Country music singer Chris Stapleton, Foo Fighters, Queen Latifah and New Orleans’ personal Jon Batiste are among the many star energy set to hitch The Rolling Stones as headliners of this yr’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, organizers introduced Thursday.
The occasion will happen over two weekends, beginning April 25 and ending May 5.
Also enjoying at this yr’s pageant are Hozier, The Killers, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Bonnie Raitt, Earth, Wind & Fire, Widespread Panic, Rhiannon Giddens, Fantasia, The Beach Boys, Irma Thomas, Steel Pulse, KEM, Jeffrey Osborne, Big Freedia and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue. There additionally might be a celebration of Jimmy Buffett, who died final September, with the Coral Reefer Band.
Organizers introduced final fall that The Rolling Stones would headline the pageant on Thursday, May 2, as a part of the group’s North American tour. Because they’re showing on what would historically have been “Locals Thursday” on the pageant, Jazz Fest added a day to the start of this yr’s occasion. The 2024 Locals Thursday is now April 25. That day’s tickets might be $50 for Louisiana residents.
At the Cultural Exchange Pavilion this yr, Jazz Fest will spotlight the music and tradition of Colombia with 17 bands performing Colombian salsa, cumbia, champeta and different regional genres. There additionally might be Colombian artists, meals distributors promoting conventional dishes and day by day parades.
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