The 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival picks back up on Thursday, May 1, for another four-day run at the Fair Grounds. With hundreds of performances, it's hard to know where to start. So ...

It’s dedicated to New Orleans musicians like Fats Domino and Al Hirt, featuring life-sized statues, music, and a laid-back ...

Chicago and New York quickly emerged as the primary markets for New Orleans jazz musicians seeking broader opportunities. Tom Brown’s Band from Dixieland relocated to Chicago in 1915, ...

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, now in its 55th year, takes place from April 24 to May 4 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has arrived. Festival organizers announced in January that Pearl Jam, Luke Combs and Lil Wayne will headline the 10-day "cultural feast" in New Orleans ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — For many years you’ve seen her signs all over the Fair Grounds at Jazz Fest. They’re in parking lots giving out directions, and they are by the stages showing who’s ...

Because Jazz Fest celebrates the "indigenous music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana," every musical style associated with the city and state such as the "blues, R&B, gospel, Cajun, zydeco ...

— The New Orleans Jazz Museum and The NOCCA Foundation, in partnership with The Gia Maione Prima Foundation, are excited to debut the 2025 NOCCA Foundation Concert Series, a dynamic new initiative ...

Even with Bourbon Street bustling outside, nothing matched the buzzy energy of The Jazz Playhouse at The Royal Sonesta Hotel New Orleans as musicians David Shaw of the Revivalists and Tarriona ...

F or many New Orleans visitors, a stay is all about beignets, Bourbon Street, and, depending on the time of year, the pageantry of Mardi Gras. For me and my mom, it’s a trip down memory lane ...

This photo, taken on April 30, 2025, shows a back room at Preservation Hall, where musicians from around the world come to learn about New Orleans' jazz scene. Athina Morris / WWNO ...

New Orleans in 2025 is a living history book, its streets humming with tales of resilience, culture, and charm that stretch back over 300 years. As spring blooms across the Crescent City, the mild ...