The New Orleans Jazz &
Heritage Festival, a/k/a Jazz Fest, is a 10-day cultural feast in which
thousands of musicians, cooks and craftspeople welcome 400,000 visitors
each year. The Louisiana Heritage Fair showcases unforgettable music on
multiple stages, delicious Louisiana cuisine in two large food areas,
and crafts artisans from the region and around the world demonstrating
and selling their work. The Louisiana Heritage Fair is held at the Fair
Grounds Race Course over the course of 2 weekends. They are April
25,26,27 & May 1,2,3,4, 2008.
The Fair Grounds Race Course is located at 1751 Gentilly Boulevard, 10
minutes from the French Quarter. Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The Festival celebrates the indigenous music and culture of New Orleans
and Louisiana, so the music encompasses every style associated with the
city and the state: blues, R&B, gospel, Cajun, zydeco,
Afro-Caribbean, folk, Latin, rock, rap, country, bluegrass and
everything in between. And of course there is lots of jazz, both
contemporary and traditional.
Here is the lineup for this year:
Friday, April 25
Buckwheat Zydeco, Sheryl Crow, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Burning
Spear, Ozomatli with Chali 2na, Lizz Wright, Tab Benoit, Anders
Osborne, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Terence Simien & Zydeco
Experience, Leo Nocentelli’s “Rare Gathering” feat. Bernie Worrell,
Doug Wimbish & Will Calhoun, Doyle Bramhall with C.C. Adcock &
the Lafayette Marquis, Ellis Marsalis, Paul Porter of the Legendary
Christianaires, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, Barbara
Lynn, Theresa Andersson Group, Banu Gibson & New Orleans Hot Jazz,
The Iguanas, The New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Twangorama, Bruce
Daigrepont Cajun Band, Zydepunks, Vivaz!, Shamarr Allen, Zion Trinity,
Otra, Kim Carson, Moov of Martinique, Kustbandet of Sweden, Original
Dixieland Jazz Band, Leah Chase, Kumbuka African Drum and Dance
Collective, Rosalie “Lady Tambourine” Washington, Jesse McBride,
Bonsoir Catin, J. Monque’D Blues Band, Bamboula 2000, Paky Saavedra’s
Bandido, Jamil Sharif’s New Orleans Jazz Professors, Voices of
Distinction, Pastor Sean T. Elder & the Mt. Hermon BC Mass Choir,
Creole Wild West and Semolian Warriors Mardi Gras Indians, Joe Hall,
Rufus “Rip” Wimberly & the Dreamers, Brice Kapel of the Togo, Amina
Figarova Group of The Netherlands, Jonno & Bayou Deville, Andrew
Hall’s Society Brass Band, Real Untouchables Brass Band, June Gardner,
Val & Love Alive Fellowship Choir with the Dimensions of Faith,
Teatro Alpargata of Argentina, Family Ties and Big Nine SAPCs, Hazel
& the Delta Ramblers, Smitty Dee’s Brass Band, McDonogh #35 Gospel
Choir, Gregg Martinez, Keep N it Real and Single Ladies SAPCs…
Saturday, April 26
Dr. John, Billy Joel, Keyshia Cole, O.A.R., The Count Basie Orchestra
feat. Patti Austin, Cowboy Mouth, Cupid, James Cotton, Jon Cleary &
the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Trinitee 5:7, Wayne Toups &
Zydecajun, Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters, Harlem
Blues and Jazz Band, The Imagination Movers, Ponderossa Stomp Revue
feat. Tammy Lynn, Archie Bell, Roy Head, and Dennis Binder, Big Jay
McNeely, Warren Storm w/ Willie Tee & the Cypress Band, NewBirth
Brass Band, Astral Project, Davell Crawford Singers, Rosie Ledet &
the Zydeco Playboys, DJ Bomshell, Eddie Bo, Benjy Davis Project, Paul
Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show, Tricia "Teedy" Boutté &
Ytre Suløens Jass-Ensemble of Norway, Mahogany Brass Band,
Germaine Bazzle, Bobby Lounge, Tribute to George Lewis feat. Dr.
