Jazz & Heritage Presenting
2026-2027 Jazz & Heritage Presenting Recipients
| 1 | Abita Opry onc. | Abita Springs Busker Festival | Music Festival | Abita Springs |
| 2 | Acadiana Center for the Arts | Louisiana Crossroads: Twenty Years of Valcour Records | Music Concert | Lafayette |
| 3 | Friends of Franklin Foundation | Bennaroo Music & Arts Festival 2026 | Music Festival | New Orleans |
| 4 | Alexandria Museum of Art | Gerard Delafose Plays at the Clementine Hunter Exhibition | Multidisciplinary | Alexandria |
| 5 | Algiers Economic Development Foundation | 2026 Algiers Holiday Bonfire and Concert | Music Concert | New Orleans |
| 6 | Alliance Française of New Orleans | French Music Fest | Music Festival | New Orleans |
| 7 | Anthony Bean Community Theater And Acting School | Irma Meets Etta at the Dew Drop Inn | Theatre | New Orleans |
| 8 | Arts and Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana | Live at the Lakefront 2027 | Music Festival | Lake Charles |
| 9 | Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge | Sundays in St. George | Music Performance Series | Baton Rouge |
| 10 | Arts Council of New Orleans | Performing Artists at Arts Market New Orleans Presented by Arts New Orleans | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 11 | Arts Council of Pointe Coupee | 2027 Performing Arts Series | Music Performance Series | New Roads |
| 12 | ArtSpot Productions | How to Make Å ljivovica | Multidisciplinary | New Orleans |
| 13 | Ballerinas of the Bayou | The Creative Economy Project: Music and Arts | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 14 | Ballet Louisiane | The Nutcracker | Dance | New Orleans |
| 15 | Bayou Regional Arts Council | Bayou Arts Fest | Cultural Heritage | Houma |
| 16 | Believe Foundation | Believe The Musical | Theatre | Alexandria |
| 17 | Ben Meyer Foundation | Acadia Music Fest | Music Festival | Thibodaux |
| 18 | Black Heritage Festival of Louisiana | Black Heritage Festival of Louisiana 2027 | Cultural Heritage | Lake Charles |
| 19 | BLACK MAN OF LABOR, INC | Won’t Bow Down. Don’t Know How”” The Rhythm of Resilience TREME’ Neighborhood | Multidisciplinary | New Orleans |
| 20 | BlackAmericana Fest | BlackAmericana Fest 2026 : Still We Sing: Black Protest Traditions in Americana | Music Festival | New Orleans |
| 21 | BODYART Connects | International Dance Festival New Orleans | Other | New Orleans |
| 22 | Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival | Bogalua Blues & Heritage Festival | Music Festival | Bogalusa |
| 23 | Capital City Music and Cultural Foundation | Capital City Music Festival | Music Festival | Baton Rouge |
| 24 | Caribbean Carnival Friends of Culture | Bayou Bacchanal | Music Festival | New Orleans |
| 25 | Cervantes Fundacion Hispanoamericana de Arte | Que Pasa Fest 2026 | Music Festival | Metairie |
| 26 | Christ Episcopal Church in Covington | The Book of Psalms and Songs Featuring Matt Lemmler with guest artists in concert | Other | Covington |
| 27 | City of Lake Charles | Downtown at Sundown | Music Festival | Lake Charles |
| 28 | COMMUNITY CENTER OF ST. BERNARD | BLUES, BREWS, + BBQ | Music Festival | Arabi |
| 29 | Creole Renaissance Foundation | Creole Renaissance Music Festival | Music Festival | Iowa |
| 30 | Crescent City Sound Chapter Sweet Adelines International | Sing Fest 2026 | Music Festival | Metairie |
| 31 | Culu Childrens Traditional African Dance Company | A Visit to Africa! | Dance | New Orleans |
| 32 | Delcambre Shrimp Festival & Fair Association | Delcambre Shrimp Festival & Fair Association | Other | Delcambre |
| 33 | Delta Hayride Association | New Orleans Bayou Bluegrass Festival | Music Festival | Metairie |
| 34 | Dew Drop Legacy Project / Level Ground | Dew Drop Inn Jam Session | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 35 | Dixie Center for the Arts | Jovin Webb Concert | Music Concert | Ruston |
| 36 | Douglas Manship Sr. Theatre Complex Holding | Cookin’ with Manship Theatre: Chef Kevin Belton with musical guest John “Papa” Gros | Multidisciplinary | Baton Rouge |
| 37 | Downtown West Monroe Revitalization Group (DWMRG) | Ouachita Live | Music Performance Series | West Monroe |
| 38 | Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle Orleans | Féte Française | Music Festival | New Orleans |
| 39 | Festival International de Louisiane | 41st Annual Festival International | Music Festival | Lafayette |
| 40 | The Festival of Words Cultural Arts Collective Inc. | The Festival of Words 2026 | Other | Lafayette |
