Jazz & Heritage Presenting
2025-2026 Jazz & Heritage Presenting Recipients
| Type | Organization | Project/Event | City | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Music Festival | Abitaopry Inc | Abita Springs Busker Festival | Abita Springs |
| 2 | Music Concert | Acadiana Center for the Arts | Louisiana Crossroads presents: George Porter Jr. | Lafayette |
| 3 | Music Concert | Alexandria Museum of Art | Paul Sanchez and Trio at AMoA | Alexandria |
| 4 | Multidisciplinary | Algiers Economic Development Foundation | Algiers Holiday Bonfire & Concert | New Orleans |
| 5 | Multidisciplinary | Allied Arts Foundation | Black and Loud Fest New Orleans 2026 | Slidell |
| 6 | Multidisciplinary | Artivism Dance Theatre | Off-the-Cuff | New Orleans |
| 7 | Music Festival | Arts and Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana | Chuck Fest 2025 | Lake Charles |
| 8 | Music Performance Series | Arts Council of New Orleans (dba Arts New Orleans) | Arts Market New Orleans | New Orleans |
| 9 | Music Performance Series | Arts Council of Pointe Coupee | 2026 Performing Arts Series | New Roads |
| 10 | Cultural Heritage | Asian Pacific American Society, Inc. | 2026 Asian Heritage Festival | Metairie |
| 11 | Music Performance Series | Autocrat Social & Pleasure Club Inc | Music at The Autocrat | New Orleans |
| 12 | Dance | Ballet Louisiane | The Nutcracker | New Orleans |
| 13 | Multidisciplinary | Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Arts | First Wednesday Opening Receptions | Baton Rouge |
| 14 | Cultural Heritage | Bayou Regional Arts Council | 2025 Bayou Arts Fest | Houma |
| 15 | Music Festival | Ben Meyer Foundation, Inc | Acadia Music Fest | Thibodaux |
| 16 | Multidisciplinary | Black Heritage Festival of Louisiana | 2026 Black Heritage Festival | Lake Charles |
| 17 | Music Festival | BlackAmericana Fest | BlackAmericana Fest | New Orleans |
| 18 | Music Festival | Bluesberry Music & Art Foundation | Bluesberry Music & Art Festival | Covington |
| 19 | Dance | BODYART Connects | International Dance Festival New Orleans | New Orleans |
| 20 | Music Performance Series | Borders Foundation | Under the Influence | New Orleans |
| 21 | Multidisciplinary | Broad Community Connections | HomeFest 2025 | New Orleans |
| 22 | Music Performance Series | Cajun Music Preservation Society | Swamp Stomp Music Series | Thibodaux |
| 23 | Other | Center for the Innovative Training of Youth d/b/a STEM NOLA | The Physics of Sound | New Orleans |
| 24 | Music Festival | Cervantes Fundacion Hispanoamericana de Arte | Que Pasa Fest 2025 | Metairie |
| 25 | Music Performance Series | City Park Conservancy | Thursdays at Twilight | New Orleans |
| 26 | Music Festival | Claiborne Unite Foundation, Inc | Louisiana Legends Fest | Homer |
| 27 | Music Performance Series | Contemporary Arts Center | “Live from the Black Box”: An Emerging Artist Series at the Contemporary Arts Center | New Orleans |
| 28 | Theatre | Crescent City Stage | A Christmas Carol by Patrick Barlow | New Orleans |
| 29 | Multidisciplinary | Culu Childrens Traditional African Dance Company | A Visit to Africa! | New Orleans |
| 30 | Music Festival | Daniel Moses Barker Foundation | Danny Barker Festival | New Orleans |
| 31 | Music Festival | Delta Hayride Association | New Orleans Bayou Bluegrass Fest | Metairie |
| 32 | Cultural Heritage | Dew Drop Legacy Project | Legends of the Dew Drop Inn | New Orleans |
| 33 | Music Concert | Dixie Center For The Arts | Culu Childrens Traditional African Dance Company | Ruston |
| 34 | Music Performance Series | Manship Theatre | NOLA Vibe series with Ivan Neville and Anders Osborne – Blues After School Program | Baton Rouge |
| 35 | Music Performance Series | Downtown Live at the Gazebo | Downtown Live at the Gazebo | Zachary |
| 36 | Music Performance Series | Downtown West Monroe Revitalization Group | Ouachita Live | West Monroe |
| 37 | Music Festival | Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle Orléans | Fête Française | New Orleans |
| 38 | Music Festival | F R DOUBLE E OUTREACH MINISTRY | Jazz in the Park | Lafayette |
| 39 | Music Festival | Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association | Walter Wolfman Washington Festival 2026 | New Orleans |
| 40 | Music Concert | Ferdinand Learning Center | Melody of Two Worlds | New Orleans |
| 41 | Music Festival | Festival International de Louisiane | 40th Annual Festival International | Lafayette |
| 42 | Other | Festival of Words Cultural Arts Collective, Inc. | Festival of Words 2025 | Lafayette |
| 43 | Music Festival | Festivals Acadiens et Creoles, Inc. | Festivals Acadiens et Creoles | Lafayette |
| 44 | Music Festival | Film Prize Foundation Inc | Prize Fest 2025 (Music Prize, MPCon & Prize Island) | Shreveport |
| 45 | Music Concert | First Grace Community Alliance | Hagar’s House Party | New Orleans |
| 46 | Other | For Providers by Providers | Annual Early Learning Convening | New Orleans |
| 47 | Music Festival | French Quarter Festivals, Inc. | Satchmo SummerFest 2026 | New Orleans |
| 48 | Multidisciplinary | Friends of A Studio in the Woods | FORESTival: A Celebration of Art and Nature | New Orleans |
| 49 | Music Festival | Friends of Bayou Lafourche | St. Patrick’s Day on the Bayou | Thibodaux |
| 50 | Music Festival | Friends of Bayou St. John | Bayou Boogaloo 2026 | New Orleans |
| 51 | Music Concert | Friends of the Beauregard-Keyes House, dba The Historic BK House & Gardens | 2025 Monthly Concert Series | New Orleans |
| 52 | Music Performance Series | Lafitte Greenway Partnership | The Greenway Youth Music Series | New Orleans |
| 53 | Cultural Heritage | Friends of the Bayou Vermilion | Vermilionville’s Culture Days | Lafayette |
| 54 | Music Performance Series | Friends of the Cabildo | Friends of the Cabildo Concert Series | New Orleans |
| 55 | Cultural Heritage | Friends of the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Foundation | Rougarou Fest 2025 | Houma |
| 56 | Music Festival | Friends of Tremé Culture | Treme Fall Festival | New Orleans |
| 57 | Multidisciplinary | GAUDANSE INC. | nanibu: part 2 | Metairie |
| 58 | Music Festival | Gentilly Festival, Inc | Gentilly Fest | New Orleans |
| 59 | Music Performance Series | glbl wrmng | glbl wrmng presents | New Orleans |
| 60 | Theatre | Goat in the Road Productions | Carlota, a new musical about Cuba and the Gulf South | New Orleans |
| 61 | Music Concert | The New Orleans Gospel Soul Children, Inc. | New Orleans Monthly Gospel Artist Concert Series ft. Local Artist | Harvey |
| 62 | Other | Hammond Cultural Foundation, dba Hammond Regional Arts Center | Brews Arts Festival | Hammond |
| 63 | Music Concert | Henry Turner Jr’s Listening Room Museum Foundation | Listening Room Acoustic solo performer series | Baton Rouge |
| 64 | Music Festival | Highland Area Partnership | 21st Annual Highland Jazz and Blues Festival | Shreveport |
| 65 | Dance | Hysell Ballet Arts | Ballet Hysell 2025-2026 Season | New Orleans |
| 66 | Multidisciplinary | IMPACT504 | BOO!Dat504 Halloween Extravaganza and the WinterFest504 – Uptown’s only Christmas Parade | New Orleans |
| 67 | Theatre | Intramural Theater | Intramural Theater’s 2025-2026 Season | New Orleans |
