Big Freedia invites people on stage during her performance on the Congo Square stage at the Fair Grounds during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival or Jazz Fest in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 4, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

PHOTOS: Rain doesn’t stop Big Freedia, Tank and the Bangas, Chris Owens at Saturday’s Jazz Fest

The morning storms didn't put a damper on the fun Saturday as acts like Big Freedia, Tank & The Bangas and Chris Owens hit the stages during the second weekend of Jazz Fest.

by Matthew Hinton | May 6, 2019

You can’t rain on our parade! The morning storms didn’t put a damper on the fun Saturday as acts like Big Freedia, Tank & The Bangas and Chris Owens hit the stages during the second weekend of Jazz Fest.

Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton is a New Orleans area freelance photographer whose work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism Awards in 2014 and 2016, and by numerous awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, including the Hal Ledet President's Print Photography Award, the highest honor the Press Club can bestow upon a photographer.
Matthew Hinton has previously been a staff photographer at both of the daily newspapers in New Orleans. His work has appeared nationally and internationally through freelance work with the Associated Press and AFP, Agence France-Presse.

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