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2024 Community Outreach Ticket Announcement
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.
2024 Jazz & Heritage Concert Series Announcement
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents the 2024 Jazz & Heritage Concert Series celebrating contemporary jazz at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center.
Support the Preservation of Rare Jazz Fest Footage from the Michael Murphy Collection
The Archive of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation has launched a campaign to preserve more than 30 video and audio tapes of Jimmy Buffett’s performances at Jazz Fests spanning from 1990-2008. The tapes which have been carefully inventoried for more than two decades must now be digitized. Preserving the tapes will increase access to these legendary shows so that the joy Jimmy provided can continue to reverberate for generations to come.
Announcing the 2023 Catapult Fund Graduates
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is thrilled to announce the 2023 Catapult Fund Graduates. The 2023 Catapult Fund featured two categories: one focused on entrepreneurs in the beauty, fashion, and jewelry industries, and another for culinary arts.
Allison Miner: A Community Activist and Archivist Legacy
“She was the conscience of the festival,” one longtime friend said of Allison Miner, the New Orleans Jazz Fest and Jazz & Heritage Foundation co-founder who established both the Festival’s Music Heritage Stage and the Foundation’s Archive.
2023 Jazz & Heritage Fall Concert Series Announcement
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents the 2023 Jazz & Heritage Fall Concert Series celebrating Traditional Jazz at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center, 1225 N. Rampart Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Jazz Fest Crafts Application “Call For Entry”
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell is now accepting crafts applications for the 2024 event.
2023 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival Food Menu Announcement
The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival unveiled a selection of food menus for the upcoming event set to take place at Lafayette Square (602 St. Charles Ave.) in downtown New Orleans — October 13-15, 2023.
The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival is 30 Days Away
The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival will be held thirty days from now in Lafayette Square Park (602 St. Charles Ave.) in downtown New Orleans — October 13-15, 2023.
New Orleans Jazz Fest Expands to Eight Days in 2024
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.