Day-by-Day Lineup
Apr 27, 2018
- Sting
- Sturgill Simpson
- Steel Pulse
- Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real
- Ron Carter Trio
- The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
- Jon Cleary
- Samantha Fish
- Davell Crawford
- Leslie Odom Jr.
- Jake Shimabukuro
- Wayne Toups
- Luther Kent & Trickbag
- Bobby Rush
- Eric Lindell
- BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet
- Big Chief Donald Harrison
- Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
- Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
- Ten Strings And A Goat Skin of Canada
- Meschiya Lake and The Little Big Horns
- New Orleans NightCrawlers
- Zulu Gospel Male Ensemble
- Semolian Warriors Mardi Gras Indians
- Palm Court Jazz Band
- Sammy Rimington
- New Wave Brass Band
- Rumba Buena
- Batiste Fathers & Sons
- The Deslondes
- Shades Of Praise
- Yvette Landry
- Free Agents Brass Band
- Alexey Marti
- Micah Stampley
- Spencer Bohren & the Whippersnappers
- Cory Ledet & His Zydeco Band
- Golden Sioux Mardi Gras Indians
- Black Seminoles Mardi Gras Indians
- Sidi Touré
- Kod Kreyol and the Creole Dance Ensemble of Haiti
- Sarah Quintana & the Miss River Band
- Papo y Son Mandao
- Bamboula 2000
- Pastor Jai Reed
- The New Orleans Guitar Masters
- Cranston Clements
- John Rankin
- Jimmy Robinson
- Tonia Scott & Anointed Voices
- Big Chief Juan & Jockimo's Groove
- Northern Cree of Canada
- Kyle Huval & The Dixie Club Ramblers
- Michael Skinkus & Moyuba
- Jon Roniger and The Good For Nothin' Band
- Shake ‘Em Up Jazz Band
- Jesse McBride presents The Next Generation
- The Bester Gospel Singers with The Dynamic Smooth Family Gospel Singers
- David & Roselyn
- Arrianne Keelen
- Mykia Jovan
- Dillard University's VisionQuest Gospel Chorale
- Free Spirit Brass Band
- Go Getters SA & PC
- Big Nine SA & PC
- Dancing Grounds Youth Showcase
- University of New Orleans Jazz All Stars
- Kid Simmons' Local International Allstars
- Ladies of Unity LLC
- Wild Apaches Mardi Gras Indians
- Black Mohawk Mardi Gras Indians
- Young Audiences Performing Arts Showcase
- Adella, Adella the Storyteller
- Calvin Johnson's Native Son
- Aurora Nealand
- Brian "Breeze" Cayolle
Apr 28, 2018
- Aretha Franklin
- Khalid
- Bonnie Raitt
- Jack Johnson
- Common
- Big Freedia
- Fabulous Thunderbirds
- Kim Wilson
- Charles Lloyd & the Marvels
- Lucinda Williams
- The Last Bandoleros
- Sona Jobarteh and Band of Gambia
- Hot 8 Brass Band
- Los Silver Stars of Honduras
- Sonny Landreth
- Bonerama
- Lena Prima
- Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton
- Pine Leaf Boys
- Delfeayo Marsalis
- Uptown Jazz Orchestra
- Creole String Beans
- Chilluns with Cranston
- Annie Clements
- Dave Malone
- Johnny Malone
- Darcy Malone
- Spencer Bohren
- Andre Bohren
- Original Pinettes Brass Band
- New Orleans Gospel Soul Children
- Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars
- Northern Cree of Canada
- Gregg Stafford's Jazz Hounds
- Vishtèn of Canada
- Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians
- Kod Kreyol and the Creole Dance Ensemble of Haiti
- Roddie Romero and the Hub City All-Stars
- The Johnson Extension
- Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses
- Leah Chase
- Eddie Cotton
- New Orleans Klezmer Allstars
- Steven Bernstein
- Ed Volker and Los Reyes de Lagard
- Andrew Duhon
- Tin Men
- New Birth Brass Band
- Butler, Bernstein & The Hot 9
- Nigel Hall Band
- Anthony Brown & group therAPy
- The Mulligan Brothers
- Cha Wa
- Leo Jackson and The Melody Clouds
- Trumpet Mafia
- Grupo Sensacion
- Comanche Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
- Johnette Downing and Scott Billington
- New Orleans Tricentennial 100 Voices Youth Choir
- Scott D.
