20 photos that illustrate the awesomeness of the New Orleans Jazz Fest

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the first day of the 2015 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival was one that had great music, amazing food, lots of shopping, and unfortunately…some horrible weather. While the rain usually comes every year to New Orleans at this time, this was the year it got really bad…but it didn’t soak out any of the fun or the spirits of the festival-goers.

Lightning strikes and tornado watches actually caused Jazz Fest to stop the music and shut the gates early on Friday night. It was just an hour early and fans hated to miss out on any time, but the rest of the day certainly didn’t disappoint.

Keith Urban sadly had his set cut short, but he still got through 11 songs in 52 minutes of play-time.

While the music paved the way with Wilco, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Hozier, and more; it was still the food and drink that made Jazz Fest so awesome on day one. Crawfish were flowing in full force as po-boys were being carried around the festival and enjoyed to their fullest content.

The music played on and the rain came down, but nothing dampened the spirits of any of the festival-goers.

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