New Orleans Jazz Fest 2015

The 47th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is held during the day, between the hours of 11am and 7pm, at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. Each year, it is held on the last weekend of April (Friday 24th - Sunday 26th) and the first weekend of May (Thursday 30th - Sunday 3rd).

Line-up

Acts confirmed across 12 stages include The Who, Elton John, No Doubt, Widespread Panic, Keith Urban, Jimmy Buffett, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, Wilco, Ryan Adams, Pitbull, Chicago, Paloma Faith, Estelle, Gurrumul, T.I. Jerry Lee Lewis, Steve Winwood, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Cliff, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Allen Toussaint, Sturgill Simpson, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, the Meters, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Hozier, Galactic with guest Macy Gray, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Juvenile and Mannie Fresh Together, Taj Mahal and many more including the Sunday, 3rd May headliner.

See bottom of this page for full line-up listing.

Tickets

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Advance adult ticket is priced at $58 for either weekend one or two.
Gate Price: $70
(each ticket valid for any single day of the weekend)
Child’s ticket: $5 (available at the gate only, ages 2 – 10, adult must be present with child)

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Full line-up

WEEK 1

Friday: Keith Urban, Wilco, Jimmy Cliff, Hozier, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Nicholas Payton, Butler Bernstein & The Hot 9, Wayne Toups, Snarky Puppy, Lágbájá, La Santa Cecilia, Jimmie Vaughan & Tilt A Whirl Band feat. Lou Ann Barton, Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, Royal Teeth, Brass-A-Holics, Honey Island Swamp Band, Louis Prima Jr. & the Witnesses, Going Home to Gospel with Davell Crawford, Kent Jordan, Earphunk, New Birth Brass Band, Mia Borders, Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie, Lil' Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers, Lars Edegran & the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, The Larry Garner Blues Band, Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, Kenny Neal, Leo Jackson & the Melody Clouds, Grayson Capps, Paul Sanchez & Minimum Rage, Jonathon “Boogie” Long, Mark Braud’s New Orleans Jazz Giants, Johnny Sansone, The Rayo Brothers, Semolian Warriors Mardi Gras Indians, Jamil Sharif, The Irvin Mayfield School of Music Ambassadors, The Blues Masters feat. 'Big Al' Carson, Alexey Marti, Real Untouchable Brass Band, The New John Robichaux Society Orchestra feat. Wendell Brunious and Tom Hook, Big Nine, Go Getters, Ladies of Unity, Bishop Sean T. Elder & the Mount Hermon Baptist Church Mass Choir, N. O. Hip Hop Experience, Tom McDermott & Friends, John Michael Bradford, The Revelers, Kid Simmons' Local International Allstars, Pastor Terry Gullage & the Greater Mt. Calvary Voices of Redemption, New Wave Brass Band, Tonia Scott & the Anointed Voices, Collage 3, Sean Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band, Native Nations Intertribal Folk Life Village Pow Wows, The Bester Singers and The Dynamic Smooth Family Singers, Kumbuka African Dance & Drum Collective, Grayhawk presents Native American Lore & Tales, Young Audiences Brass Band Throwdown, The Caesar Brothers FunkBox,  The Gospel Inspirations of Boutte, Calliope Puppets, Encore Academy, Miss Claudia - Delicious!, Keep N It Real, and We Are One.

