The group near the Gentilly entrance to the New Orleans Jazz Fest is wearing cool gold T- shirts with the Forever stamp commemorating Jimi Hendrix on the fronts. The workers at the mobile retail postal station at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell have a different uniform for the occasion, one you don’t see on your USPS carrier or the clerk selling you stamps.

However, you might recognize these folks if you are a customer at the downtown New Orleans post office on Loyola Avenue, their regular place of work. The mobile unit sets up for Jazz Fest, Essence Fest, the Voodoo Experience, and, sometimes, at large conventions that request a postal presence.

Sharon Varnado, Courtney Nero and Geraldine Lashley have been working at Jazz Fest for 26 years, they said on Thursday before their work day started in the mobile unit. They sell stamps, packing materials and anything sold in the regular non-movable post offices.
Postal workers are on the job at the New Orleans Jazz Fest