Tribute to Buckwheat Zydeco featuring Nathan Williams, C.J. Chenier, Corey Ledet, and the Ils Sont Partis Band on Day 6 of Jazz Fest - May 6, 2017. Photo by Black Mold. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with ou... Read more

Ernie K-Doe holds his signed, temporary permit from the FCC somewhere backstage at Jazz Fest on April 23, 1992. Photo by Ice Cube Slim, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.  In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest pho... Read more

Ole & Nu Style Fellas Social & Pleasure Club onstage with TBC Brass Band at Jazz Fest on May 7, 2017. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. 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

Jazz Fest producer Quint Davis onstage with B.B. King and The Meters while photographer Michael P. Smith shoots 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 Fe... Read more

Hats have reached a new level of personal expression and representation at Jazz Fest in recent years. WWOZ volunteer photographer Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee scours the crowd each year to look for the best ones. He caught this one on April 29, 2018.  In honor of Jazz Fest's 50t... Read more

A laidback audience takes it all in at Stage 5 in 1976. 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... Read more

Koindu merchandise booth 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 ... Read more

Bruce Daigrepont onstage in 2012. Photo by Kichea S. Burt. 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... Read more

Greeting Stage 5 with open arms at the second Jazz Fest at the Fairgrounds 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 the day with our audien... Read more

John Rankin is a respected New Orleans musician and son of former longtime WWOZ show host and Jazz Fest volunteer Big Mama Rankin. In this WWOZ Jazz Fest Flashback, he recalls attending his first Jazz Fest in 1976 and how wonderful it was to see Snooks Eaglin, Johnny Vidaco... Read more