New orleans jazz fest

Biking, driving, or taking the shuttle, Canal streetcar, or RTA bus are all transportation options.

The 2024 Jazz Fest poster features a portrait of the New Orleans rhythm and blues trio the Dixie Cups. The three women appear atop a heart-shaped antique neon sign that reads “Chapel of Love,” their breakout 1964 hit.

Learn to navigate and plan for one of New Orleans’ largest and most popular festivals: Jazz Fest.

This legendary music festival is also known for its excellent food, made by local chefs.

There are many jazz festivals but only one celebration of the genre in the city that birthed it, the New Orleans Jazz Fest.

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The 2016 Jazz Fest poster, by Paul Rogers, is titled “House of Swing: Portrait of the First Family of Jazz” and depicts members of the Marsalis family playing their respective instruments in the lighted windows of a New Orleans mansion.

I'll never forget our first trip to Jazz Fest. I was sitting by a local woman in the Jazz Tent waiting for a show. She turned to me and asked what we had eaten that day. I said, "Oh, we ate before we got here." Her eyes got wide and she preceded to school us on the role of food a