Michael White and Tommy Sancton, Tribute to Wilson “Willie Tee” and
Earl Turbinton, Big Chief Peppy & the Golden Arrows, Sonny Bourg,
Big Blue Marble, PJ Morton Band, Hadley Castille, Jeremy & the
Zydeco Hot Boyz, Po’ Henry & Tookie, Rockie Charles & the Stax
of Love, Carol Fran, 101 Runners, The Original Last Straws, Tyronne
Foster & the Arc Singers, Young Tuxedo Brass Band, Berklee College
of Music Jazz Ensemble, Nine Times and Single Men SAPCs, The
Electrifying Crown Seekers, Golden Comanche and Chief Iron Horse &
the Black Seminole Mardi Gras Indians, Xavier Jazz Ensemble, Connie
Jones’ Crescent City Jazz Band, Kayla Woodson with Louisiana Lightning,
NORD Crescent City Lights Youth Theater, First Emmanuel BC Choir, The
Worship Squad, Unstoppable Gospel Creators, NOCCA Jazz Ensemble, The
RRAAMS Drum and Dance, Lady Jetsetters, Dumaine Gang and Divine Ladies
SAPCs, Red White & Blue Mardi Gras Indians…
Sunday, April 27
Irma Thomas, Tim McGraw, Al Green, Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint,
Cassandra Wilson, Delbert McClinton, Del McCoury, Pete Fountain, Byron
Cage with Kim Burrell, Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, Jeremy
Davenport, Rockin’ Dopsie & the Zydeco Twisters, Gal Holiday &
the Honky Tonk Revue, Hot 8 Brass Band, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux &
the Golden Eagles, Roy Young, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Nicholas
Payton, Davell Crawford’s New Orleans R & B Orchestra, Jumpin’
Johnny Sansone's Harmonica Revue, The Throw Back Jamm feat. Joe Blakk,
UNLV, MC T. Tucker, Dolemite, BustDown, and Cheeky Blakk, Rob Wagner
and Hamid Drake, New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, Tim Laughlin, Jo “Cool”
Davis, Mamadou Diabate of Mali, Little Freddie King, Jambalaya, Leroy
Jones, Willis Prudhomme & Zydeco Express, Wilberforce University
Choir, Kenny Bill Stinson, Paulette Wright, Golden Star Hunters Mardi
Gras Indians, Egg Yolk Jubilee, Midnite Disturbers, David Egan, Lars
Edegran’s New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, Furious Five, Untouchables and
Big Steppers SAPCs, UNO Jazz Ensemble, Shades of Praise, Michael Ward,
Paulin Brothers Brass Band, Lionel Ferbos & the Palm Court Jazz
Band, Carrollton Hunters and Flaming Arrows Mardi Gras Indians, Gregg
Stafford’s Jazz Hounds, Nineveh BC Choir, Jeffery Broussard & the
Creole Cowboys, AsheSon, VisionQuest Chorale feat. Maurette Brown
Clark, N’Fungola Sibo West African Dance Company, Percussion Inc.,
Patrice Fisher & Arpa feat. Angel Rios of Honduras, Craig Adams
& Higher Dimensions of Praise, Olympia Aid, New Look and The First
Division SAPCs, Kilts of Many Colours, Percussion Inc., Ninth Ward
Navajo and Cherokee Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Colleen Salley…
Thursday, May 1
Randy Newman, Widespread Panic, Tower of Power, Kermit Ruffins &
the Barbecue Swingers, Bettye LaVette, Gene “Duke of Earl” Chandler,
Deacon John, Donald Harrison, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Ruby Wilson,
Luther Kent & Trickbag, Porter- Batiste-Stoltz, Steve Riley &
the Mamou Playboys, C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band,
Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, The Lee Boys, Fredy Omar con su
Banda, Maurice Brown, Lafayette Rhythm Devils, Kirk Joseph’s Backyard
Groove, Creole Zydeco Farmers, Walter Payton & Filé Gumbo,
Music Makers’ Relief Foundation’s Blues Review featuring Boo Hanks,
Macavine Hayes and Eddie Kirkland, Hot Club of New Orleans, Topsy
Chapman’s Tribute to Dinah Washington, John Ellis feat. Jason Marsalis,
