![]() During the pandemic, the Foundation created the Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund to support Louisiana’s music community whose livelihoods had been adversely impacted by COVID-19. The Foundation also owns radio station WWOZ 90.7-FM, the Jazz & Heritage Archive and the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center – an education and community facility named for Jazz Fest founder George Wein and his wife Joyce. Cultural enrichment programs include the Jazz & Heritage Concert Series and the annual Foundation Festivals: the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival, the Congo Square Rhythms Festival/Treme Creole Gumbo Festival, and the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival. Economic Development initiatives include Community Partnership Grants, the Catapult Fund accelerator program and the Sync Up entertainment industry workshops. ![]() Education programs include the Don “Moose” Jamison Heritage School of Music, the HSM Beginners program, the Tom Dent Congo Square Lecture Series, the Class Got Brass competition for school brass bands, workshops in music production, vocal classes at recreation centers around the city and more. The Foundation uses the proceeds from Jazz Fest, and other raised funds, for year-round activities in education, economic development and cultural enrichment. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc., is the nonprofit organization that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell. First Horizon Bank, Peoples Health, AARP, New Orleans & Company, Maui Jim Sunglasses, Ochsner Health, New Orleans Cultural and Tourism Fund (NOTCF), Sheraton New Orleans Hotel and WWOZ are also Official Jazz Fest Sponsors. ![]() ![]() Major Jazz Fest Sponsors are Miller Lite, Louisiana Office of Tourism, and the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots (A Churchill Downs Company). Shell USA is the Presenting Sponsor of the Festival. A complete list of participating hotels is posted at the Official Host Hotel, the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. For more information, visit Many area hotels offer special Jazz Fest rates. The Jazz Fest Express is the best way to get to Jazz Fest! Don’t forget to buy your Jazz Fest Express tickets when you purchase your Festival tickets. Take advantage of the Jazz Fest Express shuttle and be dropped off inside the gates of the Festival! Air-conditioned buses offer round-trip transportation and run continuously throughout the day. For package details please visit the Jazz Fest web site. Jazz Fest is partnering once again with On Location & CID Entertainment to provide travel packages for guests looking to bundle Festival tickets or VIP passes with local hotel accommodations and roundtrip shuttle service between the Festival and their hotel. Jazz Fest offers three distinct VIP opportunities to experience the event in a very special way: the Festival’s popular Big Chief VIP ticket package provides special viewing access at most of the Festival’s stages the Grand Marshal VIP Pass allows for up-close access at the three major stages and the Krewe of Jazz Fest VIP Pass entitles patrons to special covered seating at the Festival Stage. VIP packages are weekend-specific and are valid for all days of the weekend purchased. VIP packages, general admission weekend passes, single-day tickets and travel packages are on sale now through Early-bird pricing on general admission weekend passes and single-day tickets are available now through February 14. The complete daily music lineup appears below. The Festival recently unveiled the 2023 lineup that includes: Dead & Company, Ed Sheeran, Lizzo, Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, Santana, Jon Batiste, Jill Scott, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Kane Brown, H.E.R., Steve Miller Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gary Clark Jr., Leon Bridges, Farruko, Ludacris, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Kenny Loggins, Wu-Tang Clan + The Soul Rebels, The Revivalists, Jazmine Sullivan, Herbie Hancock, NE-YO, Big Freedia, Tom Jones, Buddy Guy, Irma Thomas and hundreds more. New Orleans, LA (February 3, 2023)-The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell today announced the music lineups for all seven days of Jazz Fest and put single-day tickets on sale for the 2023 event scheduled for April 28 – 30 and May 4 – 7 at the Fair Grounds Race Course. WEEKEND PASSES AND VIP PACKAGES STILL AVAILABLE WHILE SUPPLIES LASTĮARLY-BIRD PRICING ON GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS AND PASSES THROUGH FEBRUARY 14 JAZZ FEST ANNOUNCES DAILY MUSIC LINEUPS AND PUTS SINGLE-DAY TICKETS ON SALE
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