The 2015 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival’s lineup has been released, and I must say it will be very hard to decipher which days you want to attend — they’re all amazing! When I received this, my heart palpitated. Brace yourselves and check out the day-by-day performance list below with some of my faves highlighted.
FRIDAY, APRIL 24 KEITH URBAN, HOZIER, BUTLER, BERNSTEIN & THE HOT 9, ROYAL TEETH, BRASS-A-HOLICS, HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND, LOUIS PRIMA, JR & THE WITNESSES, GOING HOME TO GOSPEL WITH DAVELL CRAWFORD,EARPHUNK, NEW BIRTH BRASS BAND, MIA BORDERS, LIL’ NATHAN & THE ZYDECO BIG TIMERS, BIG NINE, N. O. HIP HOP EXPERIENCE – DJ JUBILEE FT. PARTNERS-N-CRIME, KEEDY BLACK, DJ MIKE SWIFT, JIMI CLEVER, T-RAY THE VIOLINIST, AND DOBAMA, JOHN MICHAEL BRADFORD, THE REVELERS + MORE
SATURDAY, APRIL 25 THE WHO, JOHN LEGEND, RYAN ADAMS, JUVENILE AND MANNIE FRESH TOGETHER, IVAN NEVILLE’S DUMPSTAPHUNK WITH SPECIAL GUEST ART NEVILLE, JOHN P. KEE & NEW LIFE, THE REVIVALISTS, BIG SAM’S FUNKY NATION, LUKE JAMES, JEREMY DAVENPORT, ELLIS MARSALIS, TANK AND THE BANGAS, ROBIN BARNES, TONY HALL & THE NEW ORLEANS SOULS STARS’ TRIBUTE TO JAMES BROWN, TBC BRASS BAND, CORY “CAESAR” RICKS+ MORE
SUNDAY, APRIL 26
JIMMY BUFFETT AND THE CORAL REEFER BAND, TONY BENNETT AND LADY GAGA, PITBULL, ALLEN TOUSSAINT, SHIRLEY CAESAR, REBIRTH BRASS BAND, COWBOY MOUTH, JON CLEARY & THE ABSOLUTE MONSTER GENTLEMEN, JAMES ANDREWS & THE CRESCENT CITY ALLSTARS, C.J. CHENIER & THE RED HOT LOUISIANA BAND, THE ZION HARMONIZERS, HOT 8 BRASS BAND, FLOW TRIBE, LEAH CHASE, KEVIN STYLEZ, DJ RAJ SMOOVE + MORE
THURSDAY, APRIL 30
WIDESPREAD PANIC, THIRD WORLD, CYRIL NEVILLE, BONERAMA, AMANDA SHAW & THE CUTE GUYS, KIERRA SHEARD, SHAMARR ALLEN & THE UNDERDAWGS, TRIBUTE TO LIONEL FERBOS FEAT. THE PALM COURT JAZZ BAND & FRIENDS, THE PFISTER SISTERS, TONYA BOYD-CANNON & THE CRIEUX, FREE AGENTS BRASS BAND, KELLY LOVE JONES, THE JONES SISTERS, SWEET CECILIA, + MORE
FRIDAY, MAY 1
NO DOUBT, CHICAGO, ANTHONY HAMILTON, GALACTIC FEATURING MACY GRAY, THE DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND, PALOMA FAITH, ESTELLE, THE GOSPEL SOUL OF IRMA THOMAS, MARC BROUSSARD, CHARMAINE NEVILLE BAND, CONNIE AND DWIGHT FITCH WITH THE ST. RAYMOND & ST. LEO THE GREAT GOSPEL CHOIR, ERICA FALLS, THE HONORABLE SOUTH, NEW ORLEANS GOSPEL SOUL CHILDREN, THE RAYMOND A. MYLES SINGERS + MORE
SATURDAY, MAY 2
ELTON JOHN, ED SHEERAN, T.I., JERRY LEE LEWIS, AARON NEVILLE, PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND, KERMIT RUFFINS & THE BBQ SWINGERS, BIG FREEDIA “QUEEN OF BOUNCE”, MARCIA BALL, VINTAGE TROUBLE, PASTOR MARVIN SAPP, NEW ORLEANS CLASSIC R&B DIVAS FEAT. THE DIXIE CUPS, WANDA ROUZAN, AND JEAN KNIGHT, DEE-1, DAVELL CRAWFORD PRESENTS “TO FATS WITH LOVE”, THE TERENCE BLANCHARD E-COLLECTIVE, THE SOUL REBELS, ORIGINAL PINETTES BRASS BAND, KHRIS ROYAL AND DARK MATTER, COREY LEDET & HIS ZYDECO BAND, JERMAINE LANDRUM & ABUNDANT PRAISE REVIVAL CHOIR + MORE
SUNDAY, MAY 3 THE O’JAYS, BUDDY GUY, TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE, MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY, THE METERS FEAT. ART NEVILLE, LEO NOCENTELLI, GEORGE PORTER, JR., THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, KERMIT RUFFINS’ TRIBUTE TO LOUIS ARMSTRONG, TAB BENOIT, ANDERS OSBORNE, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG BAND WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DIANNE REEVES AND JEFFREY OSBORNE, DEACON JOHN, GLEN DAVID ANDREWS, ORIGINAL LADY BUCKJUMPERS AND PRINCE OF WALES SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUBS, STOOGES BRASS BAND, DJ CAPTAIN CHARLES + MORE