BY KEITH SPERA | [email protected]  JAN 27, 2017


 
The 2017 New Orleans Jazz Festival features headliners Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Maroon 5, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Kings of Leon, Usher & The Roots, Harry Connick, Jr., Meghan Trainor, Lorde, Snoop Dogg, Alabama Shakes, Pitbull, Widespread Panic, the Trey Anastasio Band, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Earth, Wind & Fire, Wilco, Darius Rucker, Patti LaBelle, NAS with guests The Soul Rebels, Buddy Guy, The Meters, and George Benson.

They’ll join the hundreds of indigenous Louisiana musicians who make up the bulk of the festival’s roster at the Fair Grounds Race Course this spring.

The 48th edition of what is formally the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell is April 28-30 and May 4-7.







Stevie Wonder and Snoop Dogg will get a chance to make up for their rained out shows at the 2016 Jazz Fest. Wonder's only prior full set at Jazz Fest was in 2008.

Wilco, whose 2015 set was cut short by rain, also gets a do-over in 2017.

Petty and the Heartbreakers return to the Fair Grounds as part of the band’s 40th anniversary tour. Their only previous Jazz Fest gig was in 2012.

Pitbull returns only two years after he lit up the Congo Square Stage in 2015 with a widely lauded, high-energy set that drew on hip-hop, Latin music, choreography and his own eager-to-please personality.

In recent years the festival has generally featured one or two major pop acts. That role this year is filled by Meghan Trainor, best known for the global smash "All About That Bass," and Lorde, the young "Royals" singer who returns to the road in 2017 after a two-year break.

Kings of Leon are back after an absence of more than a decade. Maroon 5 was last at the fest in 2013, and headlined a sold-out Smoothie King Center in September 2016. In addition to "The Voice" judge Adam Levine, the band includes New Orleans native PJ Morton on keyboards.

Guitarist and singer Trey Anastasio is no stranger to Jazz Fest. He plugged in at the festival twice, in 1996 and 2014, with Phish, the Vermont jam band that cites New Orleans funk legends The Meters as a primary influence. He’ll return this year with his sprawling solo band, which includes a horn section.

Georgia-based jam band Widespread Panic is back for its usual Thursday slot at the Acura Stage. The band was last at the fest in 2015.

Contemporary R&B star Usher will be backed at the Fair Grounds by The Roots, the hip-hop house band from "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."

Nas, a native of New York, ranks among the most critically acclaimed rappers in hip-hop. He has forged an occasional creative alliance with New Orleans brass band the Soul Rebels. The Soul Rebels are slated to back Nas onstage at Jazz Fest.

Native son Harry Connick Jr. performs at Jazz Fest every few years. 2017 will be one of those years.

Rhiannon Giddens, the potent singer, songwriter and banjoist who first made a name for herself with the folk revivalist band the Carolina Chocolate Drops, presided over a rapturously received set in the Blues Tent during the 2016 Jazz Fest. She’ll return to headline the Blues Tent in 2017.

Other confirmed acts include Aaron Neville, Corinne Bailey Rae, Irma Thomas, Elle King, Dr. John, Jonny Lang, Tower of Power, Jon Batiste and Stay Human, Amos Lee, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Big Freedia, Maze feat. Frankie Beverly, The Revivalists, Leon Bridges, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Dawes, Galactic, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Blues Traveler, The Mavericks, Rhiannon Giddens, The Lone Bellow, Rebirth Brass Band, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Boney James, Herb Alpert & Lani Hall, Margo Price, JohnnySwim, Lake Street Dive, The Joey Alexander Trio, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, Richard Smallwood & Vision, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbeque Swingers, Anders Osborne, Tab Benoit, Sonny Landreth, Boyfriend, Chocolate Milk, Jon Cleary, Erica Campbell of Mary Mary, Kenny Barron Trio, Davell Crawford, William  Bell, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, John Boutté, Deacon John and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians.

The Jazz Fest is owned by the non-profit New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. It is produced by Quint Davis’ Festival Productions Inc.-New Orleans and AEG Live, one of the nation’s largest live entertainment companies.

