New Orleans Jazz Festival Tickets

The New Orleans Jazz Festival is one of the oldest music festivals in the United States. The festival can trace its roots back to 1970 and has been held annually ever since. The festival was founded to celebrate the indigenous music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana. The New Orleans Music Festival is often referred to simply as Jazz Fest, but the music includes top artists from a number of different genres. Headlines at New Orleans Jazz Festival include The Who, Elton John, Ed Sheeran, No Doubt, and Pitbull. Jazz Fest is held annually at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is one of the top music festivals in the country. The New Orleans Music Festival consists of 7 days of music, spread out over two weeks. The first weekend includes three days of music, with music picking back up the following Thursday for four more days of music. The New Orleans Jazz Festival is also a showcase for New Orleans famous food, with venders selling po’boys, boil crawfish, alligator sausage, muffulettas, beignets and much more. Score with TicketCity - the place to go for New Orleans Jazz Festival tickets.

The 2017 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival runs April 28 to April 30, and from May 4 to May 7. It’s a ten-day festival famous for its diversity and rich history - thousands of musicians, cooks and craftspeople welcome 400,000 visitors each year. The first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in April of 1970 became a historical event thanks to the unforgettable performance of Mahalia Jackson, often called the greatest gospel singer. While attending the Louisiana Heritage Fair, she saw Eureka Brass Band leading a crowd through the Festival grounds. When George Wein, the producer of the Festival, gave her a microphone, she started to sing along with the band and joined the parade…that’s how the New Orleans Jazz Fest was born.

This year, the Jazz Fest is going to honor New Orleans’ historical connections with Cuba by creating the largest celebration of Cuban culture in the U.S. since the 1950’s - over 150 Cuban artists are invited and most of them will be in the U.S. for the first time!