Daze Between New Orleans producers Gideon Plotnicki (GMP Live) and Kunj Shah (Live For Live Music) and 2024 festival performer Daniel Donato recently appeared on New Orleans local news to speak to the Crescent City community about the two-day event, set to take place at Faubourg Brewery this Tuesday, April 30th and Wednesday, May 1st [get tickets].

As Plotnicki explained of the concept behind the festival, which takes place during the “Daze Between” Jazz Fest’s two weekends when the Fair Grounds go quiet but the city remains alive with festive energy, “Kunj and I have been producing late-night shows at Jazz Fest for many years and coming out the pandemic we really wanted to do something a little bit bigger and outdoors that gave back to New Orleans. We were able to make this connection with Faubourg Brewery and do exactly that, have a big, outdoor event that raises money for local charities.”

Shah added, “[Charity is] a big part of what we do. We’re partnered with Rex Foundation, which is the Grateful Dead‘s official charity, and we’ve raised $40,000 over the last two years … and hope to raise another $20-30,000 this year.”

Daniel Donato—who will perform at the festival with his own band, Cosmic Country, and take part in Gov’t Mule’s guest-filled headlining set on Wednesday, May 1st—took it from there on his trusty Telecaster, treating the viewing audience to a quick, twangy rendition of his Reflector track, “Rose in a Garden”.

As anchor Josh Roberson quipped when Donato finished, “Okay, look, I don’t care if you go to all eight days of Jazz Fest, you’re not gonna get sick of that.” Watch the full Daze Between New Orleans segment on Fox 8 Local First news featuring Daniel Donato, Kunj Shah, and Gideon Plotnicki here.

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The 2024 edition of Daze Between New Orleans—presented by Live For Live Music, GMP Live, Purple Hat Productions, Dayglo Presents, and Rose Tours—will feature guest-filled headlining sets by far-reaching funk sextet Lettuce (4/30) and enduring blues-rock juggernaut Gov’t Mule (5/1). Both Lettuce and Gov’t Mule will welcome legendary jazz fusion guitarist and familiar collaborator John Scofield during their respective performances. In addition to Scofield, the long list of guests due to join Warren Haynes and his Gov’t Mule bandmates for the festival’s big finale on Wednesday, May 1st includes Chuck Leavell (The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers Band), Ivan Neville (Dumpstaphunk), Karl Denson (The Rolling Stones, KDTU), Daniel Donato (Cosmic Country, Trouble No More), and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

Prior to Lettuce featuring John Scofield on Tuesday, April 30th (7:45 p.m.– 9:45 p.m.), attendees will be treated to performances by Eric Krasno and Stanton Moore‘s Krasno/Moore Project (6:30 p.m.–7:45 p.m.), Crescent City staple The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (5:15 p.m.–6:15 p.m.), fast-rising jam quintet Dogs In A Pile (4:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m.), versatile funk-rock party outfit Cool Cool Cool (3:00 p.m.–4:15 p.m.), and Mardi Gras Indian funk group The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. (2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.).

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Wednesday, May 1st’s Gov’t Mule blowout (7:15 p.m.–10:00 p.m.) will follow a day of performances by veteran soul-rock ensemble Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe (6:00 p.m.–7:15 p.m.), contemporary NOLA funk luminaries Galactic featuring Jelly Joseph (4:45 p.m.–6:00 p.m.), roadhouse space explorers Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country (3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m.), bassist Karina Rykman and her eponymous psych-rock power trio (2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.), and local fan-favorite rock quartet The Iceman Special (1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.).

Single-day and two-day tickets for Daze Between New Orleans are on sale here and at the on-site box office. Those who can’t attend in person can watch livestreams of the entire event via nugs.net here.