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Marion Eats! at Jazz Fest 2019

Sun, 05/05/19
Some people say that Jazz Fest is more a food festival than a music festival. A typical Jazz Fest food booth has ~3 choices, so there are literally hundreds of food options and only 8 days to explore them. WWOZ's new Assistant Video Director, Marion Hill, worked on putting ... Read more

Trombone Shorty: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sun, 05/05/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Trombone Shorty performing at in the WWOZ Jazz Tent at Jazz Fest in 2001 (age 15). Photo by Burt Steel, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive. Catch him today on the Acura Stage, closing out the festival with The Nevilles, 5:30-7p! In honor of Jazz Fest's 5... Read more

Terrance Osborne: Jazz Fest Flashback

Sun, 05/05/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Terrance Osborne has designed five official Jazz Fest posters: two for Congo Square and three classic posters, including his iconic Trombone Shorty poster in 2012. In this Jazz Fest at 50 Flashback, find out who Terrance was excited to meet at the festival a few years ago. Read more

Dean Ellis: Jazz Fest Flashback

Sat, 05/04/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
In this WWOZ Jazz Fest at 50 Flashback, show host Dean Ellis recalls a special moment from our live broadcast from Jazz Fest in 2015, when Terence Blanchard and Poncho Sanchez performed an improv from the WWOZ Hospitality Tent. Read more

Buckwheat Zydeco: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sat, 05/04/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Stanley Dural, Jr. of Buckwheat Zydeco in 2011. Photo by David Stafford. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz Fest 50 page, all year long to see them, plus mo... Read more

Fest Fashion 2019

Fri, 05/03/19
Coachella's got nothing on Jazz Fest. There is no singular look that screams "Jazz Fest" but there sure is an aesthetic! From BayouWear to crazy hats, colorful West African prints, impressive stage attire, and more, you know when someone is at Jazz Fest. Our photographers ... Read more

Bob Rodrigue (Ol' Man River): Jazz Fest Flashback

Fri, 05/03/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
In this Jazz Fest Flashback, WWOZ show host Bob Rodrigue (Ol' Man River) describes his first encounter with Mardi Gras Indians, and how their performance at Jazz Fest changed the course of his life. Read more

Roosevelt Sykes: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Fri, 05/03/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Roosevelt Sykes thanks the audience, May 6, 1979. Photo by Burt Steel, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.  In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our J... Read more

David Torkanowsky: Jazz Fest Flashback

Thu, 05/02/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
David Torkanowsky has played at Jazz Fest with dozens of different acts, as well as under his own name. He first hit the stage there in the 1970s. Find out what performances, in all those years, were most memorable to him in this Jazz Fest at 50 Flashback.  Read more

Young Men Olympians 1980: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Thu, 05/02/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Young Men Olympians at the Fairgrounds, April 1980. Photo by Burt Steel, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.  In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our... Read more

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