In 2016, the producers made several changes to the site and the festival’s regulations to better accommodate large crowds. Open-access bleachers were erected at the edges of the Acura Stage and Congo Square Stage fields. Tarps and chairs were banned from the dirt track that surrounds the infield, and the chair-free zones in front of the major stages were expanded.

Tickets for the 2017 New Orleans Jazz Fest are on sale now.

Advanced, early-bird, single-day tickets are $65 through February 14. The advanced ticket price will be $70 beginning on February 15.

The gate price ticket will be $80, an increase of $5 from 2016. Children’s tickets (ages 2 - 10) are $5, as they have been for years, and are available at the gate only.

Single-day tickets to Jazz Fest are on sale by specific weekend, with each ticket valid for a single day’s admittance.

Tickets are available at www.nojazzfest.com and www.ticketmaster.com, at all Ticketmaster outlets or by calling (800) 745-3000. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Smoothie King

Additional service charges apply to tickets purchased through Ticketmaster.

A limited number of VIP ticket packages, which include access to reserved viewing areas and other amenities, are available at various price levels.

More information is available at http://www.nojazzfest.com/

Organizers undoubtedly hope that, unlike during the rain-plagued 2016 Jazz Fest, everyone on the list is able to actually perform as scheduled.

The complete list of performers:

FRIDAY, APRIL 28

Harry Connick, Jr., Trey Anastasio Band, NAS with guests The Soul Rebels, Aaron Neville, Leon Bridges, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbeque Swingers, The Joey Alexander Trio, The Pedrito Martinez Group, Mokoomba of Zimbabwe, Deacon John, Hot 8 Brass Band, The Travelin’ McCourys, James Andrews & the Crescent City Allstars, Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns, Kristin Diable & The City, New Orleans Suspects, DJ Shub, Joe Krown Trio featuring Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Russell Batiste, Jr., Batiste Fathers & Sons, Kathy Taylor and Favor, Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro and Grupo Caury of Cuba, Stephanie Jordan Big Band, Mr. Sipp, Alex McMurray, Rumba Buena, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, Astral Project, Tribute to Blue Lu Barker featuring Meschiya Lake and Quiana Lynell, The Revelers, Leo Jackson & the Melody Clouds, Leroy Jones and New Orleans’ Finest, Helen Gillet, Andrew Duhon Trio, David Harris, The Revealers, Betty Winn & One A-Chord, John Mahoney Big Band, Trumpet Mafia, Alexey Marti, High Performance, Preston Frank and Ed Poullard and Family, Semolian Warriors Mardi Gras Indians, Tommy Sancton’s New Orleans Legacy Band, Josh Kagler featuring Harmonistic Praise Crusade, Kim Carson & the Real Deal, Kumbuka African Drum and Dance Collective, Michael Skinkus and Moyuba, Johnny Sansone, Soul Brass Band, Sequoia Crosswhite, Black Lodge Singers, Jamil Sharif, Kid Simmons’ Local International Allstars, Pocket Aces Brass Band, Palmetto Bug Stompers, One Love Brass Band, Pastor Tyrone Jefferson, The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music Jazz Ensemble, Real Untouchable Brass Band, Go Getters, Big Nine, Ladies of Unity, Keep N It Real, We Are One, and Perfect Gentlemen Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Gospel Inspirations of Boutte, Pastor Jai Reed, Chosen One Brass Band, Millisia White’s New Orleans Baby Doll Ladies, KID smART Student Showcase, Leila Phillips, First Emanuel Baptist Church Mass Choir, Wild Apaches, Black Seminole, Golden Sioux, Black Mohawk, and Black Foot Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, New Wave Brass Band, Theatre on Tap, Young Audiences Performing Arts Showcase…

