Professor Longhair in Congo Square (then called Beauregard Square) at the second Jazz Fest in 1971. 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 ... Read more

Culu Children's Traditional African Dance Company & Stilt Walkers on Day 7 of Jazz Fest - 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 ou... Read more

Fats Houston with Olympia Brass Band, 1971. 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, and at our Jazz ... Read more

The Roots of Music parade at Jazz Fest on May 4, 2017. Photo by Eli Mergel.  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, plu... Read more

The real fun begins when the Cubes come out. The Cubes are day-to-day schedules for which musicians are playing on which stages, and exactly when. Find out more about their history in this Jazz Fest at 50 Time Capsule, as narrated by Harry Shearer. Read more

Hazel & the Delta Ramblers at Jazz Fest, May 4, 1978, in the gazebo. Hazel Schlueter (mandolin), Dianne Potin (bass), Cara Scroges (banjo), Seymour Richard (guitar). Photo by Paul Martin Lester, courtesy of Hazel Schleuter. Hazel has hosted the Old Time Country and Bluegras... Read more

Jazz Fest has been focused on New Orleans music and heritage from its start in 1970. But there are a number of national acts who fit right in at the festival -- and Stevie Wonder is one of them. Read more

In this WWOZ Jazz Fest Flashback, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archivist Rachel Lyons talks about the legacy of Allison Miner and the importance of the Music Heritage Stage at the festival. Read more

Tune in to Sittin' At The Crossroads with Big D on Wednesday, March 20 as we Open the Vaults on another historic Jazz Fest performance for our Jazz Fest at 50 series! This week, host Big D will be sharing Charlie Musselwhite's May 5, 2011 set from the Blues Tent starting i... Read more

Doyle Cooper took his first steps in Economy Hall-- and then went on to make his debut there as an adult, in 2017, with the Doyle Cooper Jazz Band. In this WWOZ Jazz Fest Flashback, he shares what it was like for him to get on the stage where he'd watched so many of his ido... Read more