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.

Musical Artists for April 27:









Billy Joel
•Jill Scott
•Allen Toussaint
Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite
•Rebirth Brass Band
Andrew Bird
•Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
•Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires
Jon Cleary
•Daryl Coley
•Anders Osborne
Dwayne "Dopsie" & The Zydeco Hellraisers
•Lost Bayou Ramblers
Deacon John
•Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars
•A Tribe Called Red
Magary Lord of Bahia-Brazil
Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band: A Tribute to Bob French
Astral Project
•Yellow Bird Indian Dancers
•Stoney Creek
Lionel Ferbos & the Palm Court Jazz Band
Big Chief Walter Cook & Creole Wild West
•Alex McMurray
Lil Buck Sinegal’s Blues Band
•Michael Ward









Tribute to Sidney Bechet feat. Dr. Michael White, Donald Harrison, Brian “Breeze” Cayolle, and Roderick Paulin
Herbert Hardesty Presents
Jason Marsalis
•Mississippi Rail Company
Classie Ballou & the Family Band
•Jambalaya Cajun Band
Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole
•John Michael Rouchell
•The Kid Carsons
Alexis & The Samurai
•Tim Laughlin
•Wendell Brunious
•Lance Ellis
Zena Moses & Rue Fiya
•Robin Barnes
Gregg Stafford & his Young Tuxedo Jazz Band
Johnny J and the Hitmen
•Sharon Martin
•Panorama Jazz Band
Storyville Stompers Brass Band
•Tyronne Foster & the Arc Singers
Loyola University Jazz Band
•Ted Winn
Tonia Scott & the Anointed Voices
•New Wave Brass Band
Voices of Peter Claver
Dumaine Gang, Divine Ladies and Family Ties Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
101 Runners
•Golden Comanche and Seminoles Mardi Gras Indians
Treater “Le Traiteur de Bayou”
Stephen Foster’s Foster Family Music Program
Real Untouchables Brass Band
•The Jones Sisters
•The Bester Singers
Dynamic Smooth Family Gospel Singers
•The Voices of Distinction
Nine Times Men, Single Ladies, Single Men, and Lady Jetsetters Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
Ashe Cultural Arts Center Kuumba Institute
Red, White & Blue and Wild Mohicans Mardi Gras Indians
First Emanuel Baptist Church Mass Choir
Young Band Nation Blues Project
Algiers Charter Schools Association Torch Bearers
Calliope Puppet Theater
•Blodie’s Jazz Jam