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The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is excited to announce the 2025-2026 recipients of the Community Partnership Grant program. Over 600 grants totaling $2 million were given to creatives, cultural organizations, educational institutions, and more to continue supporting Louisiana music, art, and cultural heritage.

The Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival will returns to Louis Armstrong Park on November 8 and 9, 2025. This free weekend celebrates the Faubourg Tremé as the birthplace of both jazz and a significant cherished local culture of New Orleans. The festivals will happen throughout Louis Armstrong Park and Congo Square on Saturday, March 25, and Sunday, March 26, with multiple performance stages and large local food and arts markets.

Food menus and craft vendors have just been announced for the 2025 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival will be held in Lafayette Square Park on Friday, October 10, Saturday, October 11, and Sunday, October 12, featuring two performance stages and large food and arts markets starring a variety of local vendors.

Performers at the 2025 edition include Devon Allman’s Blues Summit, Tab Benoit, Bobby Rush, Leo Nocentelli of the Meters, Sierra Green & the Giants, Vasti Jackson, Wolfe Johns, Mem Shannon & the Membership, Ed Wills & Blues 4 $ale, Eric Johanson, Carolyn Wonderland, Tyron Benoit Band, Joy Clark, Hubby Jenkins, Mia Borders, The Top Notes featuring Ernie Vincent, and Cindy Cashdollar, Brian Mitchell, and the Woodstock All-Stars w/ special guest Sonny Landreth.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents the 2025 Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, celebrating the rich musical traditions of Southwestern Louisiana. This year, the Foundation is featuring Louisiana’s indigenous sounds at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center, 1225 N. Rampart Street in New Orleans.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s Class Got Brass competition presented by the Gia Maione Prima Foundation took place on March 29, 2025, in Louis Armstrong Park during the Congo Square Rhythms Festival.

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The 2024 Congo Square Rhythms Festival presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation returns to Louis Armstrong Park and Congo Square on Saturday, March 23, and Sunday, March 24, with two performance stages and large local food and arts markets. Admission to the festival is free and open to the public.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is proud to announce the 2024 edition of Chanteuse: Celebrating New Orleans Women in Music, a concert series featuring outstanding women vocalists and performers at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center.