- Sweet Cecilia
- Tracksuit Wedding
- Rusty Metoyer & The Zydeco Krush
- Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble
- Paulin Brothers Brass Band
- First Emanuel Baptist Church Mass Choir
- Wimberly Family Gospel Singers
- Orange Kellin's New Orleans DeLuxe Orchestra
- Versailles Lion Dance Team
- Baby Boyz Brass Band
- Nine Times SA & PC
- Single Men SA & PC
- Single Ladies SA & PC
- Tornado Brass Band
- Archdiocese of New Orleans Gospel Choir
- Arthur and Friends Community Choir
- Xavier University Jazz Ensemble
- Young Guardians Of The Flame
- Washitaw Nation Mardi Gras Indians
- Wild Mohicans Mardi Gras Indians
- Magical Moonshine Theater
- Loyola University Jazz Band
- Crescent City Lights Youth Theater
- The RRAAMS
- DJ Kelly Green
- Good Fellas SA & PC
- Dumaine St. Gang SA & PC
- Divine Ladies SA & PC
- Family Ties SA & PC
- Creole Osceolas Mardi Gras Indians
- Seminoles Mardi Gras Indians
- Ninth Ward Black Hatchet Mardi Gras Indians
Apr 29, 2018
- Jimmy Buffett
- David Byrne
- George Benson
- Charlie Wilson
- Irma Thomas
- John Mayall
- Jon Batiste
- The Dap-Kings
- Doug Kershaw & Friends
- Tab Benoit
- Chocolate Milk
- Hezekiah Walker
- Amanda Shaw
- Sweet Crude
- Magnificent 7
- Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers
- Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians
- Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band
- Thais Clark
- Nicholas Payton
- Meschiya Lake
- Treme Brass Band
- The Electrifying Crown Seekers
- Imagination Movers
- Henry Butler & The Jambalaya Band
- Socks in The Frying Pan of Ireland
- Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's
- Royal Teeth
- Kenny Neal
- Henry Gray
- Lazy Lester
- Henry Butler
- Vishtèn of Canada
- Quiana Lynell
- Kim Carson & The Real Deal
- The Rocks of Harmony
- Trout Fishing in America
- Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes
- Erica Falls
- Brother Tyrone & the Mindbenders
- Lil' Nathan & The Zydeco Big Timers
- Savoy Family Cajun Band
- Supaman
- Jambalaya Cajun Band
- Larry Menard
- Kidd Jordan & the Improvisational Arts Quintet
- Tuba Skinny
- John Mahoney Big Band
- The Creole Jazz Serenaders
- Don Vappie
- Cynthia Girtley
- Panorama Jazz Band
- Dr. Brice Miller & Mahogany Brass Band
- Helen Gillet
- Lynn Drury
- Jonte Landrum Thomas
- Val & The Love Alive Fellowship Choir
- St. Joseph The Worker Music Ministry
- TBC Brass Band
- Lacee and Lebrado
- Kod Kreyol and the Creole Dance Ensemble of Haiti
- Big Chief Kevin Goodman & The Flaming Arrows
- Barbara Shorts and Blue Jazz
- Northern Cree of Canada
- Da Souljas Brass Band
- Da Truth Brass Band
- Untouchables SA & PC
- The Furious Five SA & PC
- Tyronne Foster & The Arc Singers
- Young Seminole Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
- Black Feathers Mardi Gras Indians
- Northside Skull & Bones Gang
- The City of Love Music & Worship Arts Choir
- Chris Clifton & His Allstars
- Rahim Glaspy
- NOCCA Jazz Ensemble
- Ashe Cultural Arts Center Kuumba Institute
- Chakra and Omosede Children's Dance Theatre
- Tornado Brass Band
- Uptown Swingers SA & PC
- New Look SA & PC
- First Division SA & PC
- Young Men Olympia Aid SA & PC
- Theatre on Tap
- Monogram Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
- Ninth Ward Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
