by Jeff Maisey | May 14, 2023 | Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey This year’s Bayou Bon Vivant Festival featuring Cajun cuisine like crawfish and jambalaya, folk art from souther Louisiana, and live music equal in caliber to the famous New Orleans Jazz Festival will be one to remember. Entertainers such as...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 18, 2022 | News, News & Views
(Crawfish and corn are a popular menu item during Festevent’s Bayou Bon Vivant) By Jeff Maisey Forty years ago, Downtown Norfolk was a very different place that it is today. The waterfront property was either vacant or in derelict condition. The crime rate was high....
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 23, 2019 | Music, Music News
By Jim Morrision Ivan Neville is in Boston this afternoon, having just arrived for the second of a series of shows with his band, Dumpstaphunk, on what could be called the Masters of Funk tour, but is George Clinton’s long, fond farewell. They’re...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 20, 2018 | Festivals, Music
By Jim Morrison Terrance Simien started singing in his church in rural southwestern Louisiana when he was about five. He moved on to play the piano and then the trumpet in middle and high school before he met the accordion — and zydeco – and that transformed...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 16, 2016 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeremy Bender Norfolk Festevents has partnered with Veer Magazine to expand its annual Embrace the Culture Festival (ETC Fest, Saturday, September 17 in Town Point Park) by offering locals an opportunity to experience live music in Norfolk venues free of charge....