Website: https://www.nojazzfest.com

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell is a joyous and spirited celebration showcasing the authentic music and heritage of Louisiana and New Orleans. It began in 1970 when 350 musicians entertained a crowd half that number in New Orleans’ Congo Square. The Festival is one of the most prestigious and well-attended in the nation, attracting hundreds of thousands of people annually.

The Festival is owned by The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc., a Louisiana non-profit corporation organized to preserve and promote the music, arts, culture and heritage indigenous to Louisiana and the New Orleans area. A two-weekend event featuring fourteen stages of music, plus art and traditional food, this outdoor daytime celebration is held on the park-like infield and in the grandstand area of the historic Fair Grounds Race Course. The Crafts Fairs present work by some of Louisiana’s and the nation’s most talented artisans participating in three tented areas – Contemporary Crafts, Louisiana Marketplace and Congo Square African Marketplace.

The highly competitive Louisiana Marketplace, located adjacent to the Louisiana Folklife Village, will feature twelve artists each weekend. Louisiana artists will exhibit work incorporating indigenous materials and/or imagery reflective of the state's unique cultural or natural landscape