| 68 | Multidisciplinary | Irish Network NOLA | Irish Céilí Dance Series: 2025–2026 | New Orleans |
| 69 | Music Festival | Jefferson Convention & Visitors Bureau, INC. | Family Gras | Harahan |
| 70 | Multidisciplinary | Junebug Productions, Inc. | Front Page: The Encore Post-Premiere Expansion | New Orleans |
| 71 | Music Festival | K.Levy’s Legends Music Festival Foundation | K.Levy’s Legends Music Festival | Vacherie |
| 72 | Theatre | Kaleidoscope Theatre Company | The Maids, by Jean Genet | New Orleans |
| 73 | Music Festival | Keep Terrebonne Beautiful | Pirates & Boots Festival | Houma |
| 74 | Cultural Heritage | Krewe de Mayahuel | Día de los Muertos Fiesta and Procession 2025 | New Orleans |
| 75 | Music Concert | Krewe de Voix Chamber Choir Inc. | Christmas with Krewe de Voix | New Orleans |
| 76 | Other | Krewe of Erin | KOE Celtic Heritage Festival | Ponchatoula |
| 77 | Music Performance Series | krewe of red beans | La Louisiane series | New Orleans |
| 78 | Music Concert | Lafayette Central Park d/b/a Moncus Park | Christmas in the Park 2025 | Lafayette |
| 79 | Music Festival | Lafourche Arc | 2025 Barbecue & Bourbon on the Bayou Festival | Thibodaux |
| 80 | Cultural Heritage | Lafourche Education Foundation | Louisiana King Cake Festival | Thibodaux |
| 81 | Music Performance Series | Lantern Light Inc. | Connecting Musicians to Ministry | New Orleans |
| 82 | Music Performance Series | Laurel Street Music | Laurel Street Music Concert Series | New Orleans |
| 83 | Cultural Heritage | Leona Tate Foundation for Change, Inc. | 65th Anniversary of New Orleans Public School Desegregation Week | New Orleans |
| 84 | Music Performance Series | LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS | Twilight at Longue Vue 2026 | New Orleans |
| 85 | Music Concert | Louisiana Children’s Museum | Make Your Mark: Arts & Culture at the Louisiana Children’s Museum | New Orleans |
| 86 | Other | Louisiana Creole Research Association, Inc. (LA Creole) | 21st Annual Conference | New Orleans |
| 87 | Cultural Heritage | Louisiana Cultures Camp fiscally sponsored by MaCCNO | Louisiana Cultures Camp | New Orleans |
| 88 | Dance | Louisiana Folk Roots, Inc. | 2026 Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week ~ Nightly Barn Dance | Lafayette |
| 89 | Cultural Heritage | Louisiana Landmarks Society | 2025 Holiday Market & Melodies At Pitot House | New Orleans |
| 90 | Other | Louisiana Pecan Festival Inc. | Louisiana Pecan Festival | Colfax |
| 91 | Music Performance Series | Louisiana Symphony Association Inc. DBA: Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra | Baton Rouge Symphony Holiday Brass Tour | Baton Rouge |
| 92 | Music Performance Series | Love Notes Music & Arts Foundation | FAI Local Artist Showcase | New Orleans |
| 93 | Music Concert | LSU School of Music | Polyphonic Fender Rhodes | Baton Rouge |
| 94 | Music Concert | Lyrica Baroque | Winter Concert | New Orleans |
| 95 | Other | M&M Community Development Inc (New Orleans Branch) | Jazz for Kids 2025 | New Orleans |
| 96 | Multidisciplinary | Mamacita Social Aid Pleasure Club Inc. | The 4th Annual Chateau Flamenco Festival: From South to South – New Orleans meets Andalusia Spain | New Orleans |
| 97 | Dance | Marigny Opera House Foundation | Program 2: Marigny Opera Ballet Season 12 (March 13-22, 2026) | New Orleans |
| 98 | Dance | Mélange Dance Company | Love Letters of World War II | New Orleans |
| 99 | Cultural Heritage | Mohawk Hunters Inc | WEST FEST | New Orleans |
| 100 | Multidisciplinary | Mondo Bizarro Productions | Mondo Bizarro Presents | New Orleans |
