HCM CITY (VNS)  — The New Orleans Bourbon Jazz Festival featuring music, dance, Cajun food and coolers will be held at the Q4 event space in District 4 on May 31.

The event, organised by Arts for Mobility, an organisation that raises funds for charity, will feature blues and soul singer Eugene "Hideaway" Brides from New Orleans and jazz singer Shun Sakai from Tokyo. City-based artists like the Wanderlusters and The Blue Brothers will also perform. There will be jazz dance performances by the Urban Dance Group as well as belly-dance shows by the Saigon Belly Dancers.

Tickets are VND500,000, including VND200,000 for food and a drink voucher.

All proceeds will be donated to Kids First Vietnam to buy wheelchairs for children in Dong Ha Town in Quang Tri Province, and to help send them to school.

The festival will begin at 4pm at 7 Nguyen Tat Thanh Street in HCM City's District 4.— VNS