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Keith Spera: Jazz Fest Flashback

Wed, 04/10/19
Keith Spera has written about music, culture, and his kids for the New Orleans Advocate newspaper. Find out what it's like to come to Jazz Fest as a writer and what he hopes his readers come away with from his Jazz Fest articles, in this Jazz Fest Flashback. Read more

Stage 4 in 1973: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Wed, 04/10/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Stage 4 at the New Orleans Jazz Fest & Louisiana Heritage Fair 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... Read more

Louis Armstrong Centennial: Jazz Fest at 50 Time Capsule

Tue, 04/09/19
Louis Armstrong's contributions to New Orleans have been acknowledged many times over the decades at Jazz Fest, but never so profoundly as in 2001, when Jazz Fest celebrated his 100th birthday. Read more

Jimmy Buffett and Allen Toussaint: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Tue, 04/09/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Jimmy Buffett and Allen Toussaint onstage at Jazz Fest 2014. Photo by 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 th... Read more

Nigel Hall: Piano Night 2019 preview

Mon, 04/08/19
WWOZ Piano Night is returning to House of Blues Monday, April 29! As the city’s premier event celebrating the great pianists of New Orleans, this year’s Piano Night is the 31st annual event raising funds for WWOZ. Tickets for the event at House of Blues are available now.  ... Read more

Hurray for the Riff Raff on the Allison Miner Stage: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Mon, 04/08/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Alison Fensterstock interviews Alynda Lee Segarra of Hurray for the Riff Raff on the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage at Jazz Fest 2014. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with o... Read more

Video: Cimafunk at WWOZ

Sun, 04/07/19
AfroCuban fusion band Cimafunk joined host Suzanne Corley on World Journey Saturday afternoon before their gig at Tipitina's with The Soul Rebels! Check it out below.  Read more

Audience in 1973: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sun, 04/07/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
She's into it! Audience at the Fairgrounds in 1973, the second year Jazz Fest was held at the Fairgrounds. 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 ... Read more

Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee: Jazz Fest Flashback

Sat, 04/06/19
Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee has been one of WWOZ's volunteer photographers at Jazz Fest since 2012. In a few short years, he's made himself well-known in the New Orleans photography community and with our online audience. Find out what catches his eye at the Fair Grounds and see a... Read more

Clarence "Frogman" Henry: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sat, 04/06/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Clarence "Frogman" Henry performs at Jazz Fest 2013. Photo by Black Mold. See Frogman this year on the Gentilly Stage on Saturday, May 4 from 2:35-3:35p as part of the "The New Orleans Classic R&B Legends featuring The Dixie Cups, Wanda Rouzan, Clarence “Frogman” Henry, and... Read more

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