New Orleans Jazz Museum
Located at the foot of Esplanade Avenue, the New Orleans Jazz Museum, located in the Old U.S. Mint, is a national historic landmark that is part of the Louisiana State Museum system.
The New Orleans Jazz Museum is strategically located at the intersection of the city’s French Quarter and the Frenchmen Street live music corridor. The Museum celebrates the history of jazz, in all its forms, through dynamic interactive exhibits, multigenerational educational programming, research facilities, and engaging musical performances. For further details, visit NOLAjazzmuseum.org.
You can hear great music from some of New Orleans’ best contemporary artists in the state-of-the-art performance venue on the New Orleans Jazz Museum’s third floor. The Museum uses the space for evening programs, solo and small group concerts and special events while the New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park offers daily live music programs for local residents and visitors to the Museum. Learn more and find a calendar of events at MusicAtTheMint.org
Upcoming Shows
The 2010 Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation in partnership with The French Market's Creole Tomato Festival and the Louisiana Seafood Festival, lands in New Orleans at the Old U.S. Mint on June 11-13.
This year's music headliner is 2010 Grammy Winner Buckwheat Zydeco, and there'll be two stages featuring performances by: Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, the Lost Bayou Ramblers, Les Freres Michot, Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, Bruce Daigrepont, Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers and many more.
» Check out the complete Cajun-Zydeco Festival schedule
» Read more about the French Market Creole Tomato Fest
WWOZ will be broadcasting live from the event — stay tuned to this page for updates, and rendez-vous with us on air or online for this signature Louisiana event!
Live Broadcast Schedule
Sunday, June 13
10:45 a.m. Dikki Du & the Zydeco Krewe
1:00 p.m. Lil' Malcolm & the House Rockers
3:15 p.m. Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band
5:30 p.m. Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience