Satchmo Summer Fest

The Louisiana State Museum’s Old U.S. Mint is the site of a yearly festival dedicated to the New Orleans native Louis Armstrong. Satchmo SummerFest, produced by French Quarter festivals, Inc. will take over parts of the French Quarter featuring not only local musicians, but speakers, and exhibits.

From the press release:

Happy Birthday Satchmo!

Satchmo SummerFest is scheduled annually to coincide with Armstrong’s actual birthday on August 4th. Armstrong often stated in public interviews that he was born on July 4, 1900 (Independence Day in the USA), a date that has been noted in many biographies. Armstrong died in 1971. It wasn’t until the mid-1980s that his true birth date of August 4, 1901 was discovered.