View from the Grandstand 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 Jazz Fest 50 p... Read more

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

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

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

Vaucresson Sausage is the only original food vendor remaining at Jazz Fest. The company's history with the festival goes even farther back than the first festival in 1970-- in the 1960s, Newport Jazz Fest founder George Wein and Pres Hall's Larry Borenstein and Allan Jaffe ... Read more

Gerald French is a jazz drummer, leader of the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, and Mardi Gras Indian. In this WWOZ Jazz Fest Flashback, he talks about the long history his family has at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, stemming all the way back to the very first Fest in... Read more

Find out more about the history of the festival's longest-running collector's item on this WWOZ Jazz Fest at 50 Time Capsule. Read more

Smithsonian Folkways will be releasing the "Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" box set this year, celebrating the sights and sounds of the festival! The five disc box set includes unreleased material spanning the years 1974 to 2016 and features key moments... Read more

Tune in on Lundi Gras at 4p as we Open the Vaults on another historic Jazz Fest performance! This week, we're airing the Mardi Gras Indian Orchestra's April 30, 2010 performance from the Jazz & Heritage Stage as part of our Jazz Fest at 50 series. Performers include: Big C... Read more

Jerry Siefken is a major part of the second line crowd in Economy Hall and around the Fairgrounds at Jazz Fest. He's also known for his "Free Hugs" badge, spreading positivity and friendly spirits everywhere he goes. Find out what this longtime Jazz Fester has to say about ... Read more