NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — It's a first time festival in New Orleans.

It's Bennaroo from the folks at Ben Franklin High School.

Sunday, Nov. 9 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Broadside, 600 North Broad in New Orleans.

WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood heads to Ben Franklin High where students are rehearsing for the big show.

At the school named best in Louisiana, there's a purpose to the party they invite you to attend.

"It takes a lot to make sure our students have the opportunity that they need to be the best version of themselves, so we're doing Bennaroo," said Principal Dr. Kendall McManus Thomas.

The money Bennaroo makes goes to the school's music program to send students to contests around the world and to even buy their instruments.

"Having instruments at schoo

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