Festing in Place 2024

Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 11:00am to 7:00pm

Tune in October 24-27 for our annual celebration of the live music of New Orleans and the world beyond!

Once again, in association with  the Archive of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, we share the greatest music from Heaven & Earth! Break out your festival gear, and get ready to celebrate the best of New Orleans music--anywhere in the world!

Today's very approximate times:

11:00 am - Kermit Ruffins' Tribute to Louis Armstrong, Jazz Fest 2024
11:30 am - Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles, French Quarter Fest 2023:
11:55 am - Betty Shirley, Jazz Fest  2024
12:20 pm - Toots & the Maytals, Voodoo Fest 2007
12:55 pm - George French and the New Orleans Storyville Jazz Band, Jazz Fest 2018
1:25 pm - Johnny Sansone, Jazz Fest 2024
1:55 pm - Joe Dyson, Jazz & Heritage Center 2023
2:20 pm - Second Line: Young Pinstripe Brass Band, Jazz Fest 2024
2:40 pm - Headhunters ft Bill Summers, Donald Harrison Jr. and Mike Clark, Jazz Fest 2024
3:15 pm - John "Papa" Gros, French Quarter Fest 2024
3:45 pm - Alex McMurray, Jazz Fest 2024
4:15 pm - Amanda Shaw, French Quarter Fest 2023
4:45 pm - Russell Batiste Jr & Friends, Jazz Fest 2010
5:15 pm - Joy Clark, Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2022
5:45 pm - Dr John, Voodoo Fest 2011

 

 

 

 

Thanks to our Festing in Place 2024 sponsors:

     
       

   

 

 

Additional support provided by our Drum Roll sponsors:

Mike Siegel and Corporate Realty. Proud to be New Orleanians and proud to be Guardians of the Groove!

Doug and Donna Schwab - WWOZ makes us proud to be New Orleanians.

Judge Sidney and Mrs. Ava Cates. Judge Cates is the past president and longtime WWOZ board member who is also a world traveler, music lover and proud Guardian of the Groove!

Bo and Amanda McDonald, Guarding the Groove in South Carolina!

Bob Edmundson, longtime WWOZ board member, past President, and an Original Guardian of the Groove.

Dickie Brennan, lifelong Guardian of the Groove and Founder of the WWOZ Groove Gala!

The Good Food Store & Smoking Good BBQ in Bethel, Maine.

From Penny Warriner, in loving memory of her late husband, Bobby Matthews, an original Guardian of the Groove.

Pam and Gloria Hope Gap Institute

Bob Gibson, owner of The Photography Studio, the premier photography studio on the Oregon coast, is proud to support the important work of WWOZ. Please enjoy this Fall’s “Festing in Place.”

In loving memory of David Freedman who loved WWOZ.

Happy Festing in place from the Longfields! Michael, Jennifer, Daisy and Bonnie!

Jenny and the Bayou Krewe

Rest high on that mountain, Honey! Much love from Maybelle, Louis and the patrons of Killeaux’s on Decatur.

Ginger & Lola, your Chicagoan Ozillians, who remain Guardians of the Groove now & forever.

WWOZ Board Member & Guardian of the Groove, Tara Hernandez loves listening, supporting, and advocating for THE best community radio station, you never disappoint!

Gary Barth in Wisconsin

In honor of The Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2024

From the Gilbertson’s, Thank you, WWOZ, for being a lighthouse on the river broadcasting a funky beacon to guide us through the fog of the day!

Alyssa and Zack at Undergrowth Coffee, 4332 Magazine St… Keeping Coffee Pure.

And... Lady Giff!

Bruce and Ellie Wainer. Bruce is a longtime WWOZ Board Member and Chairs our WWOZ Groove Gala.

Ian Driscoll

Mike & Kathy Clarke value OZs hard work keeping good music alive while delivering new discoveries, whether in your town or ours. Guard the groove forever!

Cork & Barrel Bourbon and Wine Shop at Bluegrass Airport in Lexington, KY are proud Guardians of the Groove.

Don Baylor Jr in Austin Texas

Richard & Kim Gray – Bringing friends and family from Rochester NY to Jazzfest and New Orleans for 30 years.

Alexander Domingo

To the people of Ashville, NC and my brother Bob Hughes, who left us way too early on Labor Day 2024.

Proud to be part of the amazing OZ family and truly appreciate all that everybody at OZ does. Bravo for spreading the music, the love, and the soul of New Orleans to the universe and beyond!

In honor of all the seafood workers—those oysters don’t shuck themselves!!

Bill Johnson in Orlando - longtime lover of WWOZ!

The Rauh Family: Rich, Cleary and Musso & Frank

Rinsig Veterinary Services - supporting and celebrating the love for animals and music every day in Dewitt Iowa.

In memory of my Father, Richard Newman Sr. I was born in New Orleans but live in Seattle. Miss New Orleans every day.

Dr Quinton Miner of Lakeview Endodontics

The Allways lounge & Cabaret - inviting guests to come for the Burlesque with live jazz & stay for the drag, comedy, theater & cute bartenders.

The Pollack Family…Pollack Glass NOLA.

In loving memory of our Mother, Betty Vega. We miss you, but your love will forever be carried within us: Betsy, Holly, Paula, and Alison.

Maverick Movies streaming across many platforms. Info and film tiles at @MaverickMovies on Instagram

4 GEORGE… we love NOLA and WWOZ, thank you for the joy!

JB Awnings-serving New Orleans and surrounding areas.

Lynette and Terry DuFrene, proud listeners, and supporters of WWOZ since we moved back to the French Quarter and New Orleans in 2011.

Vicki, John, Stella and Tiny in Arlington VA and in memory of their beloved cat, Madelaine Albright.

Heroes of New Orleans youth mentorship program in Algiers.

Mike, Denise, and Wonder Zolg, in memory of the Uptown Drooler Mabel Mae.

Keep calm and Fest on! - from Kellie Bourgeois and Don Manthe.

In honor of the incredible Staff, Show Hosts and Volunteers of WWOZ.

And, in loving memory of Verna and Sidney Arroyo, the inspiration for WWOZ’S FESTING IN PLACE series!

 

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