NEW ORLEANS – While each holiday season, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Jazz Fest) gives the gift of the coming year’s Jazz Fest all-star lineup, it is typically the daily lineup that people really want.
Though we knew to expect big names like Stevie Nicks, T-Pain and Teddy Swims, at the end of last week, Jazz Fest dropped the daily lineup for the eight-day festival that will span two weekends at the Fair Grounds Race Course starting April 23. Single tickets are, unfortunately, not on sale yet (typically once the “cubes” – the full daily schedule – are announced) but that doesn’t mean the planning must wait.
Weekend passes and VIP options like Big Chief are currently available and might be the best option – as the lineup leaves a little something for everyone each day.
| THU, APRIL 23 | FRI, APRIL 24 | SAT, APRIL 25 | SUN, APRIL 26 | THU, APRIL 30 | FRI, MAY 1 | SAT, MAY 2 | SUN, MAY 3 |
| Kings of Leon | Jon Batiste | Stevie Nicks | Rod Stewart | Widespread Panic | Lainey Wilson | Eagles | Teddy Swims |
| Raye | Lorde | Tyler Childers | David Byrne | Lake Street Dive | The Black Keys | Alabama Shakes | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| Stephen Marley | Sean Paul | Nas | St. Vincent | Leela James | Ziggy Marley | T-Pain | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| Preservation Hall Jazz Band | Big Freedia | The Revivalists | The Isley Brothers | Lettuce | Marc Broussard | Dianne Reeves | Herbie Hancock |
For the full daily lineup, click here.
The festival’s apparel partner also released the print for this year’s festival BayouWear called Rhythm in Blues. On the Art4Now Facebook page, the company said this about the pattern: “Rhythm In Blues is inspired by Frenchy’s celebration of Big Chief Bo Dollis in all the glory of his plumage in the 2015 Jazz Fest poster. A sea of pulsating electric blue feathers, sprinkled with rhythm instruments, flowing in a second line that delights all who encounter it. Sealing the deal are drum buttons that can’t be beat.”
You can pre-order your festivalwear here.
