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 New Orleans Jazz Museum hosts Nola Funk Fest 2024, where New Orleans premier funk artists gather at the Jazz Museum for a 3 Day festival full of Big Easy culture, delicious food, and amazing musical acts.
Nola Funk Fest is the coming out party for The Louisiana Music & Heritage Experience, a museum of grand scale dedicated to the preservation of Louisiana’s rich musical history. This festival features programming giving attendees a taste of what the museum will offer. The festival will feature an exhibit titled Shake Your Hips: Louisiana Blues, which will be housed at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. Festival programming will also include two symposiums where oral histories, flavored by musical performances, will highlight the evolution of Blues and Jazz into R&B, Rock and Roll, and Funk.
To top off the programming, 21 of the City’s best local funk acts will be performing for 3 days across two stages.
Music Schedule for Friday, October 18th
1-2pm: Russell Batiste Memorial Second Line ft. The Original Pinettes Brass Band & The Baby Dolls
2-3pm: Soul Project
3-4pm: New Orleans Nightcrawlers
4-5pm: Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet
5-6pm: Eddie Roberts & The Lucky Strokes
6-7pm: The New Orleans Suspects with The Dirty Dozen Horns
7-8pm: George Porter Jr. & Runnin' Pardners
8-9:30pm: Big Freedia
Tickets Start at $40 GA ($20 Student)
For more information please visit nolafunkfest.com
