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Spring 2019 at the Dew Drop (Mandeville)

Sat, 03/09/19
The Dew Drop Social & Benevolent Hall in Mandeville launches their Spring 2019 concert season on Saturday, March 9! All concerts run 6:30-9p unless otherwise noted. See the full schedule below: Saturday, March 9: Steve Pistorius & The Southern Syncopators Saturday, March 23... Read more

Vance Vaucresson: Jazz Fest Flashback

Sat, 03/09/19
Vaucresson Sausage is the only original food vendor remaining at Jazz Fest. The company's history with the festival goes even farther back than the first festival in 1970-- in the 1960s, Newport Jazz Fest founder George Wein and Pres Hall's Larry Borenstein and Allan Jaffe ... Read more

Fais Do Do: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sat, 03/09/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Keeping it real at Fais Do Do on April 29, 2018! 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 our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz Fest 50 page, all year long to see them... Read more

Rhiannon Giddens: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Fri, 03/08/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Rhiannon Giddens on the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage in 2016. 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... Read more

Gerald French: Jazz Fest Flashback

Thu, 03/07/19
Gerald French is a jazz drummer, leader of the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, and Mardi Gras Indian. In this WWOZ Jazz Fest Flashback, he talks about the long history his family has at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, stemming all the way back to the very first Fest in... Read more

The Poster: Jazz Fest at 50 Time Capsule

Wed, 03/06/19
Find out more about the history of the festival's longest-running collector's item on this WWOZ Jazz Fest at 50 Time Capsule. Read more

Germaine Bazzle: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Wed, 03/06/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Germaine Bazzle in the Jazz Tent with bassist Mark Brooks on April 25, 2010. Photo by Pat Jolly. 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 ... Read more

Smithsonian Folkways to release Jazz Fest 50th anniversary box set

Wed, 03/06/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Smithsonian Folkways will be releasing the "Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" box set this year, celebrating the sights and sounds of the festival! The five disc box set includes unreleased material spanning the years 1974 to 2016 and features key moments... Read more

Krewe de Fleurs: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Tue, 03/05/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Krewe des Fleurs at the Mardi Gras arts area on May 6, 2017. 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 our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz Fest 50 page, all year long ... Read more

Tribute to Buckwheat Zydeco: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Mon, 03/04/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Tribute to Buckwheat Zydeco featuring Nathan Williams, C.J. Chenier, Corey Ledet, and the Ils Sont Partis Band on Day 6 of Jazz Fest - May 6, 2017. Photo by Black Mold. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with ou... Read more

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