Saturday: The Who, John Legend, Ryan Adams, Robert Cray, Juvenile & Mannie Fresh Together, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk with guest Art Neville, Shovels & Rope, Cassandra Wilson Coming Forth By Day: A Celebration of Billie Holiday, John P. Kee and New Life, Kenny Garrett, The Revivalists, Vieux Farka Toure, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Sonny Landreth, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, GIVERS, Luke James, Joe Krown Trio featuring Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste Jr., Jeremy Davenport, Ellis Marsalis, Big Chief Walter Cook & The Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians, Raw Oyster Cult, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Jewel Brown with Gregg Stafford’s Jazz Hounds, Kid Chocolate’s Onward Brass Band, Terry "Harmonica" Bean, New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, Tommy Malone, Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band, New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra, Tank and The Bangas, Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys, Tyronne Foster & the Arc Singers, Banu Gibson with NOCCA and NOTJC guests, Coyotes, Robin Barnes, Calvin Johnson, Tony Hall & the New Orleans Souls Stars' Tribute to James Brown, The Wee Trio featuring James Westfall, Warren Storm - Willie Tee & Cypress, John Rankin & Friends, Dr. Brice Miller & Mahogany Brass Band, 101 Runners, John Lisi and Delta Funk, The New Orleans Black Chorale - Tribute to Moses Hogan, Sweet Crude, Curtis Pierre & the Samba Kids, Alexis Spight, Pocket Aces Brass Band, AsheSon, Cory "Caesar" Ricks, Favor, Divine Ladies, Dumaine Gang, Family Ties, First Emanuel Baptist Church Mass Choir, Smitty Dee's Brass Band, Audrey Ferguson and The Voices of Distinction, Richard Comeaux Pedal Steel with The River Rats, Julio y Cesar Band, Mark Brooks & Friends with guest Barbara Shorts, N. O. Quarter Shanty Krewe, Voices of Peter Claver, Young Band Nation Blues Project, Native Nations Intertribal Folk Life Village Pow Wows, Resurrection Baptist Church Choir of Schertz, NOCCA presents Carnival of the Animals, Kai Knight's Silhouette Dance Ensemble, Single Ladies, Single Men, Nine Times, Uptown Swingers, Di Filippo Marionette, and Rising Dragon Lion Dance Team.

Sunday: Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, Pitbull, Allen Toussaint, Delbert McClinton, Irma Thomas, Angelique Kidjo, Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Shirley Caesar, BWB, Rebirth Brass Band, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton feat. Henry Butler, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet: 40th Anniversary with special guests, Cowboy Mouth, Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, John Mooney & Bluesiana, Carolyn Wonderland, James Andrews & the Crescent City Allstars, C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, The Zion Harmonizers, Little Freddie King Blues Band, The New Orleans Suspects, Kristin Diable, Savoy Family Cajun Band, Creole String Beans, Hot 8 Brass Band, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles, Flow Tribe, Leah Chase, Victor Goines and Faubourg Quartet present Charlie Parker with Strings, Luke Winslow-King, Brass Bed, The Rocks of Harmony, Big Chief Keke and the Comanche Hunters, NOCCA Allstar Alumni Jazz Jam, Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, Jo "Cool" Davis with guest Helen Durieux, The Deslondes, Tim Laughlin, New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings, The Furious Five, Untouchables, Big Steppers, Young Pinstripe Brass Band, Peter Harris, Bill Summers & Jazalsa, Wendell Brunious & the New Orleans Allstars, Rumba Buena, Kevin Stylez, Don "Moose" Jamison Heritage School of Music, Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble, The Last Straws, Tornado Brass Band, Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church Mass Choir, Young Guardians of the Flame, Young Men Olympia Aid, New Look, First Division, Mikayla, OTRA, Kim Che’re, Ray Abshire Cajun Band, Native Nations Intertribal Folk Life Village Pow Wows, Capoeira New Orleans, Judy Stock, Nineveh Baptist Church Mass Choir, OperaCréole, Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre, Franklin Avenue Music Ministry, DJ Raj Smoove, and Adella Adella the Storyteller and the Freeman Brothers.