| 41 | Festivals Acadiens et Creoles, Inc | Programming Cost Support | Cultural Heritage | Lafayette |
| 42 | Film Prize Foundation | Music Prize, MPCon | Music Festival | shreveoij |
| 43 | Fitchfield Foundation | Fitchfield Foundation Community Outreach Festival | Music Festival | New Orleans |
| 44 | Friends of A Studio in the Woods | FORESTival: A Celebration of Art and Nature | Multidisciplinary | New Orleans |
| 45 | Friends of Bayou Lafourche | St. Patrick’s Day on the Bayou | Cultural Heritage | Thibodaux |
| 46 | Friends of Beauregard-Keyes House, dba Historic BK House & Gardens | 2026 – 2027 Rhythm & Roses Concert Series | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 47 | Lafitte Greenway Partnership | The Greenway Youth Music Series | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 48 | Friends of the Cabildo | Friends of the Cabildo Concert Series | Music Concert | New Orleans |
| 49 | GAUDANSE INC | The Listening Loft | Music Performance Series | Metairie |
| 50 | Gentilly Festival Inc | Gentilly Fest | Music Festival | New Orleans |
| 51 | Goat in the Road Productions | Gallatin Alley, an immersive show about Reconstruction New Orleans | Theatre | New Orleans |
| 52 | Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Church | Sacred Echoes | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 53 | Grateful Dave’s Foundation | Chuckfest 2026 | Music Festival | Lake Charles |
| 54 | Guardians Institute | Big Chief Donald Harrison, Sr. Literacy and Cultural Festival | Multidisciplinary | New Orleans |
| 55 | Gulf Coast Asian Arts & Culture | Nola Nite Market Lunar New Year – Year of the Goat | Cultural Heritage | New Orleans |
| 56 | Henry Turner Jr.’s Listening Room Museum Foundation | Solo Performer series | Music Concert | Baton Rouge |
| 57 | Highland Area Partnership | 22nd Annual Highland Jazz and Blues Festival | Music Festival | Shreveport |
| 58 | Hysell Ballet Arts | Ballet Hysell 2026-2027 Season | Dance | New Orleans |
| 59 | NOLAvate Black | Black Tech NOLA | Other | New Orleans |
| 60 | Intramural Theater | “Mary Jane” by Amy Herzog | Theatre | New Orleans |
| 61 | K.I.K. – Kidz Inspiring Kidz, Inc. | Kidz Jam 4 Kidz | Multidisciplinary | Arnoudville |
| 62 | The Historic New Orleans Collection | Courtyard Sessions | Music Concert | New Orleans |
| 63 | KID smART | ART JAM & BEST FEST | Other | New Orleans |
| 64 | Krewe de Mayahuel | Día de Muertos Fiesta and Procession 2026 | Cultural Heritage | New Orleans |
| 65 | Leona Tate Foundation for Change, Inc. | 5th Annual TEP Fest | Other | New Orleans |
| 66 | Louisiana Bucket Brigade | New Orleans Earth Day Fest | Music Festival | New Orleans |
| 67 | Louisiana Folk Roots, Inc. | 2027 Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week Camp ~ Nightly Barn Dance | Dance | Lafayette |
| 68 | Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra | LPO with Tank & The Bangas Feat. Dawn Richard | Music Concert | New Orleans |
| 69 | Louisiana Red Beans and Rice Foundation | Louisiana Red Beans & Rice Heritage and Music Festival | Music Festival | Baton Rouge |
| 70 | Baton Rouge Symphony | Ellis Island: The Dream of America | Music Concert | Baton Rouge |
| 71 | Love Notes Music & Arts Foundation | Jazz Under the Stars, A Kickoff Concert for Gentilly Festival | Music Concert | New Orleans |
| 72 | Melange Dance Theatre | Fantômes | Dance | New Orleans |
| 73 | Marigny Opera House Foundation | Marigny Opera Ballet x Verismo Opera – Season 2026/2027 | Multidisciplinary | New Orleans |
| 74 | Mondo Bizarro Productions | Mondo Bizarro Presents | Multidisciplinary | New Orleans |
| 75 | Musaica Education and Performance Ensemble | Musical Triumph | Music Concert | New Orleans |
| 76 | Music Alive Ensemble of New Orleans | New Works in Modern Times | Music Concert | New Orleans |
| 77 | Musicians for Music | Ecos Latinos Performance Series | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 78 | N’Fungola Sibo African Dance and Drum Company, Inc. | New Orleans Music and African Dance Spectacle (NOMAADS) 2027 | Cultural Heritage | New Orleans |
| 79 | N’Kafu Traditional African Dance Company | M’Batle Su – Going Home | Dance | New Orleans |
| 80 | The Neighborhood Story Project | Second Annual New African Orleans Family Festival | Music Festival | New Orleans |
| 81 | New Music on the Bayou | New Music on the Bayou Festival | Music Festival | Monroe |
| 82 | New Orleans Association of Black Social Workers, Inc | Kwanzaa | Cultural Heritage | Gretna |
| 83 | New Orleans Ballet Theatre | Swan Lake May 2027 | Dance | New Orleans |
