Jazz Fest at 50

In 2019, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival celebrates its 50th birthday! We'll be updating this page all year long with WWOZ Jazz Fest Time Capsules, Jazz Fest Flashbacks, plus historic photos, videos, and much more. 

The Helis Foundation
The Goldring Family Foundation
The Remedy Room
The Ruth U. Fertel Foundation
The Derbes Foundation
Goldfarb Financial
The National World War II Museum
New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation
Special thanks to The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation

 

Germaine Bazzle: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Wed, 03/06/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Germaine Bazzle in the Jazz Tent with bassist Mark Brooks on April 25, 2010. Photo by Pat Jolly. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz Fest 50 page, all year ... Read more

Krewe de Fleurs: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Tue, 03/05/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Krewe des Fleurs at the Mardi Gras arts area on May 6, 2017. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz Fest 50 page, all year long ... Read more

Tribute to Buckwheat Zydeco: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Mon, 03/04/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Tribute to Buckwheat Zydeco featuring Nathan Williams, C.J. Chenier, Corey Ledet, and the Ils Sont Partis Band on Day 6 of Jazz Fest - May 6, 2017. Photo by Black Mold. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with ou... Read more

Ernie K-Doe and the FCC: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sun, 03/03/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Ernie K-Doe holds his signed, temporary permit from the FCC somewhere backstage at Jazz Fest on April 23, 1992. Photo by Ice Cube Slim, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.  In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest pho... Read more

Ole & Nu Style Fellas with TBC Brass Band: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sat, 03/02/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Ole & Nu Style Fellas Social & Pleasure Club onstage with TBC Brass Band at Jazz Fest on May 7, 2017. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and ... Read more

BB King, Quint Davis, and The Meters: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Fri, 03/01/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Jazz Fest producer Quint Davis onstage with B.B. King and The Meters while photographer Michael P. Smith shoots in 1973. Photo by John Messina, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fe... Read more

The hat: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Thu, 02/28/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Hats have reached a new level of personal expression and representation at Jazz Fest in recent years. WWOZ volunteer photographer Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee scours the crowd each year to look for the best ones. He caught this one on April 29, 2018.  In honor of Jazz Fest's 50t... Read more

Stage 5 in 1976: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Wed, 02/27/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
A laidback audience takes it all in at Stage 5 in 1976. Photo by Burt Steel, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.  In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at... Read more

Koindu merch: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Mon, 02/25/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Koindu merchandise booth in 1986. Photo by Harold Baquet, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.  In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz Fest 50 ... Read more

Bruce Daigrepont: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sun, 02/24/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Bruce Daigrepont onstage in 2012. Photo by Kichea S. Burt. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz Fest 50 page, all year long to see them, plus more celebration... Read more

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