At the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which closes this weekend, Juvenile gave an emotional performance.

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Tourism officials said attendance at Mardi Gras and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 2007 was near pre-storm levels.

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Laurendine is already in the works of coordinating more hackathon events in conjunction with larger sporting and music events, including the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in April and this years Final Four in Atlanta.

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In New Orleans, the internationally renowned Jazz Festival begins today, 27 April, running through 6 May.

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Eight years after the first Newport Jazz Festival, New Orleans tourism and business leaders approached Wein about creating a similar festival in New Orleans.

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