a symphony orchestra. Its civil war has raged for generations and monthly incomes there wouldn't be ...

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 ...

“There are beautiful, beautiful places everywhere in Congo. It’s one of the largest [forest] reservations, there’s [just] so much good in the country,” Leila Imani, a senior biology major born and ...