Big Chief Cheyenne Ferdinand Bigard with beadwork in progress 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... Read more

Blacksmith at work at the Fairgrounds 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 J... Read more

Trombone Shorty performing at in the WWOZ Jazz Tent at Jazz Fest in 2001 (age 15). Photo by Burt Steel, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive. Catch him today on the Acura Stage, closing out the festival with The Nevilles, 5:30-7p! In honor of Jazz Fest's 5... Read more

Jazz Fest founders George Wein and Quint Davis announce the festival's upcoming 50th anniversary year from the Acura Stage in 2018. Photo by Michael E. McAndrew. On the first day of the 2019 festival (Thursday, April 25), Quint Davis will interview George Wein at the Alliso... Read more

A T-rex is lost but finding his way on May 3, 2018. 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 at our Jazz Fest 50 page, all year long to see th... Read more

Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys (with Louis Michot) perform on the Fais Do Do Stage on May 3, 2018. 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 he... Read more

Stanley Dural, Jr. of Buckwheat Zydeco in 2011. Photo by David Stafford. 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 mo... Read more

Leo Nocentelli in 2005. Photo by Leon Morris. Catch Leo this year on Friday, May 3 on the Gentilly Stage, 1:35-2:35p. 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 Fe... Read more

Eddie Bo in the Blues Tent, 2003. 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 long to see them, plus more celebration of... Read more

Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys on the Fais Do Do Stage in 2003. 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 long to ... Read more