Jazz Fest

Before entering the gates of the Fair Grounds, festivalgoers were welcomed by ambitious entrepreneurs. These street vendors have been a fixture outside the Jazz Fest for decades.

If you're heading to the festival this year, here are a few things to know—from the music and food lineups, to parking, what you can bring and more.

The festival has released a performance schedule to help fans plan their itineraries. It’s broken down into cubes to show the set times and stages for each act.

The lineup for the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival was released Wednesday with Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Luke Combs and Lil Wayne & The Roots announced as headliners.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn how the Jazz and Heritage Foundation is gearing up for the upcoming fest. We also learn how bygone Louisiana laws are still impacting inmates, and talk to Baton Rouge runner Julia Hawkins on her 106th birthday.

It's been three years since the last New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival took place in the New Orleans Fair Grounds due to the coronavirus pandemic canceling two years of festival activities. But event organizers said it's coming back in 2022.

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is canceled for this year in response to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced Thursday.

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2020 has been rescheduled from its spring dates, April 23 through May 3, to the fall, organizers announced...