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

Maroon 5, Usher & The Roots, Alabama Shakes, Jonny Lang, Amos Lee, Jon Batiste and Stay Human, Rebirth Brass Band, Jon Cleary, JohnnySwim, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Honey Island Swamp Band, Cyril Neville & SwampFunk, Charmaine Neville Band, The Jazz Epistles featuring Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya and Hugh Masekela, Deitrick Haddon, The Pedrito Martinez Group, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience, Marc Broussard, Lost Bayou Ramblers, New Breed Brass Band, Kenny Neal and the Baton Rouge Blues Revue, Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, Delfeayo Marsalis presents the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Telmary y Habana Sana, Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro, Conga Los Hoyos, and Grupo Caury of Cuba, Pat McLaughlin’s New Orleans Outfit, A Tribute to Pete Fountain featuring Tim Laughlin, Evan Christopher, Wendell Brunious, Banu Gibson, and Izzy Harrell, Stanton Moore, New Birth Brass Band, Gregg Stafford’s Jazz Hounds, Corey Henry & Treme Funktet, Treme Brass Band, Nigel Hall, Javier Gutierrez & Vivaz!, Storyville Stompers Brass Band, Travers Geoffray, Zena Moses & Rue Fiya, Brother Tyrone & the Mindbenders, Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, The Southern Sons of Memphis, Jermaine Landrum & Abundant Praise, Dirty Bourbon River Show, The Mulligan Brothers, Sweet Olive String Band, Voices of Peter Claver, Blodie’s Jazz Jam, Connie and Dwight Fitch with the St. Raymond & St. Leo the Great Choir, Ray Abshire Cajun Band, Young Guardians of the Flame, The Last Straws, Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble, Caesar Brothers FunkBox, Comanche Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, E’Dana & Divinely Destin, Loyola University Jazz Ensemble, Johnette Downing and Scott Billington, Black Lodge Singers, Xavier University Jazz Ensemble, First Baptist Church of Vacherie Mass Choir, Pastor Douglas Noel & Friendz, Sons of Jazz Brass Band, Nine Times, Single Ladies, Single Men, Dumaine Gang, Divine Ladies, and Family Ties Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, The Soldiers Brass Band, Washitaw Nation, Wild Mohicans, Creole Osceolas, Seminoles, and Ninth Ward Black Hatchet Mardi Gras Indians, Muggivan School of Irish Dance, Uptown Swingers Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Grey Seal Puppets, Ashé Cultural Arts Center Kuumba Institute, Crescent City Lights Youth Theater…

SUNDAY, APRIL 30

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Lorde, Pitbull, George Benson, Dr. John, Elle King, Gente de Zona, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Chocolate Milk, Chris Owens, Boyfriend, The Mavericks, Little Freddie King Blues Band, Magnificent 7 with Dave Malone, John Papa Gros, Tommy Malone, Mark Mullins, Robert Mercurio, Raymond Weber, and Michael Skinkus, Mia Borders, Glen David Andrews and the Treme Choir, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians, Lakou Mizik of Haiti, The New Orleans Hip Hop Experience ft. Sqad Up, Denisia, Roca B and T-Ray The Violinist and Dreams 2 Reality, The Clark Sisters, John Boutté, Joe Louis Walker, Lil’ Buck Sinegal Blues Band with special guest Barbara Lynn, Flow Tribe, CC Adcock + The Lafayette Marquis, Lil’ Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers, James Rivers Movement, Pine Leaf Boys, Midnite Disturbers, The Bucktown Allstars 25th Anniversary, The New Orleans Groove Masters featuring Herlin Riley, Shannon Powell, and Jason Marsalis, Ed Volker’s Quintet Narcosis, Luther Kent & Trickbag, Telmary y Habana Sana, Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro, Conga Los Hoyos, and Grupo Caury of Cuba, Higher Heights Reggae, Tin Men, The PresHall Brass, A Tribute to Jo “Cool” Davis with Cordell Chambliss and the Gospel All-Star Band featuring Barbara Shorts, Charles Moore, Robert Pate and more, Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson Quartet, Big Chief Kevin Goodman & The Flaming Arrows Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleans Spiritualettes, New Orleans Jazz Vipers, Stoop Kids, Julio y Cesar Band, Naydja Cojoe, New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra, Mark Braud’s New Orleans Jazz Giants, Young Pinstripe Brass Band, Val & Love Alive Mass Choir, Lyle Henderson and Emmanu-EL, Walter Mouton & the Scott Playboys, Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band, Big Steppers, Untouchables, Furious Five, Young Men Olympia Aid, New Look, and First Division Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Palm Court Jazz Allstars with Sammy Rimington, Audrey Ferguson & Voices of Distinction, Craig Adams & Higher Dimensions of Praise, Black Lodge Singers, Square Dance with Lost in the Holler, Curtis Pierre and The Samba Kids, NOCCA Jazz Ensemble, Tornado Brass Band, Monogram Hunters, Ninth Ward Hunters, Shining Star Hunters, Young Seminole Hunters, and Black Feathers Mardi Gras Indians, Da Knockaz Brass Band, Javier’s Dance Company, Omosede Children’s Dance Theatre, Versailles Lion Dance Team, Di Filippo Marionettes…

