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Donald Harrison, Jr.: Jazz Fest Flashback

Thu, 04/18/19
In this Jazz Fest Flashback, Donald Harrison, Jr. shares how Jazz Fest is different from other festivals, and how the creative freedom he was given on the Jazz Fest stage has effected his career. Read more

ReNew SciTech Middle School Brass Band on School Groove

Thu, 04/18/19
ReNew SciTech Middle School Brass Band joined us in the studio for our April edition of School Groove! Tune in, because the future of music in New Orleans is bright.  Read more

Mia Borders live at WWOZ for French Quarter Fest 2019

Thu, 04/18/19
Mia Borders joined us in the studio as part of our 2019 French Quarter Fest broadcast! Check it out below.  Read more

Bon Bon Vivant live at WWOZ for French Quarter Fest 2019

Thu, 04/18/19
Bon Bon Vivant joined us in the studio as part of our 2019 French Quarter Fest broadcast! Check it out below.  Read more

Uncle Nef live at WWOZ

Thu, 04/18/19
Uncle Nef joined us in the studio on Wednesday afternoon! Check it out below.  Read more

WWOZ: Jazz Fest at 50 Time Capsule

Thu, 04/18/19
Jazz Fest and WWOZ's shared history goes back almost to the founding of the station. Find out more about the many ways WWOZ and the festival are intertwined, from our live broadcast from everyday of the festival to the WWOZ Jazz Tent, Brass Passes, and beyond. Read more

Dancing by Stage 2: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Thu, 04/18/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Dancers in front of Stage 2 at the Louisiana Heritage Fair, May 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... Read more

Second Mt. Carmel Voices: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Wed, 04/17/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Second Mount Carmel Voices in the Gospel Tent at Jazz Fest 2008. Photo Leon Morris. 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 t... Read more

S.S. President: Jazz Fest at 50 Time Capsule

Tue, 04/16/19
In 1970, the SS President was the last sidewheel steamboat in America, and it had called New Orleans home for three decades. But on the low-key evening of April 22, 1970, perhaps its most important cruise took place-- the very first event of a new multi-day festival. Read more

Professor Longhair: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Tue, 04/16/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Professor Longhair waves to the camera in 1973. Photo by John Messina, 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 Ja... Read more

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