The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, often known as Jazz Fest, is an annual celebration of the music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana. Use of the term “Jazz Fest” can also include the days surrounding the Festival and the many shows at unaffiliated New Orleans nightclubs scheduled during the Festival event weekends.
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Allen Toussaint
- Anders Osborne
- Anita Baker
- Aretha Franklin
- Average White Band
- Baaba Maal
- Band of Horses
- Better Than Ezra
- Blind Boys of Alabama
- Blues Traveler
- Bonerama
- Buckwheat Zydeco
- Cowboy Mouth
- Dala
- Darius Rucker
- Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band
- Dirty Dozen Brass Band
- Dr. John
- Drake
- Elvin Bishop
- Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes
- Elvis Perkins in Dearland
- Frankie Beverly
- Galactic
- George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
- Gipsy Kings
- Irma Thomas
- Jeff Beck
- Jonny Lang
- Jose Feliciano
- Juan Luis Guerra Y 440
- Juvenile
- Keely Smith
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- King Sunny Ade & His African Beats
- Kirk Franklin
- Ledisi
- Lionel Richie
- Maze
- My Morning Jacket
- Old Crow Medicine Show
- Pearl Jam
- Pete Fountain
- Richie Havens
- Sam Bush
- Simon and Garfunkel
- Steel Pulse
- Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers
- The Allman Brothers Band
- The Black Crowes
- The Campbell Brothers
- The Dead Weather
- The Four Freshmen
- The Levon Helm Band
- The Neville Brothers
- The Radiators
- Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
- Van Morrison
- Wayne Shorter Quartet
- Widespread Panic
Festival News and Rumors

Dethklok and Run the Jewels Top the Bill for 2022 Adult Swim Festival Block Party
The three-day fest will be staged across multiple venues August 5th-7th in Philadelphia.
Spencer Kaufman May 18, 2022

Music Midtown 2022: Jack White, MCR, Fall Out Boy, and More to Play Atlanta Fest
Alex Young May 17, 2022

Chemical Brothers, M.I.A., Flume, Jamie xx to Play Inaugural Portola Music Festival in San Francisco
Alex Young May 16, 2022

Reunited Sunny Day Real Estate Added to Furnace Fest Lineup
The emo pioneers are making their first live appearances since 2010.
Jon Hadusek May 12, 2022

Riot Fest 2022 Lineup: MCR, Misfits, Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus, Sunny Day Real Estate & More
Carys Anderson May 11, 2022