As Festival International de Louisiane has grown in stature over the past nine years, it has become a tradition for New Orleanians and informed visitors to carefully plan out the logistics of attending both this Festival and the concurrently running New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The two events are separated by a mere two-hour drive on the I-10, but the small scale, laid back atmosphere in Lafayette and the huge, frenzied musical smorgasbord in New Orleans offer a contrast that ...