tof

Now begins the decision about what day(s) we want to attend. The event spans two four-day weekends. Every day features literally dozens of acts, some known and revered in New Orleans and many known world wide. To make matters more complicated, two top acts may overlap on the schedule, playing two of the four main stages. (There are another 10 or so smaller stages/venues, all inside the New Orleans Fairgrounds horse racing track)

Here are some of the more well known acts. You can see them all here: Jazz Fest Lineup

If you could only go one day, which day would that be?

Thursday, April 25
Earth, Wind & Fire
The Doobie Brothers
Taj Mahal
Pride of Zulu (South Africa)

Friday, April 26
Santana
Jimmy Cliff
Le Vent du Nord (Canada)

Saturday, April 27
Katy Perry
Logic
Boz Scaggs
Better than Ezra
Dobet Gnahore' (Ivory Coast)

Sunday, April 28
Van Morrison
Al Green
J Balvin
Bonnie Raitt
Irma Thomas
The O'Jays
Indigo Girls
Mdou Moctar (Niger)

Thursday, May 2
The Rolling Stones
Tom Jones
Ziggy Marley
Mavis Staples
Cowboy Mouth
3L Ifede' (Benin)

Friday, May 3
Gladys Knight
Los Lobos
Chris Stapleton
Northern Cree (Canada)

Saturday, May 4
Dave Mathews Band
Pit Bull
Aaron Neville
Chris Owens
Jupiter Okwess (Dem. Rep. of the Congo)

Sunday, May 5
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band
Trombone Shorty with several Neville brothers
John Fogerty
Chaka Khan
Herbie Hancock
Little Feat
Buddy Guy
The Radiators
Boukman Eksperyans (Haiti)

Zippy

Wow, tough call, Sun 28, and May3-May5 would be my choices for headliners. Two folks I don't see "in the headliners", but I would think would be there Terrence Simian, and Big Sam's Funky Nation, would be on my short list of try to find in town, oh almost forgot, Bonerama is another one of my NO favorites.

Have fun planning this one.

dlq04

Tom Jones - really? I figured he was 6' under.

tof

I thought the same about Jerry Lee Lewis, but he is still touring. He is on the main list of featured performers but not on any of the daily schedules that I could find. Same for Bob Seger and the SBB and a couple other big names. But hour-by-hour schedules have not been released yet. I expect some scheduling details are still being worked out. Tom Jones and Pit Bull at the same event. Definitely something for everybody.

Conedodger

Sunday, May 5
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band
Trombone Shorty with several Neville brothers
John Fogerty
Chaka Khan
Herbie Hancock
Little Feat
Buddy Guy
The Radiators
Boukman Eksperyans (Haiti)

MsPerky

I've seen about nine of those acts. Saw Tom Jones a few years ago. He was fantastic.

tof

Fantastic, perhaps. But Not Unusual.

MsPerky

jukngene

Those are some dynamite acts from which to choose. Glad I don't have to make those decisions!

S2KRAY

He can still bring it. Now women throw their depends on his stage instead of their panties.