Leo Nocentelli in 2005. Photo by Leon Morris. Catch Leo this year on Friday, May 3 on the Gentilly Stage, 1:35-2:35p. 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 Fe... Read more

A few photo highlights from a beautiful third day of Jazz Fest 2019!  Special thanks to our contributing photographers Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Black Mold, Leon Morris, Louis Crispino, Michele Goldfarb, David Stafford, Marc PoKempner, and more to come!  Read more

A few highlights from the Black Indians of Mardi Gras and Social & Pleasure Clubs at Jazz Fest 2019! Special thanks to our contributing photographers, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, David Stafford, Charlie Steiner, and more.  Read more

Meet the man behind Crawfish Monica! His dish wasn't always so popular at Jazz Fest but a surprise move in the mid-1980s catapulted them to festival fame.  Read more

Eddie Bo in the Blues Tent, 2003. 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 see them, plus more celebration of... Read more

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A few photo highlights from a beautiful second day of Jazz Fest 2019!  Special thanks to our contributing photographers Black Mold, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Leon Morris, Louis Crispino, David Stafford, Marc PoKempner, Charlie Steiner, and more to come!  Read more

As a younger New Orleans musician, trombonist Charlie Halloran never expected to end up on the Acura Stage supporting Allen Toussaint at Jazz Fest. But it happened! Find out how in this Jazz Fest Flashback.  Read more

Rain and friends on May 5, 1979. Photo by Burt Steel, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.  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... Read more