5 Facts About Jazz Festival

1. In 2000, the Jazz Festival teamed up with Distribution Select to release its 4-CD box set called Over 20 years of music—Plus de 20 ans de musique.

2. In 2000, the Jazz Festival teamed up with Distribution Select to release its 4-CD box set called Over 20 years of music—Plus de 20 ans de musique.

3. In 1998, the Jazz Festival added the Congo Square poster series.

4. In 2001, the Jazz Festival celebrated Louis Armstrong's centennial, and the total attendance eclipsed 650,000, shattering records for virtually every day of the Heritage Fair, including the all-time single-day attendance record of 160,000.

5. In 1975, the Jazz Festival, still just a five-day event with only three days of the Louisiana Heritage Fair, had an attendance of 80,000.