Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns in the Blues Tent on April 27, 2018. This set was broadcast live by WWOZ. 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... Read more

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In this WWOZ Jazz Fest Flashback, longtime WWOZ show host, New Orleans Jazz Museum Music Curator, and Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage interviewer David Kunian shares the story of being unexpectedly called to the stage by 007, mid-set, in 2003 to help out with an Earl Kin... Read more

Dirty Dozen Brass Band on the Acura Stage on May 3, 2012. Photo by Keith Hill. 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

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With rice, as with riffs, dirty is good! Dirty rice, a kind of Proto-jamalaya, is staple of many varieties of Southern cooking, including Creole and, of course, Cajun. It's a pretty fool proof and forgiving dish. Most recipes include a couple of varieties of meat and the f... Read more

  WWOZ was on hand to capture Spencer Bohren & the Whippersnappers live from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Center on March 9, 2019! Check out both sets below.    Set One   Set Two Read more

Dr. John on the Fess Stage on May 4, 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 ... Read more