- Shining Star Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
- Puppet Arts Theatre
May 3, 2018
- Lionel Richie
- Toots and the Maytals
- Lyle Lovett and his Large Band
- Old Crow Medicine Show
- Blind Boys of Alabama
- Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers
- Big Sam's Funky Nation
- Telmary y Habana Sana of Cuba
- Archie Shepp
- Marion Rampa
- Cyril Neville's Swamp Funk
- Susan Cowsill
- Hot Rize
- Honey Island Swamp Band
- Jeremy Davenport
- John Mooney and Bluesiana
- The Stooges Brass Band
- Hot Jazz of France
- Avalon Jazz Band
- Joe Krown Trio
- Walter 'Wolfman' Washington
- Banu Gibson
- Vince Giordano
- Roots of Music Marching Crusaders
- Lé Kér Créole featuring Sunpie & the LA Sunspots
- Real Untouchables Brass Band
- Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band
- Gal Holiday
- Jamacian Me Breakfast Club
- Patrice Fisher & Arpa
- Seguenon Kone & Ivoire Spectacle
- Evangelist Jackie Tolbert & the Gospel Ensemble
- J. Monque'D Blues Revue
- OperaCreole
- Santiman and Garifuna Generation
- The Caesar Brothers' Funk Box
- Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys
- Cheyenne Mardi Gras Indians
- 7th Ward Creole Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
- Terrace Martin
- Pocket Aces Brass Band
- Toronzo Cannon
- The Walls Group
- The Chosen Ones Brass Band
- VIP Ladies SA & PC
- Men Of Class SA & PC
- Raphael Bas and Harmonouche
- The Jones Sisters
- Wendell Brunious & the New Orleans Allstars
- Preservation Brass
- Larry Seiberth
- The Art of the Voice
- Tonya Boyd-Cannon
- Yolanda Robinson
- JarellB
- Bantam Foxes
- Naughty Professor
- New Soul, Inc.
- Higher Heights Reggae Band
- The Revelers
- Jamil Sharif
- Alex McMurray and His Band
- Pat Casey & the New Sound
- Shaun Ward Xperience
- Bonsoir Catin
- The Rayo Brothers
- The Tangiers Combo
- Nineveh Baptist Church Mass Choir
- Isabel Davis
- White Cloud Hunters
- Southern University Baton Rouge Jazzy Jags
- McDonogh 35 High School Gospel Choir
- Eleanor McMain Singing Mustangs
- Micaela y Fiesta Flamenca
- Native Nations Intertribal
- Smoking Time Jazz Club
- Katy Hobgood Ray
- Clay Parker & Jodi James
- Sporty's Brass Band
- Revolution SA & PC
- Sudan SA & PC
- Men Buckjumpers SA & PC
- Delgado Community College Jazz Ensemble
- Landry Walker Charter High School Choir
- ISL Circus Arts Kids
- Calliope Puppets
- Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle Orleans
May 4, 2018
- Beck
- LL Cool J
- Z-Trip
- Sheryl Crow
- Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
- Aaron Neville
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Tank and the Bangas
- Ruthie Foster
- Marcia Ball
- Marcus Miller
- Rahsaan Patterson
- Hiss Golden Messenger
- Little Freddie King Blues Band
- Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas
- Darcy Malone & The Tangle
- Sunpie Barnes and the Louisiana Sunspots
- Zachary Richard
- The Soul Rebels
- CJ Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band
- Lil' Buck Sinegal's Blues Band
- Barbara Lynn
- New Orleans Hip Hop Experience
- Fiend
- 3D Natee a New Orleans Cypher
- DJ Keith Scott
- Cool Nasty Band
- Jupiter and Okwess
- Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band
- James Andrews & the Crescent City Allstars