| 101 | Music Concert | Musaica Education and Performance Ensemble | New Horizons | New Orleans |
| 102 | Music Concert | Music Alive Ensemble of New Orleans | New World Works | New Orleans |
| 103 | Music Concert | Musicians for Music | Ecos Latinos Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 104 | Cultural Heritage | N’Fungola Sibo African Dance and Drum Company, Inc. | New Orleans Music and African Dance Spectacle (NOMAADS) 2026 + NOMAADS The Tour | New Orleans |
| 105 | Dance | N’Kafu Traditional African Dance Company | M’Batle Su – Going Home | New Orleans |
| 106 | Music Performance Series | The Neighborhood Story Project | Tukki (Voyage): New Orleans Influences on West African Jazz | New Orleans |
| 107 | Music Festival | New Arts Cultural Society, Inc | Festival of Negro Spirituals | Shreveport |
| 108 | Music Festival | New Growth Economic Development Association | Westbank Heritage Food & Music Festival | Marrero |
| 109 | Music Festival | New Music on the Bayou | 2026 New Music on the Bayou Festival | Monroe |
| 110 | Dance | New Orleans Ballet Theatre | Cinderella May 2026 | New Orleans |
| 111 | Other | New Orleans Black Artist Society | Black Film Festival of New Orleans | New Orleans |
| 112 | Music Festival | New Orleans Blues Society | Little Freddie King Fest and A Blues Juke Joint | New Orleans |
| 113 | Music Concert | New Orleans Chamber Orchestra | Summer Season 2026 | New Orleans |
| 114 | Music Concert | New Orleans Chamber Players | Singing Winds | New Orleans |
| 115 | Music Concert | New Orleans Chapter American Harp Society | Louisiana harpist live concert and Therapeutic music series | Metairie |
| 116 | Music Festival | New Orleans Healing Center | Sacred Music Festival | New Orleans |
| 117 | Music Performance Series | New Orleans Jazz Museum | Hispanic Heritage Month 2025 | New Orleans |
| 118 | Music Performance Series | New Orleans Jazz Orchestra | NOJO Concert Series | New Orleans |
| 119 | Other | New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Council | Super Sunday 2026 | New Orleans |
| 120 | Music Performance Series | New Orleans Museum of Art | Musical Performances at NOMA | New Orleans |
| 121 | Other | New Orleans Opera Association | New Orleans Opera Presents Opera Fest | New Orleans |
| 122 | Cultural Heritage | NOLA Downtown Music and Arts | Roots Music Gathering at the Folk Alliance | New Orleans |
| 123 | Music Performance Series | North American Song Competition Foundation | Cutting Edge Listening Room | New Orleans |
| 124 | Music Concert | North Shore Chapter, American Harp Society | Live Performance harp concert and therapeutic music series on the North Shore. | Slidell |
| 125 | Music Concert | Northshore Community Foundation | Twilight Symphony | Covington |
| 126 | Music Concert | NORTHSHORE TRADITIONAL MUSIC SOCIETY | SWING INTO SPRING | Covington |
| 127 | Music Festival | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 46th Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival | Natchitoches |
| 128 | Multidisciplinary | One Book One New Orleans | Words & Music Festival 2025 | New Orleans |
| 129 | Multidisciplinary | One World Family Inc | Sundays in the Garden | New Orleans |
| 130 | Music Performance Series | Ouachita River Blues Society | The Ouachita River Blues Society Blues Jam | West Monroe |
| 131 | Music Festival | Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church | The Gumbo Festival | Westwego |
| 132 | Music Performance Series | OZONE Music Education Foundation | Singer Songwriter Nights (monthly) & OZONE Songwriter Festival Band Time Slot | Pearl River |
