Finding out what's new at the first day of the 2024 New Orleans Jazz Fest

Half the fun on the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival’s opening day is discovering what’s new at the Fair Grounds. New in 2024 is the tenting over the backstage trailers at the main Festival Stage – an upgrade no doubt intended to maximize comfort and privacy for members of a certain legendary British rock band next week. Seven cabanas, rented to corporate clients, now sit atop an elevated platform at the back of the Festival Stage field. The standing room only, no-chairs area at that same field is now...