New Orleans Jazz Museum
Located at the foot of Esplanade Avenue, the New Orleans Jazz Museum, located in the Old U.S. Mint, is a national historic landmark that is part of the Louisiana State Museum system.
The New Orleans Jazz Museum is strategically located at the intersection of the city’s French Quarter and the Frenchmen Street live music corridor. The Museum celebrates the history of jazz, in all its forms, through dynamic interactive exhibits, multigenerational educational programming, research facilities, and engaging musical performances. For further details, visit NOLAjazzmuseum.org.
You can hear great music from some of New Orleans’ best contemporary artists in the state-of-the-art performance venue on the New Orleans Jazz Museum’s third floor. The Museum uses the space for evening programs, solo and small group concerts and special events while the New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park offers daily live music programs for local residents and visitors to the Museum. Learn more and find a calendar of events at MusicAtTheMint.org
Upcoming Shows
11am-7:45pm | NOLA River Fest is held annually to remember and celebrate the influences of the Mississippi River to New Orleans’ geography, economy, and culture. The New Orleans Jazz Museum hosts this festival and the event features performances from local artists, lectures, discussion panels, and the best food and drinks of the Crescent City.
11:00am-12:00pm: Second Line with the N’awlins D’awlins Baby Dolls, Big Queen Mary K & the Original Wild Tchoupitoulas Indians, and Treme Lafitte Brass Band
*The second line will start in front of The Cathedral and go down St. Peters, through the moon walk, through the Goldring Woldenberg River Front Park down to Esplanade Avenue ending at the New Orleans Jazz Museum*
New Orleans Jazz Museum Entertainment Lineup:
Main Stage
All Day – DJ Archivist
12:00-12:15pm: Second Line Wrap-up from the Treme Lafitte Brass Band
12:30-1:15pm: Grayhawk Perkins
1:30-2:15pm: Coralai
2:30-3:15pm: Jenna McSwain
3:30-4:15pm: Sari Jordan
4:45-5:30pm: Kumasi
6:00-7:00pm: Yusa
7:00-7:45pm: Kinfolk Brass Band
Performance Center
12:15-12:45pm: Miss Calliope: An Oral History with Debbie Fagnano
1:00-1:45pm: The State of Green Infrastructure
2:00-2:45pm: City of Canals
3:00-3:45pm: “The River Bends and So Must We”
4:00-4:45pm: “Beaucoup Water!” A talk about AI and water in Louisiana by Drew Hawkins
5:00-5:45pm: Voices of the River: A Reading with Laureate Gina Ferrara