New Orleans Rhythm Conspiracy, Philip Manuel's tribute to Nat King
Cole, Dukes of Dixieland, Dillard University Jazz Ensemble, Ernie
Vincent & the Top Notes, Panorama Jazz Band, Mighty Chariots of
Fire, Kerry Grombacher, Codac, Dizzy, Betsy McGovern & the Poor
Clares, John Lee & the Heralds of Christ, Mark Braud, Joe
Torregano, God’s House Westbank Cathedral Choir, Billy Iuso & the
Restless Natives, The Melody Clouds, TBC Brass Band, Tony Bazley,
Heritage School of Music, Small Souljas Brass Band, The Golden Wings,
Red Hawk and Geronimo Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Culu Children’s
Traditional African Dance Company, Charles Jackson & the Jackson
Travelers, Bon Temp Roulez and VIP Ladies SAPCs, Olayella Daste, David
& Roselyn, Second Mt. Carmel Gospel Choir, Basin Street Sheiks…
Friday, May 2
Art Neville, Stevie Wonder, John Prine, Michael Franti & Spearhead,
Richard Thompson, John Butler Trio, John Hammond, Trombone Shorty &
Orleans Ave., Marva Wright & the BMWs, Terence Blanchard & the
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Papa Grows Funk, Sunpie’s Tribute to
Clifton Chenier, Zigaboo Modeliste, The Jackson Southernaires, The Lee
Boys, Bonerama, The Bad Plus, John Boutté, Soul Rebels, Ingrid
Lucia, Coco Robicheaux & Spiritland, Theryl “Houseman” DeClouet,
Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, Bluerunners, Wanda Rouzan,
Driskill Mountain Boys, Ann Savoy’s Sleepless Knights, New Orleans Jazz
Vipers feat. Sophie Lee, Stoney B & Grampa Elliot, Gina Forsyth
& the Malvinas, Clive Wilson & the New Orleans Serenaders feat.
Butch Thompson, New Wave Brass Band, Tuba Woodshed feat. Matt Perrine
and Kirk Joseph, Belton Richard & the Musical Aces, Eve’s Lucky
Planet, Larry Garner with Henry Gray, Ritmo Caribeño, New
Orleans Jazz Ramblers, Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble, Betty Winn
& One A-Chord, Lyle Henderson & Emmanuel, Kid Simmons’ Local
International Allstars, Pinettes Brass Band, D.L. Menard & the
Louisiana Aces, Legacy – the students of Alvin Batiste, Greater Antioch
Gospel Choir, New Orleans Mardi Gras Rhythm Indian Section, Ebenezer BC
Radio Choir, Loyola University Jazz Ensemble, Casa Samba, The Smooth
Family, Eulenspeigel Puppets of Iowa, Original Big Seven and Original
Four SAPCs, McMain High School Gospel Choir, Fi Yi Yi & the
Mandingo Warriors, New Orleans School of Circus Arts and ISL, Gospel
Inspirations of Boutte, Rosedean Choir of South Africa, Scene Boosters
and Old N Nu Fellas SAPCs…
Saturday, May 3
Marcia Ball, Jimmy Buffett, Diana Krall, Steel Pulse, The Roots, Bobby
McFerrin and Chick Corea, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Bishop Paul S. Morton
Sr. & the Greater St. Stephens Mass Choir, Dirty Dozen Brass Band,
Henry Butler, Aaron Neville’s Gospel Soul, John Mooney & Bluesiana,
the subdudes, New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra, Ruthie Foster,
Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Savoy Center of
Eunice Saturday Cajun Jam, Charmaine Neville, The Dixie Cups, Nathan
& the Zydeco Cha-Chas, James Andrews, Dr. Michael White & the
Original Liberty Jazz Band feat. Thais Clark, Lillian Boutté,
Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, Stephanie Jordan, War Chief
Juan & Young Fire, Pine Leaf Boys, Bionik Brown, Treme Brass Band,
New Orleans Blues Serenaders, Spencer Bohren, Don Vappie & the
Creole Jazz Serenaders, Roddie Romero & the Hub City Allstars, Lil’
Buck Sinegal feat. Rudy Richard, Feufollet, Pinstripe Brass Band,
Storyville Stompers Brass Band, Tribute to Max Roach feat. Herlin
Riley, Jason Marsalis, and Shannon Powell, Tondrae, Chappy, Danza feat.