- Glen David Andrews
- The Treme Choir
- CC Adcock and the Lafayette Marquis
- Avalon Jazz Band
- Don Vappie
- Motel Radio
- Germaine Bazzle
- Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church Mass Choir
- Wess Anderson Quintet
- New Breed Brass Band
- Mark Braud's New Orleans Jazz Giants
- Stars of Heaven
- Big Chief Bird and the Young Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
- Hot Club of New Orleans
- Herbert McCarver & Pinstripe Brass Band
- Sean Bruce
- The Tumbling Wheels
- New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
- The Nth Power
- Players Ella & Louie Tribute Band
- Naydja Cojoe & the Lagniappe Section
- Plaquemine Brûlèe
- Doreen's Jazz New Orleans
- Maggie Belle Band
- JIVA-NOLA
- Mehnaz Hoosein
- Andrew McLean
- Brian Seeger's Organic Trio
- Betty Winn & One A-Chord
- New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra
- 21st Century Brass Band
- Original Four SA & PC
- Original Big 7 SA & PC
- The Pure'D Blues Group
- Butch Mudbone
- Golden Comanche Mardi Gras Indians
- Young Cherokee Mardi Gras Indians
- Glenn Hartman & The Earthtones
- The Swing Setters
- Josh Kagler & Harmonistic Praise Crusade
- Kumasi
- John Lawrence & Ven Pa' Ca Flamenco Ensemble
- Antonio Hildago
- 79rs Gang Mardi Gras Indians
- Donald Lewis
- Native Nations Intertribal
- Topsy Chapman & Solid Harmony
- The Gospel Inspirations of Boutte
- Young Eagles Mardi Gras Indians
- Algiers Warriors Mardi Gras Indians
- Caren Green & Cornbread
- Tipitina's Interns
- Donald Harrison Jr.
- The New Orleans Baby Doll Ladies
- Kumbuka African Dance & Drum Collective
- Pastor Terry Gullage & the Greater Mt. Calvary Voices of Redemption
- Grayhawk
- New Generation Brass Band
- Scene Boosters SA & PC
- Lady & Men Rollers SA & PC
- Lake Forest Charter Jazz Ensemble
- Pastor Tyrone Jefferson
May 5, 2018
- Aerosmith
- Anita Baker
- Cage the Elephant
- The Revivalists
- Juanes
- Delbert McClinton & Self Made Men
- Dianne Reeves
- Dumpstaphunk
- Better Than Ezra
- The Bounce
- New Cupid
- 5th Ward Weebie
- DJ Jubilee
- Partners-N-Crime
- Ricky B
- DJ Raj Smoove
- Tamela Mann
- Deacon John
- Cowboy Mouth
- Boyfriend
- The Dixie Cups
- Clarence "Frogman" Henry
- Wanda Rouzan
- Al Carnival Time Johnson
- Bobby Cure & the Poppa Stoppas
- Kermit Ruffins
- Walter Trout
- Givers
- The East Pointers of Canada
- Jupiter and Okwess
- Big Chief Bo Dollis, Jr. & The Wild Magnolias
- Jermaine Landrum & The Abundant Praise Revival Choir
- James Rivers Movement
- Lost Bayou Ramblers
- Lurrie Bell
- Gregg Stafford & His Young Tuxedo Brass Band
- Feufollet
- Charmaine Neville Band
- Warren Storm - Willie Tee & Cypress Band
- TK Hulin
- Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet
- Stoop Kids
- Astral Project
- Tim Laughlin
- Kristin Diable & The City
- Leyla McCalla
- Sean Jones Quartet
- EmiSunshine
- Mariachi Jalisco US
- Blodie's Jazz Jam
- Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
- Ingrid Lucia
- Fi Yi Yi & The Mandingo Warriors
- Storyville Stompers Brass Band
- Westbank Steppers SA & PC
- Nine Times Ladies SA & PC
- Valley of Silent Men SA & PC
- Watson Memorial Teaching Ministries Mass Choir
- Smitty Dee's Brass Band
- Lars Edegran & The New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
- Julio y Cesar Band
- VIVAZ!
