Lured by historic Rolling Stones performance, half-a-million fans attend New Orleans Jazz Fest
KTVZ - 2024-05-07T00:15:35.000Z

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An extra day and the lure of an appearance by the Rolling Stones pushed attendance at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to a half a million people, organizers said Monday. That was the second highest attendance in the festival’s history — just behind the 600,000 attendees in 2001.

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