WWOZ Presents Jazz Festing In Place: An On-Air Festival

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WWOZ General Manager Beth Arroyo Utterback "Festing in Place"!
Thursday, April 23, 2020 -
11:00am to 7:00pm

Live from the WWOZ Studio

600 Decatur St
Suite 500
New Orleans, LA 70130
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We are thinking of you and sending our best wishes!

Here is a very special announcement we hope will lift your spirits.

Pull out your festival shirts, hats, flags, chairs and get ready to celebrate the best of New Orleans music from your backyard, your front porch or your air-conditioned living room-anywhere in the world!

WWOZ will broadcast all 8 days for 8 hours each day-- 11am-7pm, the same days and hours as the originally-scheduled Jazz Fest! Tune in April 23-26 and April 30-May 3.

Scroll down for Cubes for the first weekend.

We’re even creating our own special cubes highlighting the schedule which will include some of the best performances in the history of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Dr. John, Fats Domino, The Neville Brothers, Irma Thomas, The Meters, Allen Toussaint, Henry Butler, Marcia Ball, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Trombone Shorty, Kermit Ruffins, John Boutte, The Radiators, Big Freedia, Ernie K-Doe, Ellis Marsalis, Danny Barker, The Rebirth Brass Band, Bob French and the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, and many other jazz, blues, cajun, and zydeco artists. 

We'll also be airing the rarely heard "Fire Benefit" from 1974 featuring Professor Longhair, the Wild Magnolias, and Dr. John

The 8-day broadcast will also include interview segments highlighting the music, food, crafts and heritage of New Orleans and Louisiana to give the feeling of a wide-reaching cultural festival. We will also be sharing recipes for some of your favorite Jazz Fest cuisine, and also help you connect with local festival food and craft vendors.

It’s not too late to join us as a sponsor and receive worldwide recognition for this once in a lifetime event! Please email us at festinginplace@wwoz.org for more information. 

Special thanks to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, and the Archive of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation.

 

Kermit Ruffins Tribute to Louis Armstrong - May 3, 2015 in Economy Hall Tent - from the WWOZ Jazz Fest Live Collection at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive

Rockin’ Dopsie & the Zydeco Twisters - April 24, 2004 on the Sprint Stage - from the Jazz Fest Live Collection at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive

Ella Fitzgerald and Stevie Wonder - April 15, 1977 - from NPR/Licensed Media

David Torkanowsky featuring George Porter, Jr. - May 6, 2011 in the WWOZ Jazz Tent - from the Jazz Fest Live Collection at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive

Toots & the Maytals - May 3, 2018 at Congo Square Stage - from the Jazz Fest Live Collection at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive

Bonnie Raitt - May 1, 2009 on the Acura Stage - from the Michael Murphy Collection at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive

Second Line: Rebirth Brass Band - April 25, 2009 on the Congo Square My Louisiana Stage

James Booker Tribute with Josh Paxton, Joe Brown, and Tom McDermott - May 5, 2011 in the Blues Tent -  from the Jazz Fest Live Collection at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive

Germaine Bazzle - April 26, 2009 from the WWOZ Jazz Tent -  from the Jazz Fest Live Collection at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive

Eddie Bo - April 29, 1994 from the Congo Square Stage -  from the Jazz Fest Live Collection at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive

Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band - May 1, 2010 from the WWOZ Jazz Tent -  from the Jazz Fest Live Collection at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive

Tab Benoit - May 7, 2017 in the Blues Tent -  from the Jazz Fest Live Collection at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive

Fats Domino - May 6, 2001 from the Acura Stage - from the Michael Murphy Collection at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive

Thanks to these sponsors:

        
           
         
           

 

Additional support provided by our Drum Roll sponsors: Bob and Kathleen Edmundson, Judge Sidney Cates, Cindy Williams, The Krewe of Red Beans, Ellie and Bruce Wainer, Geoff Isles, Gary Boigan and Michele Spano, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Sarah Martin and Tom Lewis, Jennifer and Ron Berkowitz, The Krewe of SLAMM, The Big Easy in Buffalo, Helena Moreno-City Council at Large, Randy Smith of Smith & Fawer Attorneys, Ben, Andrea, and Rocco Franz, The LSU Press presenting the Encyclopedia of Louisiana Musicians, Latrobe's on Royal, and Jason Williams-City Council at Large.

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