Published on:
April 24th, 2025
It was a beautiful first day of Jazz Fest 2025! Here are a few photo highlights from around the Fair Grounds and in the WWOZ Hospitality Tent. Tune in to hear the sounds of the festival for the remaining seven days, only on WWOZ, at 90.7 FM locally or wwoz.org anywhere!
Special thanks to our volunteer photographers for their contributions: Louis Crispino, Bob Gibson, Ryne Hancock, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Michele Goldfarb, Demian Roberts, MJ Mastrogiovanni, Kristen Derr, Bill Sasser, and Eli Mergel.
Jazz Fest 2025 first weekend
The gates are open for Jazz Fest 2025! Photo by Louis Crispino.
The gates are open for Jazz Fest 2025! Photo by Louis Crispino.
Entry gate at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Viva Mexico - Mexico Cultural Exchange Pavilion at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
WWOZ in the Hospitality Tent at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Melanie Merz arrives to the Hospitality Tent at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
George Ingmire directing for Jazz Fest 2025 broadcast. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Keith Spera <3 WWOZ in the Hospitality Tent at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
WWOZ in the Hospitality Tent at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Louis Dudoussat and Beth Arroyo Utterback at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Dave Jordan & the NIA at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Dave Jordan & the NIA at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Mariachi en Nueva Orleans Los Viajeros at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Mariachi en Nueva Orleans Los Viajeros at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Mariachi en Nueva Orleans Los Viajeros at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
LeTrainiump at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
LeTrainiump at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
LeTrainiump at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Ryan Foret & Foret Tradition at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Ryan Foret & Foret Tradition at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Dancers at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Mexico Cultural Exchange at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Crawfish time at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Son del Coamil at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Son del Coamil at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Son del Coamil at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Free Hugs! at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Roderick Harper at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Max Moran with Roderick Harper at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Roderick Harper at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Kinfolk Brass Band at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Kinfolk Brass Band at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Kinfolk Brass Band at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Mexianteña de Santa Cecilia at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Mexianteña de Santa Cecilia at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Mexianteña de Santa Cecilia at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Mexianteña de Santa Cecilia at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Sabine McCalla at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Sabine McCalla at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Prophetess Flora & the Angels of Light Gospel Singers at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Prophetess Flora & the Angels of Light Gospel Singers at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
The Tambourine Lady onstage with Prophetess Flora & the Angels of Light Gospel Singers at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
John Mooney at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
John Mooney at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
John Mooney & Bluesiana at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
John Mooney & Bluesiana at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
John Mooney at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Waylon Thibodeaux at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Ray Boudreaux at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Ray Boudreaux at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Little Freddie King at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Papa y Son Mandao at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Robert Jon & the Wreck at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Robert Jon & the Wreck at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Robert Jon & the Wreck at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Larry Sieberth with the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Detroit Brooks with the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Parader at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Sons of Jazz Brass Band at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Sons of Jazz Brass Band at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Sons of Jazz Brass Band at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Sons of Jazz Brass Band at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
John Fogerty at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Shemekia Copeland at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Shemekia Copeland at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Julie Wise Oreck and Jonathan Solari at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
In the Hospitality Tent at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
In the Hospitality Tent at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
Wendy and AJ "Boudin Man" Rodrigue at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Alski, and Duane Williams at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
Patti Boehm, Tommy Boehm, Louis Crispino, Lyric, Jorge Fuentes, Dave Ankers at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
In the Hospitality Tent at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
In the Foundation area at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
Duane Williams, Jorge Fuentes, Cole Williams, David Kunian, Leslie Cooper on the live broadcast at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
In the Hospitality Tent at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
Melanie Merz, David Stafford, Ron Clingenpeel at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
In the Hospitality Tent at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
Bester Singers in the Gospel Tent at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Ryne Hancock.
Charlie Halloran at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Ryne Hancock.
Derek Hutson interviews Johnnie Allen at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Ryne Hancock.
Keith Spera and Cole Williams at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Ryne Hancock.
LeTrainiump at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Ryne Hancock.
Margie Perez at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Ryne Hancock.
Tuba awaits its turn outside the gates after the first day at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Sauvage Street at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Cole Williams and David Kunian on second shift on air at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Mexico at the Cultura Exchange Pavilion at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Mexico at the Cultura Exchange Pavilion at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Mexico at the Cultura Exchange Pavilion at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Gerald French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Mexico Cultural Exchange Pavilion at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Kids' Area artwork at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
WWOZ Jazz Tent at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Pableaux Johnson remembrance at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by MJ Mastrogiovanni.
Architectural Trades in the Louisiana Folklife Village at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Festival Stage at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Kinfolk Brass Band on the Festival Stage at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
New menu item: Lady Nellie Oysters on the half shell with satsuma mignonette at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
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James Singleton on the air with Dean Ellis at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
James Singleton on the air at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Clifton Chenier inside the Grandstand at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Mexico inside the Grandstand at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Inside the Grandstand at Jazz Fest 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
Sondra Bibb and Dean Ellis kick off the 2025 Jazz Fest live broadcast - April 24, 2025. Photo by Carrie Booher.
