Scenes from Uptown Super Sunday on March 19, 2023! The Mardi Gras Indians were out on the streets to show their amazing art, accompanied by Baby Dolls, second line dancers, and brass bands. This annual event is centered around A.L. Davis Park at the corner of Washington Ave... Read more

The New Orleans Brass Fest returns to Armstrong Park for its 5th annual celebration of all things brass this Sunday, March 19 from 12-8pm! SCHEDULE 12-1pm Knockas Brass Band 1:15-1:45pm Shorty Foundation Brass Band 2-2:30pm Young Heroes Brass Band 2:35-2:45pm Vision and Miss... Read more

Happy Festival Season! We kicked off festival season in fine fashion here in New Orleans this past weekend with the Danny Barker Banjo and Guitar Festival an incredible celebration of the life and music of Danny Barker. Now as the spring festivals commence it’s just in tim... Read more

The Music Box Village starts their spring season of programming and events today (Friday, March 10)! Here's a peek into what was new at this unique venue last season. They'll be hosting an opening party tonight starting at 5pm, all ages are welcome. Details at musicboxvilla... Read more

Charlie Musselwhite closed out the first full day of performances at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest, presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, on Saturday, October 15, 2022! Check out his performance, originally video streamed live by WWOZ, below:  Read more

My show is entitled Overnight Music and Information with The Rootzmaster. My focus is two-fold: (1) music from all the world, all over the US, Central and South America, Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe, and (2) I focus on information to highlight certain endeavors and eve... Read more

I got started with WWOZ back in the Treehouse, the WWOZ Studio in Armstrong Park. A friend of mine asked me to record the Livewire (on a reel to reel tape!) and I’ve been doing it ever since. I think I’ve been on the Tuesday Livewire for over 20 years.  OZ is a wonderful, ... Read more

Here’s a couple questions, from yours truly, the host of The Dean’s List (and Tudo Bem, but let’s stick with the “academic” side for now, and get to the Brazilian side daqui um pouco/in a little bit): 1) Why should you donate to this station, WWOZ-FM, the one you keep on in... Read more

WWOZ is here for the community as a whole, not only the musicians. WWOZ is feeding the community the music that heals it and that music is coming from within.The more people who join WWOZ, the more people who contribute so WWOZ can keep rolling and doing positive things the... Read more