Mission Statement

The Gulf Coast Shrimp & Jazz Festival is dedicated to be a catalyst in building and nurturing Jazz and promoting opportunities for jazz musicians by providing an educational forum through clinics, discussion panels, visual presentations, and workshops; to interpret and perpetuate the performance of Jazz by internationally celebrated artists as well as gifted local musicians; to encourage Jazz musicians to create and express Jazz through spontaneity and improvisation to share with our diverse communities and people that are uniquely Louisiana through festivals, programs, and other cultural, educational, civic, and economic activities.