WEEK 2

Thursday: Widespread Panic, Third World, Alison Krauss & Union Station, The Word, Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials, Cyril Neville, Sturgill Simpson, Bonerama, Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys, Kierra Sheard, Monty Alexander: Harlem-Kingston Express, Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Robert "Bilbo" Walker & the California Dolls, Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys, Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs, Amanda Shires, Eric Lindell, Eagle And Hawk, Meschiya Lake and The Little Big Horns, Stephanie Jordan Big Band, The Iguanas, Roots of Music Marching Crusaders, New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Fi Yi Yi & the Mandingo Warriors, Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole, Yvette Landry Band, TAUK, Higher Heights Reggae Band, Lil' Buck Sinegal Blues Band, Tribute to Lionel Ferbos feat.The Palm Court Jazz Band & Friends, Spencer Bohren & the Whippersnappers, Leroy Jones & The New Orleans-Helsinki Connection, Phillip Manuel swings The Beatles, Ottertrail Native American Dance Troupe, The Pfister Sisters, Paulin Brothers Brass Band, Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys, Second Line Jammers, VIP Ladies, Men Of Class, Tonya Boyd-Cannon & the Crieux, Joe Hall & the Louisiana Cane Cutters, McDonogh #35 High School Gospel Choir, Free Agents Brass Band, Grupo Sensacion, Kelly Love Jones, Idlewild String Confederation, Pat Casey & The New Sound, Young Seminole Hunters, Lyle Henderson & Emmanu-EL, Trumpet Mafia, The Jones Sisters, Sweet Cecilia, Louis Ford & his New Orleans Flairs, Donnell Russell & UPS, Eleanor McMain Singing Mustangs, Ruby and the Rogues, Joseph Torregano Quartet Sons of Jazz Brass Band, Men Buckjumpers, Revolution, Da Knockaz Brass Band, KID smART Showcase, Landry Walker Charter High School Choir, Helen Cox High School Choir, Kalpana the Storyteller, NOCCA presents the History of Second Line, ISL Circus Arts Kids, Square Dance with the Swamp Lilies, and McMain Secondary School Drama Troupe.

Friday: No Doubt, Chicago, Anthony Hamilton, Galactic featuring Macy Gray, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Paloma Faith, Estelle, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Shooter Jennings with Waymore's Outlaws, Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters, Voice of the Wetlands All Stars, Christian Scott, Gurrumul, The Gospel Soul of Irma Thomas, Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue, Marc Broussard, Donald Harrison Jr., Luther Kent & Trickbag, Charmaine Neville Band, PresHall Brass, Sasha Masakowski, Rev. John Wilkins, Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Jarekus Singleton, Orange Kellin's New Orleans DeLuxe Orchestra, James Rivers Movement, Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, Connie & Dwight Fitch with the St. Raymond & St. Leo the Great Gospel Choir, Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans, Gerald French & The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band with Special Guests, Maggie Koerner, Herbert McCarver & Pinstripe Brass Band, White Cloud Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Panorama Jazz Band, Hot Club of New Orleans, Erica Falls, The Honorable South, Roland Guerin, Jesse McBride presents the Next Generation, J. Monque’D Blues Band, Ernie Vincent & the Top Notes, Shades of Praise, Curtis Pierre & Escola de Samba Casa Samba, Jambalaya Cajun Band with special guest D.L. Menard, Bamboula 2000, Patrice Fisher & Arpa with special guests from Brazil, Kyle Roussel, Lady & Men Rollers, Scene Boosters, High Steppers Brass Band, New Orleans Gospel Soul Children, Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners, Tommy Sancton’s New Orleans Legacy Band, The Raymond A. Myles Singers, David & Roselyn, The 4x4 Connection Band, Betty Winn & One A-Chord, Chris Clifton & His Allstars, Zulu Gospel Male Ensemble, Ottertrail Native American Dance Troupe, Donald Lewis, Kat Walker Jazz Combo, New Orleans Youth Buck Jumpers, 21st Century Brass Band, The Sensational Chosen Voices, Big Four and Original Four, Original Big Seven, East Indian performance by Dancescape Studio, and Young Audiences Performing Arts Showcase.