| 84 | New Orleans Blues Society | Little Freddie King Fest and A Blues Juke Joint | Music Festival | New Orleans |
| 85 | New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University | 2027 New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University | Other | New Orleans |
| 86 | New Orleans Chamber Players | Notturne | Music Concert | New Orleans |
| 87 | New Orleans Chapter, American Harp Society | New Orleans Harp Concert and Therapeutic music series | Music Performance Series | Metairie |
| 88 | New Orleans Film and Video Society, Inc. | 2026 New Orleans Film Festival Cultural Ambassador Program | Other | New Orleans |
| 89 | New Orleans Fringe Festival | Fringe Fest Fund | Other | New Orleans |
| 90 | New Orleans Jazz Centennial Celebration, Inc. | Nickel a Dance Jazz Series | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 91 | New Orleans Jazz Museum | Hispanic Heritage Month 2026 | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 92 | New Orleans Katrina Commemoration Inc | New Orleans Katrina Commemoration 22nd Annual March and Second Line | Other | New Orleans |
| 93 | New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Council | Super Sunday 2027 | Other | New Orleans |
| 94 | New Orleans Museum of Art | Support for musical performances during NOMA at Night | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 95 | New Orleans Opera Association | Emerging Artists Salon Series | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 96 | NOLA Contemporary Ballet | Requiem: Crossing the Veil | Dance | Slidell |
| 97 | NOLA Downtown Music and Arts | Cutting Edge Roots Music Gathering & Songwriting Camp | Cultural Heritage | New Orleans |
| 98 | North American Song Competition Foundation | Cutting Edge Listening Room | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 99 | North Shore Chapter, American Harp Society | North Shore Live Performance harp concerts and therapeutic music series | Music Performance Series | Slidell |
| 100 | Northeast Louisiana Arts Council | Brown Bag Concert Series | Music Performance Series | West Monroe |
| 101 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 47th Annual Natchtoches-NSU Folk Festival | Music Festival | Natchitoches |
| 102 | One Book One New Orleans | Words & Music Festival 2026 | Multidisciplinary | New Orleans |
| 103 | The Ouachita River Blues Society | The Ouachita River Blues Society Blues Jam | Music Performance Series | West Monroe |
| 104 | OZONE Music Education Foundation | Annual Songwriter Festival; Monthly Singer-Songwriter Nights | Music Festival | Pearl River |
| 105 | Point Productions, LLC | Algiers Mardi Gras Festival | Music Festival | New Orleans |
| 106 | Saint Augustine Catholic Church | St. Augustine Church Gospel/Jazz Choir | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 107 | Shreveport Regional Arts Council | Shreveport Symphony in Caddo Common Park | Music Concert | Shreveport |
| 108 | Shreveport Symphony Orchestra | Eternal Echoes: Verdi Requiem | Music Concert | Shreveport |
| 109 | St. Luke’s Episcopal Church | The Book of Psalms and Songs Concert | Music Concert | Baton Rouge |
| 110 | St. Joseph Altar Society on Bourbon Street, Inc. | Emerging Artists’ Mini-Concert Series | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 111 | Tekrema Center for Art and Culture | Fancy Girls – REBEL WOMEN | Multidisciplinary | New Orleans |
| 112 | Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival | Drummer & Smoke Music Series | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 113 | The 3rd Line NOLA | Farmers and Framers Artist Marketplace | Multidisciplinary | New Orleans |
| 114 | The Descendants Project | Kid Ory Porch Series at the Woodland Plantation Museum and Cultural Center | Music Performance Series | Vacherie |
| 115 | The Don Vappie Creole Cultural Arts Foundation Inc. | The Living Legacy Concert Series | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 116 | The Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience, Inc. | NOLA Funk Fest | Music Festival | New Orleans |
| 117 | The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Theatre | New Orleans |
| 118 | Threadhead Cultural Foundation | Threadhead Thursday | Music Concert | New Orleans |
| 119 | United Houma Nation, Inc | 15th Annual United Houma Nation Disability Awareness Powwow | Cultural Heritage | Houma |
| 120 | LSU New Orleans Jazz Studies | Jazz at the Sandbar | Music Performance Series | New Orleans |
| 121 | Versipel New Music | Batture Contemporary 2026 | Music Festival | New Orleans |