This spring, Jazz in the Park, the biannual free concert series at Armstrong Park, turns five years old. In honor of this birthday, People United for Armstrong Park is hosting a free three-day festival May 6-8 expanding the normal Jazz in the Park experience. The festival w... Read more

The Congo Square Rhythms Festival returns to Armstrong Park this weekend with lots of great African dance and drumming performances, plus brass bands, Mardi Gras Indians, and a lot more. Take special note of the annual Class Got Brass competition on Sunday afternoon-- it's ... Read more

'5 things to know' is a weekly feature highlighting different parts of the WWOZ world that you may have missed this week, including unique WWOZ programming and video, plus New Orleans events, artists, releases, places, features, and more. For the week ending March 18, 2016... Read more

The first Festival Bonfouca will be held this weekend in Slidell. Three days of local food vendors, arts market and water sports (kayak and boat rentals, fishing rodeo), and plenty of local music will fill Heritage Park. Produced by the same folks who put on the Mid-City Ba... Read more

Little Maker is the brainchild of New Orleans vocalist/guitarist Micah McKee. "It started off like a singer-songwriter-oriented thing," McKee told nola.com last April, "and we kind of moved away from that and just kind of synthesized our own brand of rock 'n' roll with a bi... Read more

 During our membership drives, the WWOZ video team is hard at work. Here's a sampling of highlights from  this spring's drive. You can also see acts like the ones below streamed live, IAW the schedule here.     Little Freddie King Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns Pine... Read more

"All the big names of jazz, along with lesser legends, were included, and I found myself with a first class treasure of early jazz music. I had always hoped that maybe at least one of my kids would show an interest in my collection, so I began making tapes that could includ... Read more

Martin Luther King Charter School Brass Band on Cuttin' Class during the Spring 2016 Membership Drive. With Video. Read more