THURSDAY, MAY 4

Widespread Panic, Darius Rucker, Corinne Bailey Rae, Tower of Power, Herb Alpert & Lani Hall, A Salute to Louis Armstrong featuring Hugh Masekela and Dr. Michael White, Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, Erica Campbell of Mary Mary, Lee Konitz Quartet, Marcia Ball, George Porter, Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners, Big Chief Donald Harrison, Wayne Toups, C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars featuring Tab Benoit, Anders Osborne, Waylon Thibodeaux, Johnny Sansone, George Porter, Jr. and Johnny Vidacovich, Pedrito Martinez and the Rumba, Changüí Guantánamo, and Conga Los Hoyos of Cuba, Eddie Cotton & the Mississippi Cotton Club, Eric Lindell, The Iguanas, Cedric Burnside Project, Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show, Dale Watson and His Lone Stars, Irvin Mayfield, Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, Torkestra: The Great American Songbook featuring Germaine Bazzle, Kermit Ruffins, Clint Johnson, and more, Roots of Music Marching Crusaders, Cha Wa, Henry Gray, Quiana Lynell and the Lush Life Band, E.L.S., The Jones Sisters, Carsie Blanton, Tom McDermott & Friends, Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band, Charlie Gabriel & Friends, Shaun Ward Xperience, Yvette Landry, Papo y Son Mandao, 101 Runners, Egg Yolk Jubilee, Muevelo featuring Margie Perez, Big Chief Bird and the Young Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Jr. Hebert & the Maurice Playboys, New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Free Agents Brass Band, Dukes of Dixieland, Jesse McBride Big Band, Bamboula 2000, The Robert Pate Project, OperaCréole, Coot, Doyle Cooper Jazz Band, Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders with Butch Thompson, Chris Clifton & His Allstars, The Swing Setters, Southern University Baton Rouge Jazzy Jags, Dillard University’s VisionQuest Gospel Choir, Native Nations Intertribal, Kamau & Spirit of the Drum, Paulin Brothers Brass Band, McDonogh 35 High School Gospel Choir, Eleanor McMain Singing Mustangs, Lake Area High School “Singing Leopards”, Revolution, Men Buckjumpers, Sudan, VIP Ladies, Men of Class Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Free Spirits Brass Band, Cheyenne and 7th Ward Creole Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Sporty’s Brass Band, Landry Walker Charter High School Choir, Beloit Memorial Jazz Orchestra, ISL Circus Arts Kids, Young Audiences African Dance and Drum Ensemble, Secondline Jammers Social Aid & Pleasure Club, GrayHawk presents Native American Lore…