| 133 | Multidisciplinary | PATOIS Festival (501c3 Fiscal Sponsor: Video Veracity) | 2026 PATOIS Festival | New Orleans |
| 134 | Music Concert | Performing Arts Serving Acadiana | Popups at Baranco | Lafayette |
| 135 | Music Festival | Point Productions, Inc | Algiers Mardi Gras Festival | New Orleans |
| 136 | Music Festival | Presence Fest, INC | Presence Fest 2026 | Baton Rouge |
| 137 | Music Festival | Project Revolution | L.O.C.A.L.S’ Fest | New Orleans |
| 138 | Music Festival | Red River Revel | Red River Revel Arts Festival | Shreveport |
| 139 | Music Festival | Rock & Rouge Foundation, Inc. | Rock & Rouge Women’s Music Festival & Beyond | New Orleans |
| 140 | Cultural Heritage | Rotary Club of Downtown Houma Foundation INC | Burbon and Butts | Houma |
| 141 | Music Performance Series | Saint Augustine Catholic Church | Weekly performance of St. Augustine Church’s gospel/jazz choir | New Orleans |
| 142 | Music Performance Series | Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church | Saturday Psalms & Songs with Sunday Jazz Revival Brunch | Harvey |
| 143 | Cultural Heritage | Sankofa Community Development Corporation (CDC) | Sankofa Sunset Stroll & BayouFest | New Orleans |
| 144 | Music Performance Series | Second Free Mission Baptist Church | Jazz Artist Event Series | New Orleans |
| 145 | Music Concert | Shreveport Regional Arts Council | Shreveport Symphony in Caddo Common Park | Shreveport |
| 146 | Music Concert | Shreveport Symphony Orchestra | Barber & Blue Cathedral | Shreveport |
| 147 | Music Concert | Silver Swan Ragtime Innovations | Ragtime Day 2026 | New Orleans |
| 148 | Music Festival | Sistars of Empowerment, Inc | Louisiana Cultural Music & Arts Festival | Baton Rouge |
| 149 | Music Festival | Southern Food Foundation | Louisiana Shrimp Festival 2025 | New Orleans |
| 150 | Theatre | Streetcar Collective for the Arts | SC4TA 2025-2026 Season | New Orleans |
| 151 | Multidisciplinary | Sun CHDO | Louisiana Okra, Music & Art Festival | Carencro |
| 152 | Music Performance Series | Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival | Drummer & Smoke Music Series | New Orleans |
| 153 | Music Festival | The Jazzy Hideaway | The 504 Fest | Clinton |
| 154 | Music Festival | This is Home Fest, Inc | NOLA Funk Fest | New Orleans |
| 155 | Music Performance Series | The Rayne Historical District Association | Rendezvous Downtown (fall series) | Rayne |
| 156 | Theatre | The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans | The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams | New Orleans |
| 157 | Music Festival | This is Home Fest, Inc | This is Home Fest 2026 | Lake Charles |
| 158 | Music Concert | Threadhead Cultural Foundation | Threadhead Thursday at City Park | New Orleans |
| 159 | Music Performance Series | Treme Artists Collective | Down In Treme Concert Series | New Orleans |
| 160 | Cultural Heritage | United Houma Nation, Inc. | 14th Annual Celebrating Abilities/Disability Awareness Powwow | Houma |
| 161 | Cultural Heritage | University of Holy Cross | West Bank Hispanic Heritage Festival | New Orleans |
| 162 | Music Performance Series | University of New Orleans – School of the Arts – Jazz Studies | Jazz at the Sandbar | New Orleans |
| 163 | Music Festival | Upside Downs | 3.21 Upside Downs Dash | Thibodaux |
| 164 | Music Festival | Versipel New Music | Batture Contemporary | New Orleans |
| 165 | Other | Xavier University of Louisiana Department of Music | Carmen | New Orleans |
| 166 | Music Concert | Young Leadership Council | Wednesday at the Square | New Orleans |