20 Best Things We Saw at New Orleans Jazz Fest 2014
Arcade Fire’s second-line, John Fogerty’s Bruce Springsteen cameo and other memorable moments from New Orleans

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People in New Orleans say hello and goodbye with "Happy Jazz Fest!," as if the two-weekend festival is a holiday on par with Christmas — or Fat Tuesday, which isn't too far off, as local musicians and bartenders estimate that the tourist crowds brought in by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival are second only to those of Mardi Gras. This year there was a lot to wade through, but over two weeks Rolling Stone found 20 highlights from Louisiana’s most essential music festival. By Paul de Revere