Saturday: Elton John, Ed Sheeran, T. I., Jerry Lee Lewis, Aaron Neville, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Taj Mahal Trio, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Kermit Ruffins & the BBQ Swingers, Big Freedia "Queen of Bounce", Marcia Ball, Vintage Trouble, Pastor Marvin Sapp, New Orleans Classic R&B Divas featuring The Dixie Cups, Wanda Rouzan and Jean Knight, Dee-1, Davell Crawford presents "To Fats with Love" A Tribute to Fats Domino, The Terence Blanchard E-Collective, The Soul Rebels, Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band with Thais Clark, Chris Thomas King, Germaine Bazzle, Gregg Stafford & His Young Tuxedo Brass Band, Henry Gray, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, Astral Project, Roddie Romero & the Hub City Allstars, Andrew Duhon, Original Pinettes Brass Band, Ms. Ruby Wilson’s Tribute to Bessie Smith feat. Brian "Breeze" Cayolle, Colin Lake, Mississippi Rail Company, Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders with Butch Thompson, Cardinal Sons, Ed Volker’s Trio Mollusc, Khris Royal & Dark Matter, TYSSON, Helen Gillet, The Johnson Extension, Watson Memorial Teaching Ministries Choir, Midnite Disturbers, Cha Wa, The Electrifying Crown Seekers, Javier Gutierrez & Vivaz!, Mariachi Jalisco US, Corey Ledet & his Zydeco Band,  Kinfolk Brass Band, Undefeated Divas & Gents, Original Pigeon Town Steppers, Dukes of Dixieland, Young Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Jermaine Landrum & Abundant Praise Revival Choir, Pastor Jai Reed, Woodenhead 40th Anniversary Celebration, Lady Jetsetters, Bonsoir, Catin, Connie Jones & the Crescent City Jazz Band, Larry Sieberth,Archdiocese of New Orleans Gospel Choir, Ottertrail Native American Dance Troupe, The Swing Setters, Stephen Foster’s Foster Family Music Program, The Wimberly Family Gospel Singers, Ashé Cultural Arts Center Kuumba Institute, Westbank Steppers, Nine Time Ladies, Valley of Silent Men, The RRAAMS, Puppet Arts Theatre, and Crescent City Lights Youth Theater.

Sunday: TBA, Steve Winwood, The O'Jays, Kacey Musgraves, Buddy Guy, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, The Meters: Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter, Jr., & Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste, Spirit of Satch: Dr. John interprets Louis Armstrong, the Radiators, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Kermit Ruffins’ Tribute to Louis Armstrong, Buckwheat Zydeco, John Boutté, Tab Benoit, Anders Osborne, Christian McBride Big Band with special guests Dianne Reeves and Jeffrey Osborne, Deacon John, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Walter "Wolfman" Washington & the Roadmasters, George Porter Jr. & Runnin' Pardners, Pine Leaf Boys: Louisiana Music, Big Chief Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias, Glen David Andrews, Ironing Board Sam, Kim Carson & the Real Deal, Jeff Floyd, Jason Marsalis, Treme Brass Band, Feufollet, New Orleans Spiritualettes, Storyville Stompers Brass Band, Original Lady Buckjumpers, Prince of Wales, Stooges Brass Band, Brother Tyrone & the Mindbenders, DJ Captain Charles, Courtney Bryan, NOCCA Allstar Alumni Jazz Jam, Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band, Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders, Palmetto Bug Stompers, Major Handy & the Louisiana Blues Band, Big Chief Juan Pardo & Jockimo’s Groove, St. Joseph the Worker Music Ministry, Fredy Omar con su Banda, Guitar Slim Jr., Tribute to Alvin Batiste featuring Khari Allen & Gregory Agid, The Mulligan Brothers, Little Maker, Bobby Lounge, Topsy Chapman & Solid Harmony, Brandon Moreau and Cajungrass, Big Chief Kevin Goodman & the Flaming Arrows, John Lawrence & Ven Pa’ Ca Flamenco Ensemble, Cynthia Girtley "New Orleans Gospel Diva", The City of Love Music & Worship Arts, Young Fellaz Brass Band, Johnette Downing and Scott Billington, Culu Children's Traditional African Dance Company & Stilt Walkers, Baby Boyz Brass Band, Craig Adams & Higher Dimensions of Praise, Norbert Susemihl's New Orleans All Stars & Wanda Rouzan, Ottertrail Native American Dance Troupe, McTeggart Irish Dancers of Louisiana, Val & Love Alive Mass Choir, E'Dana, Versailles Lion Dance Team, Ole & Nu Style Fellas, New Generation, Original C.T.C Steppers, Javier’s Dance Company presents Across the Border, Hobgoblin Hill Puppets, and Chosen Vessels Dance and Performing Arts

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