Coachella's got nothing on Jazz Fest. There is no singular look that screams "Jazz Fest" but there sure is an aesthetic! From BayouWear to crazy hats, colorful West African prints, impressive stage attire, and more, you know when someone is at Jazz Fest. Our photographers ... Read more

In this Jazz Fest Flashback, WWOZ show host Bob Rodrigue (Ol' Man River) describes his first encounter with Mardi Gras Indians, and how their performance at Jazz Fest changed the course of his life. Read more

In this WWOZ Jazz Fest at 50 Flashback, show host Dean Ellis recalls a special moment from our live broadcast from Jazz Fest in 2015, when Terence Blanchard and Poncho Sanchez performed an improv from the WWOZ Hospitality Tent. Read more

Professor Longhair is one of the most influential musicians in New Orleans music history. But his name wasn't as recognized in the early 1970s. Learn more about how the advent of Jazz Fest was intertwined with Fess's career revival in this Jazz Fest at 50 Time Capsule. Read more

David Torkanowsky has played at Jazz Fest with dozens of different acts, as well as under his own name. He first hit the stage there in the 1970s. Find out what performances, in all those years, were most memorable to him in this Jazz Fest at 50 Flashback.  Read more

Oscar Donahue has sold jewelry in the Congo Square African Marketplace at Jazz Fest since 1990. Find out more about the history of this area in this Jazz Fest Flashback. Read more

A few photo highlights from a beautiful fourth day of Jazz Fest 2019!  Special thanks to our contributing photographers Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Black Mold, Leon Morris, Louis Crispino, Michele Goldfarb, David Stafford, Charlie Steiner, and Marc PoKempner! Read more

A few photo highlights from a beautiful third day of Jazz Fest 2019!  Special thanks to our contributing photographers Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Black Mold, Leon Morris, Louis Crispino, Michele Goldfarb, David Stafford, Marc PoKempner, and more to come!  Read more

A few highlights from the Black Indians of Mardi Gras and Social & Pleasure Clubs at Jazz Fest 2019! Special thanks to our contributing photographers, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, David Stafford, Charlie Steiner, and more.  Read more

A few photo highlights from a beautiful second day of Jazz Fest 2019!  Special thanks to our contributing photographers Black Mold, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Leon Morris, Louis Crispino, David Stafford, Marc PoKempner, Charlie Steiner, and more to come!  Read more