The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has announced the extensive artist lineup for its 2025 event, due to take place at New Orleans, LA’s Fair Grounds Race Course over two consecutive four-day, Thursday-Sunday weekends (April 24th–27th, May 1st–4th) [ticketing information].

The 2025 edition of Jazz Fest, presented once again by Shell, will feature headlining performances by a mix of high-profile artists from across the genre spectrum including Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Luke Combs, Lil Wayne & The Roots, Lenny Kravitz, Kacey Musgraves, Santana, John Fogerty, Burna Boy, HAIM, Cage The Elephant, Laufey, Bryson Tiller, Harry Connick, Jr., Patti LaBelle, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, My Morning Jacket, Gladys Knight, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Cheap Trick, Babyface, Diana Krall, Goose, The Revivalists, Banda MS, Irma Thomas, Tank and the Bangas, Branford Marsalis, Kamasi Washington, The Wailers featuring Julian Marley, Big Freedia, Ledisi Sings Nina, and PJ Morton.

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In addition to Dave Matthews Band, Lil Wayne & The Roots, Kacey Musgraves, John Fogerty, Burna Boy, HAIM, Harry Connick Jr., Goose, Gladys Knight, Cheap Trick, Babyface, Diana Krall, Irma Thomas, The Revivalists, Tank and the Bangas, Big Freedia, and PJ Morton, Weekend One of Jazz Fest 2025 (April 24th–27th) will feature performances by Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Youssou N’Dour, The Branford Marsalis Quartet, James Bay, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Stanley Clarke & N•4EVER, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Cyril Neville – The Uptown Ruler, Kermit Ruffins & the BBQ Swingers, Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Todd Dulaney, Chapel Hart, Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters, The Dixie Cups, Rebirth Brass Band, Davell Crawford, Leo Nocentelli, The Soul Rebels, Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band, Lila Downs, Sam Bush, Crowe Boys, Bishop Paul S. Morton and The Greater Sound Choir of Greater St. Stephen FGBC, Tab Benoit, Jake Shimabukuro, Hot 8 Brass Band, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, Eric Gales, Boyfriend, Marcia Ball, Walter Trout, Shemekia Copeland, Chris Thomas King, Dee Dee Bridgewater with Bill Charlap, James Andrews & the Crescent City Allstars, J & The Causeways, Carolyn Wonderland, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles, Little Freddie King Blues Band, Lars Edegran & the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, Judith Owen Big Band, Los Texmaniacs, Etran de L’Aïr of Niger, C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Big Chief Donald Harrison, John Boutté, Erica Falls & Vintage Soul, John Mooney & Bluesiana, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Louis Armstrong Hot 5 & 7 Centennial featuring Nicholas Payton and Dr. Michael White, Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Hans Williams, Jeremy Davenport, Bill Frisell with Brian Blade & Thomas Morgan, Tribute to Luther Kent with Trickbag feat. Jonathon “Boogie” Long, Ronnie Lamarque, Paul Varisco & the Milestones, Flagboy Giz & The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, Rosie Ledet, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Bonerama, Flow Tribe, Adonis Rose & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Zar Electrik of the Maghreb, The Iceman Special, People Museum, Honey Island Swamp Band, and scores of others.

For Weekend Two (May 1st–4th), headliners Pearl Jam, Luke Combs, Lenny Kravitz, Santana, Cage The Elephant, Laufey, Bryson Tiller, Patti LaBelle, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, My Morning Jacket, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Banda MS, Kamasi Washington, The Wailers featuring Julian Marley, and Ledisi Sings Nina top another massive lineup including Galactic featuring Jelly Joseph, The Radiators, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Morris Day & The Time, Dumpstaphunk, Ricky Dillard and New G, The Castellows, Anders Osborne, Margo Price, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Deacon John, The Gospel Soul of Irma Thomas, Eric Lindell, David Shaw, Kenny Wayne Shepherd with Bobby Rush, Terence Blanchard, Joshua Redman Group featuring Gabrielle Cavassa, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Samantha Fish, Rickie Lee Jones, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Maze Honoring Frankie Beverly “The Legacy Band”, Better Than Ezra, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Cowboy Mouth, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, George Wein Centennial featuring Randy Brecker, Nicholas Payton and Triune ft. Karriem Riggins and Esperanza Spalding, Hurray For The Riff Raff, George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners, Sonny Landreth, Zigaboo Modeliste’s Funk Revue, Sweet Crude, Cha Wa, Original Pinettes Brass Band, Maggie Koerner, Dragon Smoke, Corey Henry & Treme Funktet, Alejandro Escovedo, Shamarr Allen, HaSizzle “The King of Bounce”, Thandiswa Mazwai of South Africa, Stephanie and Rachel Jordan with Music Alive Ensemble, Marc Broussard, Tribute to Bessie Smith: 1925 Remembered featuring Kiki Chapman and Yolanda Robinson with the Lars Edegran Band, New Breed Brass Band, Leyla McCalla, Southern Avenue, Savoy Family Cajun Band, Cedric Burnside, The Headhunters featuring Bill Summers, Donald Harrison, and Mike Clark, Mr. Sipp, Kermit Ruffins’ Tribute to Louis Armstrong, Naughty Professor, Trumpet Mafia, and many, many more.

View the full New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2025 lineup poster below. Find a full listing of Jazz Fest 2025 performers by day here and ticketing details here.

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This year, the long-running festival’s James Michalopoulos-designed poster—which typically depicts legends and legacy acts from the world of New Orleans music—depicts contemporary NOLA favorites Tank and the Bangas, who will return to the Fair Grounds in 2025. Read frontwoman Tarriona “Tank” Ball‘s reflections on this notable Jazz Fest honor below.

Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more information on Live For Live Music‘s 2025 Fest by Nite series including the return of Daze Between New Orleans (Tuesday, 4/29 and Wednesday, 4/30) and various late-night shows in New Orleans surrounding Jazz Fest 2025.