The food served up around the Fair Grounds each year at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival isn’t typical event food. It is specifically Jazz Fest food. It rarely changes and as a result Jazz Fest regulars anticipate and crave certain dishes each year as part of their festival experience.
New dishes this year are limited to a bacon pecan square making its festival debut at the Congo Square vendor Marie’s Sugar Dumplings, and a strawberry and yogurt trifle from Fireman Mike’s Kitchen by the Kids Stage.
But across the festival, time-honored favorites are back in their accustomed spots. You can see the entire list of Jazz Fest food, where to find each dish and a schedule of cooking demonstrations at www.nojazzfest.com/food.