FRIDAY, MAY 5

Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, Earth, Wind & Fire, Wilco, Rhiannon Giddens, Boney James, The Revivalists, Margo Price, Anders Osborne, Sonny Landreth, Davell Crawford, Lake Street Dive, William Bell, Bonerama, New Orleans R&B Divas featuring The Dixie Cups, Jean Knight, and Wanda Rouzan, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas, Sweet Crude, Terence Blanchard featuring The E-Collective, Gregg Martinez & the Delta Kings’ Swamp Pop Revue feat. GG Shinn, T.K. Hulin & Tommy McLain, PJ Morton, Pedrito Martinez and the Rumba, Adonis y Osain del Monte, Changüí Guantánamo, and Los Hoyos of Cuba, Jason Marsalis, Leyla McCalla, Paul Porter, Alia Shawkat and James Williams with the New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Traditional Jass Band, Naughty Professor, Motel Radio, Germaine Bazzle, Tim Laughlin, The Deslondes, The New Orleans Guitar Masters with Cranston Clements, Jimmy Robinson, and John Rankin, CoolNasty ft. Assata Jones and Ray Wimley, Tyler Kinchen & The Right Pieces, Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory, The Ron Holloway Band, Herbert McCarver & the Pin Stripe Brass Band, New Orleans Gospel Soul Children, Wendell Brunious & the New Orleans Allstars, Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans, White Cloud Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Feufollet, Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole, Tonia Scott & Anointed Voices, Sweet Cecilia, Lars Edegran & the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, Nineveh Baptist Church Mass Choir, Major Handy and the Louisiana Blues Band, Mariachi Jalisco US, Shades of Praise: New Orleans Interracial Gospel Choir, Zulu Ensemble, King James & the Special Men, Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, 79rs Gang, Ivoire Spectacle featuring Seguenon Kone, Native Nations Intertribal, University of New Orleans Jazz All Stars, Louis Ford & His Flairs, High Steppers Brass Band, Chiko & Rogerio and puppeteer César Leite of Brazil, The Bester Gospel Singers, The Smooth Family Gospel Singers of Slidell, Mount Hermon Baptist Church Praise Delegation Choir, New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Rhythm Section, Kat Walker Jazz Band, David Batiste Sr. and the ReNEW Schools Turnaround Arts Choir, 21st Century Brass Band, Scene Boosters, Lady & Men Rollers, Original Four and Original Big Seven Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Algiers Warriors, Young Cherokee, and Golden Comanche Mardi Gras Indians, Adella Adella the Storyteller, Donald Lewis, David & Roselyn, New Generation Brass Band…

SATURDAY, MAY 6

Stevie Wonder, Snoop Dogg, Meghan Trainor, Irma Thomas, Los Van Van, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, The Lone Bellow, Big Freedia, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Richard Smallwood & Vision, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, The Soul Rebels, Tank and The Bangas, Henry Butler’s Jambalaya Band, Royal Teeth, John Mooney & Bluesiana, Glen David Andrews Band, SFJAZZ Collective Plays the Music of Miles Davis, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters, Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys, Kenny Barron Trio, A Tribute to Buckwheat Zydeco featuring Nathan Williams, C.J. Chenier, Corey Ledet and the Ils Sont Partis Band, Judith Owen & Krewe de Jude, Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band featuring Thais Clark, Bo Dollis, Jr. & the Wild Magnolias, Original Pinettes Brass Band, Pedrito Martinez and the Rumba, Adonis y Osain del Monte, Septeto Santiaguero, Changüí Guantánamo, and Conga Los Hoyos of Cuba, Savoy Family Cajun Band, The Batture Boys, Cynthia Sayer Hot Jazz Quartet, Jeremy Davenport, Maggie Koerner, Debbie Davis & the Mesmerizers, Tonya Boyd-Cannon, Lisa Amos, Leah Chase, Lawrence Sieberth’s Estrella Banda, Fi Yi Yi & the Mandingo Warriors, Panorama Jazz Band, Miss Sophie Lee & The Parish Suites, Willie Sugarcapps, Johnson Extension, Topsy Chapman & Solid Harmony, Grupo Sensación NOLA, J. Monque’D & Lil’ Creole Wild West, Trout Fishing in America, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Andrew Hall‘s Society Brass Band, Gregory Agid Quartet, Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys, Kinfolk Brass Band, Archdiocese of New Orleans Gospel Choir, Kim Che’re, 610 Stompers, Andre’ Simmons-Franklin, Native Nations Intertribal, The Wimberly Family, Smitty Dee’s Brass Band, DJ Raj Smoove, Anya Hollingsworth and ARTS, Pastor Terry Gullage & the Greater Mount Calvary Voices of Redemption, Arthur and Friends Community Choir, Da Truth Brass Band, Westbank Steppers, Nine Time Ladies, Valley of Silent Men, Pigeon Town Steppers, and Undefeated Divas and Gents Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Wild Red Flame, Uptown Warriors, Young Brave Hunters, Big Chief Trouble & Trouble Nation, and Mohawk Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, New Generation Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Rising Dragon Lion Dance Team, RRAAMS…

