Jazz and Heritage Festival tickets: How can I buy tickets?
The Jazz and Heritage Festival has kicked off in New Orleans for the first time since 2019.
The Jazz and Heritage Festival, otherwise known as the Jazz Fest, will celebrate the culture and heritage of New Orleans.
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When is the Jazz and Heritage Festival?
The Jazz and Heritage Festival kicked off in New Orleans on April 29, 2022, and will continue through May 8 at Esplanade Ridge.
Those wishing to attend the festival can do so on April 29 and 30, May 1, and May 5-8.
The festival includes activities for the whole family with local and regional food, handmade arts and crafts, parades, music, and more.
It has received numerous acknowledgments over the course of the festival's 50-year history, including being named Festival of the Year four times by Pollstar magazine.
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What is the history of the festival?
The first New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was held on April 22-26, 1970, by George Wein, a jazz pianist who also founded the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island.
Wein organized the festival with the intention of putting a spotlight on Louisiana's culture. The first festival had a $3 admission fee and was attended by only 350 people, but by 2019, nearly 500k people attended over seven days.
At the time, Wein encountered numerous roadblocks due to Jim Crow Laws and initially determined the state wasn't ready for an integrated jazz festival.
When the Civil Rights Act was implemented in 1965, Wein revisited the idea of a jazz festival, but before the festival could be held, Black players from the American Football League experienced racial discrimination while in the city.
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Once again, the festival was canceled. Wein encountered the same problem two years later and wrote in his book, Myself Among Others, that he had believed the third roadblock “... obviously obliterated any future I might have had as a festival producer in Louisiana."
But in February 1970, the idea of a jazz festival was once again revisited and Wein signed on to produce the event, resulting in what has become a 50-year legacy.
Wein was 95 years old when he passed away in September 2021 and had remained an ever-present fixture at the event prior to his death.
Who is performing?
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival will headline musical artists including:
- The Who
- Stevie Nicks
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band
- Luke Combs
- Lionel Richie
- The Black Crowes
- Willie Nelson
- Charlie Wilson
- Norah Jones
- Lauren Daigle
- Billy Strings
- Nelly
- Kool & the Gang
- Elvis Costello & the Imposters
- The Revivalists
- and many more!
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How can I buy tickets?
Those wishing to attend the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival can purchase tickets on the .
Ticket prices start at $80 for general admission and go up based on if you choose to opt into the VIP experience.
Options include the VIP Big Chief Experience, the Grand Marshall VIP Experience, and the Krewe of Jazz Fest VIP Pass.
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