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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.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation announced this morning that applications are now open for Louisiana social service nonprofits and high schools to apply for the Community Outreach Ticket program.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation announced this morning that applications are now open for Louisiana social service nonprofits and high schools to apply for the Community Outreach Ticket program.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell announced the addition of an extra day to the 2024 Festival as the event will now begin on Thursday, April 25, creating two equal four-day weekends.