Nearly 19.1 million visitors came to New Orleans in 2024, the second-highest number in the city's history, according to a new ...

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 later ...

During the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Better Than Ezra sold out the 2,200-capacity Fillmore for a celebration ...

Jonathan Mayers, Bonnaroo's co-founder, is dead. The Superfly co-founder was also a force behind Outside Lands, Clusterfest ...

Jonathan Mayers, a concert promoter who co-founded the music festivals Bonnaroo and helped create Outside Lands as a ...

Louisiana-born and Juilliard-educated, Batiste hails from a family revered as a musical dynasty in the New Orleans ... Jazz Museum Lifetime Achievement Award and was included in Time magazine's ...

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue with special guest Southern Avenue will perform at the Ulster Performing Arts Center on ...

Mayers’ flagship events helped usher in the modern era of American music festivals. No cause of death was given.

The founder of the Black Archives of Mid-America brought Juneteenth to Kansas City in 1980. This year's celebrations include ...

Batiste hails from a family revered as a musical dynasty in the New Orleans area, having spawned numerous notable musicians including his uncle, celebrated jazz drummer Lionel Batiste. Batiste ...

To make sure New Orleans continues to live up to its fame as the birthplace of jazz, one organization there ... now he plays with them in parades and festivals all around the city.

A campaign to put pressure on Gulf Coast restaurants and festivals has ruffled feathers and made headlines. But it's a small ...