One of Jazzfest's staples is its gospel tent, where local church choirs and touring gospel groups perform all day.

During the 1970's they bought a gospel tent and took their evangelism on the road, establishing churches in Florida and North Carolina.

Under the white roof of the gospel tent, the members of the St. Theresa Catholic Gospel Choir were praising Jesus, their gray robes swaying.

They had been talking at one of the dozen entrances of the gospel tent.

The gospel tent is there, full of unknowns with magnificent voices; the pheasant, quail and andouille gumbo is available by the cup.

In the gospel tent later that day, Dorothy Norwood exercised a power over her audience that was fantastic and almost cruel.

The climax of their antics came when Alexander Marshall, Dr. James Law, and Dr. J.N. Case had pitched a gospel tent across from his farm.

The Dixie Hummingbirds will perform in the gospel tent.

Sellers played in gospel tent shows while young.

But Lil' Kim the performer is a long way from the gospel tent.