Today marks the final day of the 2017 Jazz Fest season, and it’s safe to say that those in New Orleans have enjoyed a truly incredible 10 days of some of the best music the world has to offer. After a slew of memorable events during the “daze between,” including the bayou vibes of this week’s NOLA Crawfish Fest and the once-in-a-lifetime Daze Between Band celebration featuring Eric Krasno, Oteil Burbridge, Duane Trucks, Warren Haynes and many more, Fest’s final weekend has brought some of its best shows yet.

On Friday, in addition to  The New Mastersounds hit the Joy Theatre and welcomed special guests including Shira Elias (Turkuaz) and Alan Evans (Soulive).

On Saturday night, the spirit of the Grateful Dead was alive and well in New Orleans. At Republic NOLA, On Saturday, Steve Kimock, Jackie Greene, George Porter Jr., Jeff Chimenti, and JM Kimock came together as Voodoo Dead for a gratefully NOLA-fied late-night set. Back over at the Joy Theatre, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead laid down an impressive performance for their second of three nights in New Orleans,

Below, you can view galleries of photos from all three shows via photographer Jeremy Scott.

SETLIST: New Mastersounds | Joy Theatre | New Orleans, LA | 5/5/17 

Holy Bag, Cigar Time, Burnt Back, Minx, High N’ Wide*, Zebra Walk*, Baby I Love You*^, Never Did I Ever* ^, Vandy

MM’S, Give Me A Min, Sitting On My Knees, Hot Dog (NMS)*, Texas Twister*, Give It Up*, I am somebody (Alan evans)

* horns (Mike Olmos trumpet, Greg Sanderson sax of Turkuaz)

^ with Shira Elias (Turkuaz)

SETLIST: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead | Joy Theatre | New Orleans, LA | 5/6/17 (setlist via the band’s Facebook)

Set One: Greatest Story Ever Told > Scarlet Begonias -> Help On The Way -> Slipknot! -> Fire On The Mountain, Gonesville -> Not Fade Away

Set Two: Lost Sailor @ -> Saint Of Circumstance #, Althea -> Jam -> Truckin $ -> Tennessee Jed %

Encore Bertha

@ – With a Tease from TH that I missed, but Sean thinks it was The Beatles, maybe Day Tripper?
# – With “Head Over Heels” (Tears for Fears) Teases (MB & TH)
$ – With Born Cross Eyed Teases (TH)
% – With a “Chop Sticks” (Euphemia Allen under the pseudonym Arthur de Lulli) Tease (MB)

SETLIST: Voodoo Dead (Steve Kimock, Jackie Greene, George Porter Jr., Jeff Chimenti, JM Kimock, Wally Ingram | Republic NOLA | New Orleans (Jazz Fest Late Night) | 5/6/17 (Late Night 2am on 7th ) 

Loose Lucy, Bertha, New Speedway, Boogie Eyes Of The World > Truckin’ > Drums > The Other One > Truckin’, In The Midnight Hour, Tennessee Jed, Sugaree, Turn On Your Lovelight

Notes: Steve Kimock, Jeff Chimenti, Jackie Greene, George Porter Jr, John Kimock and special guest Wally Ingram on percussion

On the final night of the Jazz Fest season tonight (5/7), The Howlin’ Wolf is the place to be:  The exciting “Michael Jackson vs. Stevie Wonder” tribute (featuring Eric “Benny” Bloom, Wil Blades, Adam Deitch, DJ Williams & MonoNeon) will return to Jazz Fest for its third consecutive year, descending on The Howlin’ Wolf to close things down just after Zigaboo Modeliste’s 19th Annual Funk Revue finishes up.

– SHOW INFO –
Artist: Michael Jackson vs. Stevie Wonder, featuring Eric “Benny” Bloom, Wil Blades, Adam Deitch, DJ Williams & MonoNeon
Venue: The Howlin’ Wolf – 907 S Peters St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Date: Sunday, May 7th, 2017
Price: $25adv / $35dos (purchase tickets here)
Time: Doors 9:00 PM / Show 10:00 pm