Calendar of Events

New Orleans Fairgrounds, last weekend of April - first weekend of May. A musical celebration held at the Fairgrounds Race Track and celebrated throughout the city. Music, food, crafts, and more music! Outdoor stages host jazz, R&B, gospel, African, Caribbean, Cajun, blues, ragtime, folk, bluegrass, reggae and country music, with evening performances happening at venues all around town. Hundreds of unofficial street bands, local artists, crafts and food.





Artist for April 26:


John Mayer
•George Benson
•Band of Horses
•Dr. John
•Gary Clark Jr.









Joshua Redman Quartet with Aaron Goldberg, Joe Sanders, and Kendrick Scott
Campbell Brothers
•Sonny Landreth
George Porter, Jr. & Runnin' Pardners
Terrance Simien with Special Guest Queen Ida
Chris Owens backed by Her Hot Rhythms Band
•Jeremy Davenport









The New Orleans R&B Diva Revue feat. The Dixie Cups, Jean Knight, and Wanda Rouzan w/ the Brian Quezergue Band
Donald Harrison
•Wayne Toups & Zydecajun
John Mooney & Bluesiana
•Tricia Boutté & International Friends
Le Vent du Nord of Canada
•Charmaine Neville Band
New Orleans Suspects
•Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band
Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show
•Doc McKenzie & the Hi-Lites
The Soul Rebels
John Lawrence & Ven Pa’ Ca Flamenco Ensemble with guests Antonio Hildago and Javier Heredia of Spain
The New Orleans Guitar Quartet feat. Jimmy Robinson, John Rankin, Phil DuGruy, and Cranston Clements
Yellow Bird Indian Dancers
Stoney Creek
•Jamal Batiste presents JAM-ALL
•Flow Tribe
The Breton Sound
•Corey Ledet and His Zydeco Band
Washboard Chaz Blues Trio
Bryan Lee & the Blues Power Band
James Rivers Movement
•Leroy Jones & New Orleans’ Finest
Fredy Omar con su Banda
•True Man Posse
Mark McGrain & Plunge
St. Joseph the Worker Music Ministry Choir
Zulu Gospel Male Choir
Brice Miller & Mahogany Brass Band
Semolian Warriors Mardi Gras Indians
Comanche Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
•T’Monde
Los Po-Boy-Citos
•Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Tommy Sancton & the New Orleans Legacy Band
The Mashup feat. Terence Higgins, Ike Stubblefield, Grant Green, Jr., with special guest Ron Holloway
Chris Clifton & His Allstars
Young Pinstripe Brass Band
Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church Mass Choir
Geronimo Hunters and Creole Osceolas Mardi Gras Indians
OperaCreole
•Xavier University Jazz Band
•Guitar Slim, Jr.
Henry Gray and The Cats
•Donnie Bolden, Jr. & the Spirit of Elijah
Friendly Travelers
Zulu, Big Nine, Keep N It Real, and We Are One Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
Young Audience Brass Band Throwdown
•Upset
McMain High School Talented-in-Theater Performers
Pastor Terry Gullage & the Greater Mt. Calvary Voices of Redemption
The ISL Circus Arts Kids
•Soulfruit
Black Mohawk and Black Foot Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
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