The music lineup for the 2020 French Quarter Festival is out! This year's festival is April 16-19 at stages throughout the French Quarter. See frenchquarterfest.org for full information about the music, food, kids activities, and other offerings.  More than 300 acts will h... Read more

Our volunteer photographers were on the scene at French Quarter Fest! It was a beautiful festival with many fantastic performances, including a number of live sets on WWOZ on Sunday-- Dejean's Olympia Brass Band, Tricia Boutte, Glenn Hall, TBC Brass Band, and Leroy Jones & ... Read more

Our volunteer photographers were on the scene at French Quarter Fest! It was a beautiful festival with many fantastic performances, including a number of live sets on WWOZ on Saturday and Sunday-- Andrew Duhon, Mia Borders, Pres Hall Brass Band, Bon Bon Vivant, Evan Christo... Read more

Our volunteer photographers are on the scene at French Quarter Fest! It was a beautiful day with many fantastic performances, including a number of live sets on WWOZ-- Alex McMurray, Lena Prima, Sasha Masakowski, Panorama Jazz Band, and Otra. Check out a few of the... Read more

Our volunteer photographers are on the scene at French Quarter Fest! It was a beautiful day with many fantastic performances, including two live sets broadcast on WWOZ-- New Breed Brass Band and Brass-A-Holics. Galactic also made their French Quarter Fest debut. Check out a... Read more

The music lineup for the 2019 French Quarter Festival is out! This year's festival is April 11-14 at stages throughout the French Quarter. See frenchquarterfest.org for full information about the music, food, kids activities, and other offerings.  Day-by-day lineup is belo... Read more

A highlight from Zachary Richard's appearance at WWOZ on April 13, 2018. He described this song as "a classic European ballad in which a young girl dies. If you wanted to have a hit in the 1600s, you would have this young girl and a solider who would go off into the war, co... Read more

French Quarter Festival is now accepting applications for local musicians interested in performing at the 2019 French Quarter Festival, to be held April 11-14, 2019. Interested performers are encouraged to access the application online. The deadline for application is Septe... Read more

Joe Krown joined host Leslie Cooper in the studio on Sunday as part of our French Quarter Fest broadcast! He also spoke about some special features coming up at the upcoming WWOZ Piano Night-- our 30th Annual! Check it out below. Read more

Day 3 was rained out but we were back in business for the final day of French Quarter Fest 2018! The sounds of New Orleans music traveled through the Quarter on this sunny, breezy, and cool day. Check out some photo highlights from photographers Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Michel... Read more