- Kenny Bill Stinson & the ARK-LA-Mystics
- Connie & Dwight Fitch
- St. Raymond & St. Leo the Great Choir
- Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band
- Voices of Peter Claver
- Major Handy & The Louisiana Blues Band
- Denisia & Back Row
- Jasen Weaver Band
- High Steppers Brass Band
- Trouble Nation Mardi Gras Indians
- Mohawk Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
- E'Dana
- Louis Ford & His New Orleans Flairs
- Native Nations Intertribal
- Bari Koral Family Rock Band
- Pastor Mitchell J. Stevens
- New Hope Baptist Church Mass Choir
- Walter Mouton & The Scott Playboys
- Stephen Foster's Foster Family Music Program
- Young Fellaz Brass Band
- Lady Jetsetters SA & PC
- Undefeated Divas & Gents SA & PC
- Original Pigeon Town Steppers SA & PC
- Javier's Dance Company presents Across the Border
- Wild Red Flame Mardi Gras Indians
- Uptown Warriors Mardi Gras Indians
- Young Brave Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
May 6, 2018
- Jack White
- Steve Miller Band
- Smokey Robinson
- Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
- The Radiators
- Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
- Savion Glover
- Buddy Guy
- Rebirth Brass Band
- Galactic
- Anders Osborne
- Ellis Marsalis
- DJ Captain Charles
- George Porter Jr. & Runnin' Pardners
- Lakou Mizik
- Irma Thomas
- The Iguanas
- Walter Wolfman Washington and The Roadmasters
- Calexico
- Terence Blanchard
- the E-Collective
- John Boutte
- Rockin' Dopsie Jr and the Zydeco Twisters
- Rising Dragon Lion Dance Team
- The New Orleans Suspects
- Zion Harmonizers
- Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
- Glen David Andrews
- Flow Tribe
- Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
- Hard Head Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
- Young Pinstripe Brass Band
- Mr. Sipp
- Mia Borders
- The War And Treaty
- Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys
- Bobby Lounge
- Johnny Sansone
- Dr. Michael White
- Cynthia Girtley
- Kinfolk Brass Band
- George French & the New Orleans Storyville Jazz Band
- Prince of Wales SA & PC
- Original New orleans Lady Buckjumpers
- New Orleans Spiritualettes
- Sasha Masakowski
- Jonathon "Boogie" Long
- Heritage Allstar Brass Band
- Dr. Michael White
- Gregg Stafford
- Pfister Sisters
- Leroy Jones & New Orleans' Finest
- Buffalo Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
- Wild Squatoulas Mardi Gras Indians
- Ty Morris & H.O.W.
- AsheSon
- Robin Barnes and the Fiyabirds
- Bill Kirchen
- Chief Howard
- The New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Rhythm Section
- Joe Dyson
- T'Monde
- Don "Moose" Jamison Heritage School of Music
- The Bayou Clogger String Band
- Audrey Ferguson and The Voices of Distinction
- Sierra Green & The Soul Machine
- Lyle Henderson & Emmanu-EL
- Native Nations Intertribal
- Sons of Jazz Brass Band
- The Mighty Travelers
- José Fermín & Merengue4-FOUR
- Young Magnolia Mardi Gras Indians
- Apache Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
- Joe Lastie's New Orleans Sound
- Craig Adams & Higher Dimensions Of Praise
- Culu Children's Traditional African Dance Company
- Da Knockas Brass Band
- Ole & Nu Style Fellas SA & PC
- Original C.T.C Steppers SA & PC
- Kai Knight's Silhouette Dance Ensemble
- Curtis Pierre
- The Samba Kids
- Muggivan School of Irish Dance
About
Each year, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell celebrates the music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana with the biggest names in rock, blues, jazz, R&B, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, folk, Latin, rap, country, bluegrass and everything in between. Spanning two weekends, Jazz Fest consistently boasts an impressive lineup of artists ranging from seasoned rock legends to gospel groups, pop stars, and indie favorites. Located at the New Orleans Fair Grounds, incredible food and crafts from around the region and the world round out the 7-day extravaganza that keeps Jazz Fest an annual can’t-miss destination.
Venue & Available Accommodations
Fair Grounds Race Course
- 1751 Gentilly Blvd.
- New Orleans, LA 70119
- United States
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