Dumaine Street Gang parades at Jazz Fest on April 23, 2016. 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... Read more

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

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

A Mardi Gras Indian parade on a sunny day at Jazz Fest in 2016. 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 ... Read more

Fans enjoying a sunny Gentilly Stage in 2017. Photo by Ken Maldonado.  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... Read more

Happy birthday to Marcia Ball! Here, she signs a fan's bag in the WWOZ Hospitality Tent on May 4, 2018 at WWOZ's Linda Santi looks on. Catch Marcia again at the festival this year, and at WWOZ's 31st annual Piano Night on Monday, April 29! Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. ... Read more

James Booker onstage at Jazz Fest. 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 our Jazz Fest 50 pa... Read more