The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has arrived. Festival organizers announced in January that Pearl Jam, Luke Combs and Lil Wayne will headline the 10-day "cultural feast" in New Orleans ...

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, now in its 55th year, takes place from April 24 to May 4 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Many cities have rich jazz histories, but none goes back as far as New Orleans. We asked Wendell Pierce, Courtney Bryan and others what song they would play to get a friend to join the party.

Bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Zigaboo Modeliste played the very first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival in 1970 with their groundbreaking funk band The Meters. More than 50 years ...

YOU KNOW, AND NEW ORLEANS HAS HAD A TON OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSIC WORLD. I MEAN, YOU CAN’T GO ANYWHERE IN THIS CITY AND NOT HEAR SOME JAZZ. SO WE WENT OUT TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY BEHIND IT.

Friends of the Cabildo will host a special screening of rare 16mm film footage from the first-ever New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Wednesday, April 23. The event, part of the ongoing FOC Film ...