The New Orleans Swing Dance Festival is an international jazz music and dance festival dedicated to promoting swing dancing in New Orleans and introducing our brilliant music community to a wider audience of jazz fans world-wide. This 5-day festival features live local jazz, social dancing, outdoor concerts at the French Market, a Frenchmen Street club crawl, after parties, a second line parade, dance performances, dance classes for all ages and levels, a musicians vs dancer baseball game, and the year's most anticipated jazz & swing dance battle - The Ultimate Lindy Hop SHOWDOWN.