The 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is over, but the music plays on. Here are options for live music this week.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has announced its 2027 dates. The festival returns April 22 through May 2, 2027.

Kermit Ruffins, a trumpeter and vocalist rooted in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, has spent decades blending tradition with personal flair to keep the city’s jazz culture vibrant. From co-founding the ...

The now-standard two-weekend format is firmly baked into the festival’s identity and is reflected on the event’s information ...

The country rock vets played to a sold-out & sunshiny festival crowd as they returned to the fest for the first time since ...

Changes are coming to the second week of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The band Widespread Panic was originally ...

Rainey Wilson... sorry, I had to. Lainey Wilson headlined New Orleans Jazz Fest in her home state of Louisiana over the ...

Jazz Fest adjusted several Thursday performances as storms moved toward the New Orleans metro area, including an earlier ...

Listen to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival live on WMNF HD4 Radio Collective, airing 11am–7pm CT, April 23–26 and rebroadcast May 1–3. Tune in on HD radio, WMNF.org, or the WMNF app. 🎷 ...

NEW ORLEANS — The 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival kicks off April 24 through May 4. On Wednesday, the official lineup was released, packed with star-studded performers. Headliners include ...