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She’s a worldwide legend, Grammy Award Winner, and an original WWOZ Guardian of the Groove from the earliest days and an active Board Member of the station. She’s played every Jazz Fest since 1974—appearing on multiple stages.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s Class Got Brass competition takes place on Sunday, April 2, 2023. The event will be held at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center (1225 N. Rampart Street). Class Got Brass is free and open to the public.

The Jazz & Heritage Gala is the official kick off celebration to the 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell!

The Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival and the Congo Square Rhythms Festival will happen concurrently on March 25 and 26, 2023. Both events are celebrating the Faubourg Tremé neighborhood as the birthplace of both jazz and so much of the 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.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is proud to announce the 2023 edition of Chanteuse: Celebrating New Orleans Women in Music, a concert series featuring outstanding women vocalists at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell today announced the music lineups for all seven days of Jazz Fest and put single-day tickets on sale for the 2023 event scheduled for April 28 – 30 and May 4 – 7 at the Fair Grounds Race Course.  

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation supports community involvement in the 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell.  Thousands of free tickets are distributed to Louisiana social service nonprofits through the Community Outreach Ticket program. Applications are currently being accepted until Monday, March 20 at 11:00 pm (CT)

The Jazz & Heritage Gala is the official kick off celebration to the 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell!

This star-studded event is Thursday, April 27, 2023 at Generations Hall in New Orleans. The patron party begins at 6pm, followed by the gala from 7pm to 10pm.

New Orleans culture bearer and activist Barbara Lacen Keller has died at the age of […]

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell today announced the music lineup for the 2023 event, scheduled for April 28 – May 7.