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Alicia Renee AKA Blue Eyes featuring Rodney Kendricks - A Tribute to Betty Carter, Thursday

Wed, 09/25/19

Second line in the Blues Tent: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Wed, 09/25/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
A second line in the Blues Tent during Glen David Andrews' performance on May 2, 2019. 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 F... Read more

Lost Bayou Ramblers: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Tue, 09/24/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Andre Michot performs with Lost Bayou Ramblers on the Fais Do Do Stage on May 3, 2019. 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 F... Read more

Music applications for Jazz Fest 2020 open now; due Oct. 1

Mon, 09/23/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell will accept applications for bands wishing to perform at the 2020 Festival through Tuesday, October 1, 2019. The 2020 festival is happening April 23-May 3. The mission of the Festival is to promote, preserve, perpe... Read more

Ani DiFranco: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Mon, 09/23/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Ani DiFranco performs on May 3, 2019. 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, plus more ... Read more

Bahamas Junkanoos 2019: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sun, 09/22/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Bahamas Junkanoos celebrate 50 years of Jazz Fest on May 4, 2019. 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... Read more

In Memoriam: Leigh "Little Queenie" Harris

Sun, 09/22/19
Leigh "Little Queenie" Harris, lead singer of Lil Queenie & the Percolators, passed away on September 21, 2019, at the age of 65, after a battle with cancer. She was in hospice care in North Carolina. For decades, Harris was revered by her peers and fans, alike, for her voc... Read more

Interview: Spy Boy Ricky Getteridge

Sat, 09/21/19
This week on Takin' It To The Streets, Action Jackson sits down with Spy Boy Ricky Getteridge. They discuss coming up at 2008 Marigny St. (home of the Monogram Hunters in the 1960s), his first time masking with the Yellow Pocahontas under Big Chief Tootie Montana, the diffe... Read more

1990s parade: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sat, 09/21/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
A social and pleasure club member gets his photo taken before a parade in the mid-1990s. And check out the WWOZ Mango Freeze booth in the background! Photo from Ice Cube Slim, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.  In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary ... Read more

Young Men Olympian Second Line Parade, Sun. 1pm

Fri, 09/20/19

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