Evan Christopher and Tom McDermott, Beyond Measure, Lil Nathan &
the Zydeco Big Timers, Rumba Buena, Rocks of Harmony, Guitar Lightnin’
Lee, St. Joseph the Worker Mass Choir, Big Chief Ke Ke & Comanche
Hunters and White Cloud Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Leviticus Gospel
Singers, Tulane University Jazz Ensemble, Secondline Jammers, New
Generation and Undefeated Divas SAPCs, Trouble Nation and Mohawk
Hunters Mardi Gras Hunters, Archdiocese of New Orleans Mass Choir,
Bester Singers, Donald Lewis, Young Guardians of the Flame, Stephen
Foster’s Mid City Workshop Alumni Ensemble, Westbank Steppers, Valley
of the Silent Men and Pigeon Town Steppers SAPCs, Golden Blade and Wild
Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indians…
Sunday, May 4
The Neville Brothers, Santana, Maze feat. Frankie Beverly, The
Raconteurs, Dianne Reeves, Galactic, The Radiators, The Derek Trucks
Band, Keb’ Mo’, Rebirth Brass Band, Sonny Landreth, Snooks Eaglin, John
P. Kee & the New Life Community Choir, Preservation Hall Jazz Band,
Tribute to Mahalia Jackson feat. Irma Thomas, Marva Wright and Rachelle
Richard, Vernel Bagneris: Jelly Roll & Me, Amanda Shaw & the
Cute Guys, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, DJ Captain Charles, Abigail
Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet feat. Bela Fleck, Kenny Neal,
Sherman Washington & the Zion Harmonizers, Bob French & the
Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, Elysian Fieldz, The New Orleans Bingo Show!,
Benny Grunch & the Bunch, Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell
Playboys, Jonathan Batiste, Rotary Downs, George French, Chris Ardoin
& Nu Step, Guitar Slim Jr., Grupo Fantasma, Lost Bayou Ramblers,
Ovi-G & the Froggies, The Revealers, Pfister Sisters, Salvador
Santana Band, William Smith’s Tribute to Kid Sheik, Eddie Boh Paris aka
Chops, SUBR Jazz Ensemble, Chris Clifton, Thelonious Monk Institute of
Jazz Ensemble, New Orleans Spiritualettes, Zulu Male Ensemble, The Jazz
Jam, Tribute to Tuba Fats, Highsteppers Brass Band, Black Eagles,
Hardhead Hunters and Apache Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Lady Rollers
and CTC Steppers SAPCs, Guyland Leday with Family & Friends Zydeco
Band, Young Traditional New Orleans Brass Band, Watson Memorial
Teaching Ministries, Wild Apaches, Young Magnolias and Black Feathers
Mardi Gras Indians, Original Prince of Wales and the Original New
Orleans Lady Buckjumpers SAPCs, Tornado Brass Band, Judy Stock,
Minister Jai Reed…
Ticket Prices
1st Weekend (April 25, 26, 27) Advance adult ticket: $40 through April
24 (each ticket valid for one day only); Gate Price: $50; Child's
ticket: $5 (advance or gate, ages 2 - 11)
2nd Weekend (Thursday, May 1)
Advance adult ticket: $30 through April 30 (valid for Thursday, May 1
only); Gate Price: $40 ; Child's ticket: $5 (advance or gate, ages 2 -
11)
2nd Weekend (May 2, 3, 4)
Advance adult ticket: $40 through April 30 (each ticket valid for one
day only); Gate Price: $50; Child's ticket: $5 (advance or gate, ages 2
- 11)
Big Chief Vip Experience
Premium ticket package includes Festival admission with re-entry
privileges; access to special viewing areas at major Festival stages
and in some tents; access to a VIP Hospitality lounge; special access
to restrooms and beverage concessions; parking, if desired; and more.
Grand Marshal VIP Pass
For the first time, a very limited number of Jazz Fest fans can upgrade
their Festival experience to a pass that allows exclusive access to an
upfront, golden circle viewing environment at the Festival’s three main
stages: The Acura Stage, The Gentilly Stage, and The Congo Square/State
of Louisiana.
The Grand Marshal VIP Pass is designed for the Festivalgoer who wants
the luxury of moving from stage to stage, combined with the thrill of
seeing Jazz Fest’s world-class performers up close.
Tickets may be purchased online at
www.ticketmaster.com or through Ticketmaster outlets.
For more information and a schedule for each day, visit
www.nojazzfest.com.
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