This year’s French Quarter Festival will start on Thursday, April 7, a day earlier than in previous years. The free festival that takes over Bourbon Street, Decatur Street, Jackson Square and Woldenberg Park has traditionally held its gala—“TGIF: Thank Goodness it’s Festival”—on the Thursday night with entertainment and the World’s Largest Jazz Brunch starting on Friday at lunch time. This year, the Jackson Square stage and the Jackson Square portion of the World’s Largest Jazz Brunch will be...