Courtney McColloch is determined the show must go on as he listens to the WWOZ broadcast outside the shuttered gates of the Fair Grounds after the 2020 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival was cancelled by the Covid-19 pandemic. Photographed on Friday, April 24, 2020. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

PICS: Residents make the most of Jazz Festing from home

by Michael DeMocker | April 27, 2020

Despite the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Jazz Fest must go on! Residents made the most of the first weekend of Jazz Fest as WWOZ-FM presented “Fest in Place,” a virtual fest of sorts as the station played archival performances from previous Jazz Fests during the same hours the stages would have been open at the Fairgrounds.

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Michael DeMocker

Michael DeMocker

Michael DeMocker has been a photojournalist in New Orleans for over twenty years. He’s been the National Press Photographer Association’s Regional Photographer of the Year three times and loves photographing all things New Orleans. He lives Uptown with his wife, son, and two dogs of varying intelligence.

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