Happy birthday to Marcia Ball! Here, she signs a fan's bag in the WWOZ Hospitality Tent on May 4, 2018 at WWOZ's Linda Santi looks on. Catch Marcia again at the festival this year, and at WWOZ's 31st annual Piano Night on Monday, April 29! Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. ... Read more

James Booker onstage at Jazz Fest. 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 pa... Read more

Westbank Steppers with the Paulin Brothers Brass Band in the 1990s or early 2000s. 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.... Read more

Bo Dollis and The Wild Magnolias hit the stage. 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 Jaz... Read more

The Radiators Celebrate 40 Years at the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage on May 6, 2018. Photo by Marc PoKempner. 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... Read more

Eureka Brass Band parades at Jazz Fest in the early 1970s. Photo by John Messina, 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, an... Read more

Como Fife & Drum Corps (with Otha Turner, Napoleon Strickland, RL Boyce, Bernice Turner) onstage in 1973. Photo by John Messina, 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 th... Read more

Irma Thomas performs to a large crowd on the Acura Stage on April 29, 2016. 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... Read more

View from the Grandstand in 1986. Photo by Harold Baquet, 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 p... Read more

Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns in the Blues Tent on April 27, 2018. This set was broadcast live by WWOZ. 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... Read more