3.30.2017 – JAZZ IN THE PARK Treme Crab Festival featuring Michael Franks, Roy Ayers and Stephanie Jordan will be in Congo Square!

Crab tacos, crab gumbo, crab cakes, crab dip and boiled crabs are among the dishes on the menu at this weekend’s Jazz in the Park Treme Crab Fest in Armstrong Park.

The festival, which runs Thursday (March 30) through Sunday, with a ticketed concert on Friday evening, serves as the kick-off for the Jazz in the Park 2017 spring concert series. On Thursday,Saturday and Sunday the festival is free.

“I knew when we booked Michael Franks and Roy Ayers that we were going to have a great year,” Emanuel Lain Jr., executive director of People United for Armstrong Park, said of the Fridayafternoon concert, which opens at 4 p.m. with Stephanie Jordan, followed by Franks and Ayers. Ticket sales have been brisk, he said. (Nola.com article by Ann Malony).