In this WWOZ Jazz Fest at 50 Flashback, show host Dean Ellis recalls a special moment from our live broadcast from Jazz Fest in 2015, when Terence Blanchard and Poncho Sanchez performed an improv from the WWOZ Hospitality Tent. Read more

Professor Longhair is one of the most influential musicians in New Orleans music history. But his name wasn't as recognized in the early 1970s. Learn more about how the advent of Jazz Fest was intertwined with Fess's career revival in this Jazz Fest at 50 Time Capsule. Read more

David Torkanowsky has played at Jazz Fest with dozens of different acts, as well as under his own name. He first hit the stage there in the 1970s. Find out what performances, in all those years, were most memorable to him in this Jazz Fest at 50 Flashback.  Read more

Oscar Donahue has sold jewelry in the Congo Square African Marketplace at Jazz Fest since 1990. Find out more about the history of this area in this Jazz Fest Flashback. Read more

A few photo highlights from a beautiful fourth day of Jazz Fest 2019!  Special thanks to our contributing photographers Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Black Mold, Leon Morris, Louis Crispino, Michele Goldfarb, David Stafford, Charlie Steiner, and Marc PoKempner! Read more

A few photo highlights from a beautiful third day of Jazz Fest 2019!  Special thanks to our contributing photographers Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Black Mold, Leon Morris, Louis Crispino, Michele Goldfarb, David Stafford, Marc PoKempner, and more to come!  Read more

A few highlights from the Black Indians of Mardi Gras and Social & Pleasure Clubs at Jazz Fest 2019! Special thanks to our contributing photographers, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, David Stafford, Charlie Steiner, and more.  Read more

A few photo highlights from a beautiful second day of Jazz Fest 2019!  Special thanks to our contributing photographers Black Mold, Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee, Leon Morris, Louis Crispino, David Stafford, Marc PoKempner, Charlie Steiner, and more to come!  Read more

Trombonist Craig Klein performs with Bonerama, Storyville Stompers, Nightcrawlers Brass Band, and the New Orleans Jazz Vipers. In this Jazz Fest at 50 Flashback, he shares what one of his favorite parts of Jazz Fest is-- and it's got nothing to do with performance. Read more

Dr. Ike of the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation has been involved with Jazz Fest in various capacities over the years. In this Jazz Fest at 50 Flashback, he recalls negotiating and entire deal with Clarence "Frogman" Henry and his manager in the middle of Frogman's set! Read more