Jazz Festing in Place

Pull out your festival shirts, hats, flags, chairs and get ready to celebrate the best of New Orleans music from your backyard, your front porch, or your air-conditioned living room. Starting April 23, WWOZ will broadcast Jazz Festing in Place all eight days for eight hours each day—11am–7pm, the same days and hours as the originally-scheduled Jazz Fest. Tune in April 23–26 and April 30–May 3.

WWOZ has even creating its own special lineup highlighting the schedule which will include some of the best performances in the history of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, including Dr. John, Fats Domino, The Neville Brothers, Irma Thomas, The Meters, Allen Toussaint, Henry Butler, Marcia Ball, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Trombone Shorty, Kermit Ruffins, John Boutte, The Radiators, Big Freedia, Ernie K-Doe, Ellis Marsalis, Danny Barker, The Rebirth Brass Band, Bob French and the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, plus many other jazz, blues, cajun, and zydeco artists. You'll also be able to hear the rarely heard "Fire Benefit" from 1974 featuring Professor Longhair, the Wild Magnolias, and Dr. John. 

The 8-day broadcast will also include interview segments highlighting the music, food, crafts, and heritage of New Orleans and Louisiana to give the feeling of a wide-reaching cultural festival. The station will also be sharing recipes for some of your favorite Jazz Fest cuisine, and also help you connect with local festival food and craft vendors.

To join as a sponsor for this once-in-a-lifetime event, email festinginplace@wwoz.org.

WWOZ would like to give special thanks to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, and the Archive of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. See the lineup at wwoz.org/events/639916.