SUNDAY, MAY 7

Kings of Leon, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Patti LaBelle, The Meters, Buddy Guy, Blues Traveler, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Chucho Valdés Quintet, Dawes, Galactic, Tab Benoit, Cowboy Mouth, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, Kermit Ruffins’ Tribute to Louis Armstrong, Nicholas Payton & Afro Caribbean Mixtape, New Orleans Classic R&B Revue featuring Clarence “Frogman” Henry, Al “Carnival Time” Johnson, and Robert Parker with the Bobby Cure Band, Ellis Marsalis, Roddie Romero & the Hub City Allstars, The Gospel Soul of Irma Thomas, Adonis y Osain del Monte, Septeto Santiaguero, Changüí Guantánamo, and Daymé Arocena of Cuba, Creole String Beans, New Orleans Klezmer Allstars 25th Anniversary with special guests Henry Butler, Frank London, and more, Tucka, The Zion Harmonizers, George French & the New Orleans Storyville Jazz Band, Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders, Greg Stafford’s Young Tuxedo Brass Band, Bill Summers’ Jazalsa, Deak Harp, Big Chief Juan & Jockimo’s Groove, Jambalaya Cajun Band with special guest D.L. Menard, Orange Kellin’s New Orleans DeLuxe Orchestra, Bobby Lounge, Jonathon “Boogie” Long, Stooges Brass Band, Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band, Luke Winslow King, Sarah Quintana & the Miss River Band, Erica Falls, Jamison Ross, Robin Barnes – New Orleans’ Songbird, AsheSon, Khari Allen Lee & the New Creative Collective, The Electrifying Crown Seekers, Jonte Landrum and the Gentlemen, Seva Venet’s New Orleans Banjo, Kenny Bill Stinson & the Ark-La-Mystics, Hardhead Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, DJ Captain Charles, Dr. Brice Miller & the Mahogany Brass Band, The Rocks of Harmony, St. Joseph the Worker Music Ministry, Buffalo Hunters, Wild Tchoupitoulas, and Wild Squatoulas Mardi Gras Indians, The Don “Moose” Jamison Heritage School of Music Band, Native Nations Intertribal, TBC Brass Band, Tyrone Foster & the Arc Singers, Franklin Avenue Music Ministry, Stephen Foster’s Foster Family Music Program, Young Magnolias and Apache Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Culu Children’s Traditional African Drum & Dance Ensemble, Capoeira New Orleans, Royal Boys Choir, Young Fellaz Brass Band, Prince of Wales, Original Lady Buckjumpers, Original CTC Steppers, and Ole & Nu Style Fellas Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, Baby Boyz Brass Band, Lady Jetsetters Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Hobgoblin Hill Puppets, Kai Knight’s Silhouette Dance Ensemble…


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I'm there!!!

Bluzdude wrote on Jan 27^th, 2017 at 8:39pm:


PM for you !

REBIRTH BRASS BAND

on Saturday, April 29

ANDERS OSBORNE

on Thursday, May 4 and Friday, May 5 (never seen anyone listed twice before)

JOHNNY SANSONE

on Thursady, May 4

TIN MEN

on Sunday, April 30

Sucky weather today in NOLA.

Bluzdude gettin' to see Tom Petty, though. Might have some mud on his shoes. 

sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 3^rd, 2017 at 8:39pm:


BD prolly somewhere around Clarksdale by now. Dude really is the Bluz.