After Jazz Fest starts:

You can pickup your Brass Pass at the Sauvage Street entrance to the festival grounds (see image below). We'll be there in our Will-Call booth all seven days of Jazz Fest.

When you pick up your Brass Pass, please bring a picture ID.

Here are the remaining 2025 Brass Pass distribution dates, locations and times:

Jazz & Heritage Foundation, 1205 N. Rampart Gallery Space:

April 17th and 18th: NOON – 5:00pm
April 22nd and 23rd: NOON – 5:00pm

Sauvage St Entrance, 2025 Jazz and Heritage Festival (Fair Grounds Race Course):

April 24th – gate open until 6:00pm
April 25th – gate open until 6:00pm
April 26th – gate open until 6:00pm
April 27th – gate open until 6:00pm
May 01st – gate open until 6:00pm
May 02nd – gate open until 6:00pm
May 03rd – gate open until 6:00pm
May 04th – gate open until 6:00pm

If you opted for FedEx Shipping, please read the following information.

2025 Brass Pass shipping will begin in April of 2025. We will send an email to you to confirm your shipping address once we are ready to ship your 2025 Brass Pass(es). Once your 2025 Brass Pass(es) is FedEx'ed, you will receive an email with the tracking information for you to track your package.

NOTE: The Brass Pass is shipped with a signature required, so please provide an address that someone will be able to sign for your Brass Pass(es).

NOTE: WWOZ Brass Passes are fully transferable: a different person can use the pass each day! Your Brass Pass(es) also allows same day re-entry.

Jazz Fest Will Call

We'll be near the Sauvage Street Entrance every day of Jazz Fest.

Please note: There is a separate WWOZ-only Will Call booth, so don't go to the regular festival Will Call for your pass. Look for the big 'OZ banner!

To pick up your Brass Pass, please bring a picture ID.

Can't Pick Up Your Brass Pass Yourself?

You can authorize someone else to pick up your Pass by giving them the two following pieces of documentation:

1. Signed letter from you authorizing them to pick up your Pass, and
2. Photocopy of your driver's license or other government-issued I.D.

Starting on the first day of Jazz Fest...

Once Jazz Fest starts, you can pickup your WWOZ Brass Pass at the Sauvage Street entrance to the festival grounds (see image below).

Sauvage St. Entrance

» Jazz Fest's Festival Map

Some Brass Pass images to tide you over in the meantime: