2026 New Orleans Jazz Fest Unveils Thrilling Lineup

The Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, David Byrne and Lorde are among the many massive names set to headline the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Competition in 2026, organizers introduced Thursday. The fest returns to the New Orleans Honest Grounds April 23 by way of Might 3.

Additionally enjoying this 12 months are Lainey Wilson, Jon Batiste, Tyler Childers, Nas, St. Vincent, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, Teddy Swims, Widespread Panic and T-Ache. Have a look beneath for the introduced lineup.

Jazz Fest this 12 months will spotlight the music and tradition of Jamaica. And Ziggy Marley, Sean Paul, Luciano, Lila Ike and Jesse Royal are among the many larger Jamaican-born acts that can seem across the competition.

This 12 months’s lineup additionally will embody Raye, Tedeschi Vans Band, Earth, Wind & Fireplace, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Alabama Shakes, Irma Thomas, Herbie Hancock, Lake Road Dive, Mavis Staples, The Revivalists, Carlos Vives, The Isley Brothers, Dianne Reeves, Blind Boys of Alabama, Cyril Neville, Rhiannon Giddens, Massive Freedia, Little Feat and extra.

The 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Competition runs Thursday, April 23, by way of Sunday, April 26, and Thursday, April 30, by way of Sunday, Might 3, on the New Orleans Honest Grounds. The competition’s web site is nojazzfest.com.

Weekend 1: April 23-26

Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, Kings of Leon, Lorde, Jon Batiste, Tyler Childers, David Byrne, Raye, Nas, Sean Paul, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, St. Vincent, Irma Thomas, The Isley Brothers, The Revivalists, Carlos Vives, Blind Boys of Alabama, Cyril Neville – The Uptown Ruler, Rhiannon Giddens, Massive Freedia, Samantha Fish, Preservation Corridor Jazz Band, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Ani DiFranco, The Soiled Dozen Brass Band, Ron Carter Quartet, Dave Koz & Buddies Summer time Horns, Burning Spear, Stephen Marley, Cowboy Mouth, Protoje, Davell Crawford, Hiromi’s Sonicwonder, Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters, Sonny Landreth, Shirley Caesar and The Caesar Singers, Leftover Salmon, Bishop Paul S. Morton and The Larger Sound Choir of Larger St. Stephen FGBC, Massive Chief Donald Harrison, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, Boyfriend, Vieux Farka Touré, New Orleans R&B Classics Revue feat. The Dixie Cups, Wanda Rouzan, and Tony Owens, Nicholas Payton feat. Butcher Brown presents The Supreme Blue, Charlie Musselwhite & GA-20, Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials, Marcia Ball, Crowe Boys, Seratones, Maggie Koerner, Cimafunk, Glen David Andrews, Jon Batiste presents Swamp, Jazz Fest Celebrates Jamaica with Luciano, Monty Alexander “Jamericana”, Lutan Fyah, Sevana, Brukout Sound System feat. Seani B, Nesta, and Laa Lee, Island Federation Band feat. Rik Jam, ShowJam Mento, Silver Birds Metal Orchestra, and High Brass of Jamaica, Kermit Ruffins & the BBQ Swingers, Adonis Rose & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra that includes visitor Andromeda Turre, Ronnie LaMarque, GIVERS, Nidia Góngora of Colombia, TBC Brass Band, Misplaced Bayou Ramblers, Sierra Inexperienced and The Giants, Kenny Neal, Little Freddie King Blues Band, John Boutté, Massive Chief Monk Boudreaux & The Golden Eagles, Catherine Russell, Chris Thomas King, The Headhunters, Dr. Michael White’s Authentic Liberty Jazz Band that includes Thais Clark, Jelly Joseph, Quiana Lynell, Chubby Provider & the Bayou Swamp Band, New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Individuals Museum, Sally Child’s Silver {Dollars}, Astral Mission, The Rumble ft. Chief Joseph Boudreaux, Jr., Brass-A-Holics, Aurora Nealand’s Royal Roses, Bon Bon Vivant, Pleasure Clark, Erica Falls, Paul Sanchez, Zachary Richard, Physician Nativo of Guatemala, Los Skarnales, Fi Yi Yi & the Mandingo Warriors, Gregg Stafford’s Jazz Hounds, HaSizzle, Johnny Sketch and The Soiled Notes, Pine Leaf Boys, Omari Neville & The Gas, Jonathon “Boogie” Lengthy, Don Vappie’s Creole Jazz Serenaders, Sunpie and The Louisiana Sunspots, The Deslondes, James Rivers Motion, Lena Prima & TLP Band, Free Cattle, Kinfolk Brass Band, River Eckert, Jambalaya Cajun Band, Billy Iuso, Blodie’s Jazz Jam, Kyle Roussel, Kristin Diable & The Metropolis, Al “Lil Fat” Jackson, Black Magic Drumline, Massive Chief Sunpie and the Northside Cranium and Bone Gang, Tribute to Ragtime Piano Legends feat. Terry Waldo, Tom McDermott, and David Boeddinghaus, The Roots of Music Marching Crusaders, Papa Mali’s Shantytown Underground, 007, Claude Bryant and The Allstars, Kr3wcial, Love Is Supreme: A Tribute to John Coltrane feat. Derek Douget, Trevarri Huff-Boone and Ricardo Pascal, Brother Tyrone & The Mindbenders, Treme Brass Band, The Zion Harmonizers, Cameron Dupuy & The Cajun Troubadours, Mahmoud Chouki, Jackson Sq. Allstars, Leo Jackson & the Melody Clouds, T’Monde, Shinyribs, Curley Taylor and Zydeco Hassle, Jason Neville and the All Star Band, Javier Olondo and AsheSon, Naughty Professor, Nell Simmons-Bradley, Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys, Parlor Greens, Tin Males, Peter Harris Presents, Roger Lewis’ Baritone Bliss, Craig Klein presents a Tribute to Frog Joseph that includes Ronell Johnson, Charles Joseph, and Haruka Kikuchi, Rumba Buena, The Desert Nudes, Riverbenders, Kelly Love Jones, Preservation Brass, Tuba Skinny, Rosie Ledet, A.J. Haynes of Seratones, Yusa, Trombone Shorty Academy feat. Primera Linea of Cuba, Tim Laughlin, Younger Pinstripe Brass Band, Patrice Fisher & Arpa with friends from Honduras and Mexico, Jeffery Pelrean and Created to Worship, Jenavieve and the Winding Boys, Kristy Lee, New Delivery Brass Band, Zack Landry & PhaZe, Massive Chief Hollywood & Dat Mighty 9, Bonsoir Catin, The Asylum Refrain, Renée Gros + Tiago Man, Amis du Teche, Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians, Andrews Brass Band, Ice Divas and Nkrumah Higher Boys Social Support & Pleasure Golf equipment (SA&PCs), The Creole Cuties Child Dolls, Ever Extra Nest, Pastor Jai Reed, Evangelist Jackie Tolbert, Dr. Hezekiah Brinson & The Nineveh Baptist Church Mass Choir, Poisson Rouge, Cristina Kaminis, Conjunto Tierra Linda, Stooges Brass Band, The New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, The Caesar Brothers FunkBox, Dave Bode Massive Band, Gitkin, Dayna Kurtz and Robert Maché, Lynn Drury, Mark Brooks & Buddies, Sean Schulich, The Bottoms, Massive 6 Brass Band, Karma and The Killjoys, Kevin Louis & The Friday Night time Jazz Band feat. Yolanda Robinson, Wendell Brunious & The New Orleans Jazz Legends, Dr. Brice Miller & Mahogany Brass Band, Louis Michot & Swamp Magic, DJ Arie Spins, Massive Chief Dow & the Timbuktu Warriors Black Masking Injuns, Cory Stewart and Authentically Anointed, Craig Adams & Larger Dimensions of Reward, Mason Path and Zydeco Rhythm, Eric Schmitt, Horace Trahan & the Ossun Specific, The Nice Duets: Jolynda “Kiki” Chapman and Phillip Manuel, Da Fact Brass Band, Beverly Hills Polo Membership, Johnette Downing and Scott Billington, Le Bon Ton Child Dolls, Louis Ford & his New Orleans Flairs, Pow Wows with Native Nations Intertribal, Britti, Michael Hurtt & the Haunted Hearts, Michael Skinkus and Moyuba, Smoking Time Jazz Membership, Spyboy J & Thee Storm Mardi Gras Indians, Bamboula 2000, Sporty Brass Band, Eight Cube Material, Keyla Richardson, Child Simmon’s Native Worldwide Allstars, New Wave Brass Band, Girls of Unity, Go Getters, and Authentic Massive Seven SA&PCs, Voices of Peter Claver, Jamil Sharif, E’Dana, Betty Winn & One-A-Chord, Jesse McBride Massive Band, Donald Lewis, The Chosen Ones Brass Band, Valley of Silent Males, Massive 9, and Westbank Steppers SA&PCs, Edna Karr Excessive College Gospel Choir, Eleanor McMain Singing Mustangs, Chosen Vessels Dance & Performing Arts, The Knockaz Brass Band, Massive Steppers, New Look, and Livid 5 SA&PCs, Lovely Creole Apaches, Black Foot Hunters, and Black Sioux Warriors Mardi Gras Indians, Lars Edegran’s New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, The Silver Lining Serenaders, Tulane BAM Ensemble, Tyronne Foster & the Arc Singers, One Thoughts Brass Band, Pigeon City Girls, Unhealthy Boys, and New Technology SA&PCs, Val & Love Alive Choir, Joel Jones and 3MC, La Tran-Ok Band, Gizinti, Joanna Hale-McGill, Woman Chops, Free Spirit Brass Band, Woman & Males Rollers, The Z Steppers, and Males of Class SA&PCs, The Fitch Household with St. Raymond & St. Leo The Nice Choir, The Coolie Household Gospel Singers, Loyola College Jazz Ensemble, Weatherford School Jazz Orchestra, LB Landry Gospel Choir, NOCCA Jazz Ensemble, LPO Academy, Norbert Susemihl’s New Orleans Allstars, Pastor Tyrone Jefferson, New Groove Brass Band, Younger Males Olympian Jr. Benevolent Affiliation, First Division Rollers and Untouchables SA&PCs, Black Flame Hunters, Purple Cheyenne eighth Ward, and Black Hawk Hunters Black Masking Indians, Free Brokers Brass Band, New Orleans Council on Growing old Group Choir (NOCOA), New Voices New Orleans (NVNO), The Backyard of Pleasure, Excessive Steppers Brass Band, The Hoot-n-Holler Inn, New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Rhythm Part, eighth Ward Black Seminoles, The Queens of the Nation Indian Council, Terrell Griffin & Free, All For One Brass Band, Single Girls, Single Males, and 9 Occasions SA&PCs, St. Joseph the Employee, St. Mary’s Academy Gospel Choir, JunkGuy, The Reckless Band from Breakfast Land, Apache Hunters, Shining Star Hunters, Wild Purple Flame, and Mohawk Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleans Dance Collective, Younger Audiences Performing Arts Showcase, The Authentic Uptown Swingers, Sisters of Change, Previous & Nu Fellas, and The Good Gentleman SA&PCs, The Woodlawn Lion Dance Group, Mestre Curtis Pierre “The Samba Man”, ISL Circus Arts Youngsters, Black Feathers and Younger Golden Sioux Mardi Gras Indians, and extra.

Weekend 2: April 30-Might 3

Eagles, Lainey Wilson, Teddy Swims, The Black Keys, T-Ache, Widespread Panic, Earth, Wind & Fireplace, Tedeschi Vans Band, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Alabama Shakes, Herbie Hancock, Ziggy Marley, Lake Road Dive, Mavis Staples, The Gospel Soul of Irma Thomas, Dianne Reeves, Massive Freedia, Little Feat, Galactic that includes Jelly Joseph, Terence Blanchard + Ravi Coltrane: Miles Davis & John Coltrane Centennial, Dumpstaphunk, Tab Benoit, The Radiators, Sue Foley, Alejandro Escovedo, Steve Earle, Anders Osborne, Sierra Hull, Rickie Lee Jones, Leo Nocentelli of The Meters, Zigaboo Modeliste Funk Revue, George Porter Jr & Runnin’ Pardners, The California Honeydrops, The Soul Rebels, Dragon Smoke, Leela James, Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gents, Massive Sam’s Funky Nation, J & The Causeways, Deacon John, Rebirth Brass Band, Wayne Toups, Lettuce, Leyla McCalla, Jackie Venson, Larry McCray, Fred Wesley and his New JB Horns, Jazz Fest Celebrates Jamaica with Authentic Koffee, Lila Iké, Jesse Royal, The Skatalites, Runkus & Royal Blu with Dub Squad, The Rising Suns, Kevin Downswell, Jemere Morgan, and Kaya Jonkunnu with Strolling Tall Jamaica, Judith Owen & The Callers, Candy Crude, Kermit Ruffins’ Tribute to Louis Armstrong, James Andrews & the Crescent Metropolis Allstars, Sizzling 8 Brass Band, Honey Island Swamp Band, Eric Lindell, Jekalyn Carr, New Breed Brass Band, Grace Bowers, Isaiah Collier, The Allen Toussaint Jazzity Mission, Mike Zito Band, Marc Broussard, Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet, Jourdan Thibodeaux et Les Rôdailleurs, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Massive Chief Bo Dollis Jr. & The Wild Magnolias, Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Charlie Gabriel and Buddies, C.J. Chenier & the Purple Sizzling Louisiana Band, Andrew Duhon, Batiste Brothers Band, Cha Wa, Davell Crawford presents Fabulous Buddies Without end within the Gospel Tent with particular friends Cyril Neville, Charmaine Neville, Wanda Rouzan, The Davell Crawford Singers, and extra, Paul Porter and The Christianaires, Tribute to Jelly Roll Morton’s Purple Sizzling Peppers feat. Dr. Michael White and Shaye Cohn, Jermaine Landrum & The Considerable Reward Revival Choir, Jeremy Davenport, Hans Williams, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Tony Corridor’s New Orleans Soul Allstars, Storyville Stompers Brass Band, Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas, The Iguanas, Frank Waln, Meschiya Lake and the Little Massive Horns, Tonya Boyd-Cannon, Mia Borders, Anna Moss, Jason Marsalis, John “Papa” Gros, John Mooney & Bluesiana, Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. and The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band, John Foster, Bonerama, Bruce Daigrepoint Cajun Band, Dustin Dale Gaspard, Massive Chief Juan & Jockimo’s Groove, Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, Savoy Household Cajun Band, Shamarr Allen, Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill, Victor Campbell, Amanda Shaw and The Cute Guys, Creole String Beans, D.Ok. Harrell Band, Johnny Sansone, Banu Gibson, Dee-1, Midnite Disturbers, RAM from Haiti, Gal Vacation & The Honky Tonk Revue, Gerald French & The Authentic Tuxedo Jazz Band, Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole, Charmaine Neville, Susan Cowsill, Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Expertise, The Iceman Particular, Travis Matte & the Kingpins feat. Johnnie Allan, Pocket Aces Brass Band, Invoice Summers & Jazalsa, Alexey Marti & Sugarflow, Fermín Ceballos Band, Mariachi Jalisco, The New Orleans Guitar Masters: John Rankin, Jimmy Robinson, and Cranston Clements, Kevin “Sonny” Gullage & Blues Groovers, The Palmetto Bug Stompers, Steve Masakowski Household & Buddies, Jonté Mayon, Chiefs of the Indian Nation, Hardhead Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Herbert McCarver & Pin Stripe Brass Band, Robin Barnes & the FiyaBirds, The Tropicales ft. Mireya Ramos, Larger Heights Reggae, Dex Daley & Jam-X, Sunpie ak Vodou Blues Ayiti, Ambush Reggae Band, Grayson Capps, Greg Stafford & His Younger Tuxedo Brass Band, Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans, The Slick Skillet Serenaders, Lilli Lewis, Chère Élise with particular visitor Kelli Jones, The New Orleans Rug Cutters, Morning Star Missionary Mass Choir, Los Guiros, Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble, Carol C, Sizzling Membership of New Orleans, Jacky Blaire & The Sizzling Biscuits, David Doucet, Andrew Jobin and the Thick Smoke, Debbie Davis and Buddies, Pocket Chocolate, Ricky Sebastian, Wealthy Collins, Roddie Romero & the Hub Metropolis All-Stars, BRW, Sasha Masakowski as Tra$h Magnolia, Sarah Quintana, Micah McKee, The Metropolis of Love Music & Arts Worship Choir, Massive Chief Kevin Goodman & the Flaming Arrows Mardi Gras Indians, Ryan Brunet and the Malfecteurs, Johanna Rose, James McClaskey and the Rhythm Band, Authentic Pinettes Brass Band, Panorama Jazz Band, Larry Sieberth presents Da Groove feat. David Fiuczynski & Danny Sadownick, Trumpet Mafia’s Tribute to Miles Davis feat. Keyon Harold, The Revelers, Jim McCormick presents Songwriters within the Spherical, John Mahoney Little Massive Band, Flagboy Giz, Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders, Tribute to New Orleans Early Blues Singers that includes Jolynda “Kiki” Chapman and Thais Clark with the Lars Edegran Band, Lil’ Nathan & the Zydeco Massive Timers, The Pfister Sisters, Tyron Benoit Band, Soul Brass Band, Leroy Jones & New Orleans’ Most interesting, ninth Ward Black Hatchet Mardi Gras Indians, Sons of Jazz Brass Band, Guardians of Tradition with Queen Reesie & Chief Jeremy, Marc Stone, Mark Braud’s New Orleans Jazz Giants, Muévelo, Pow Wows with White Eagle Singers, The Paulin Brothers Brass Band, Pat Casey and the New Sound, Tommy Sancton’s New Orleans Legacy Band, Corey Ledet Zydeco & Black Magic, Tidal Wave Brass Band, Dumaine Gang, Household Ties, and Revolution Social Support & Pleasure Golf equipment (SA&PCs), Yvette Landry & the Jukes, Anders Parker, Michael “The Sheik” O’Hara, Zulu Male Ensemble, Pastor Mitchell Stevens, Akia J. Nevills & Grace Limitless, Actual Untouchables Brass Band, Divine Girls, Males Buck Jumpers, and Authentic CTC Steppers SA&PCs, Quint Adkins & Lighthouse Music, Gregg “MacDaddy” Martinez, McDonogh #35 Excessive College Gospel Choir, Younger Courageous Hunters and Golden Comanche Black Masking Indians, Ninth Ward Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, twenty first Century Brass Band, Sisters of Unity, Hold n It Actual, We Are One SA&PC, Watson Memorial Educating Ministries Mass Choir, The Johnson Extension, Southern College Baton Rouge Jazz Ensemble, Stephen Walker, The Russell Welch Sizzling Quartet, Academy of Our Woman College Choir, Steve Austin & The Bioniq Brass Band, Girls of Class, Woman Prince of Wales, and Good Fellas SA&PCs, The Authentic Black Seminole Child Dolls, The New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra, Twisty River Band, Seguenon Kone’s Ivoire Spectacle, Younger Magnolias Mardi Gras Indians, Black Osceola and Monogram Hunters Black Masking Indians, Younger Fellaz Brass Band, Devastation and Scene Boosters SA&PCs, Mahogany Blue Child Dolls, Majekfingers Drumming Ensemble, Massive Chief Hen & the Younger Hunters Black Masking Indians, The RRAAMS, Rising Dragon Lion Dance Group, Amy Bruton Bluemul:Chickasaw Storyteller, Bruce Daigrepont’s Household Fais Do Do and Cajun Dance Workshop, Mardi de Musique, Don “Moose” Jamison Heritage College of Music, Child Boyz Brass Band, Grey Hawk presents Native American Folklore, Younger Seminole Hunters and Algiers Warriors Black Masking Indians, Comanche Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Archdiocese of New Orleans Choir, Arthur & Buddies Group Choir, Pastor Woodrow Hayden, Forgotten Souls, Eric Adcock performs Louisiana Music with Derek Huston, Raphael Bas and Harmonouche, New Orleans Gospel Soul Youngsters, New Orleans Metropolitan Choral Union, Felicia E. Travis, James Jordan and The State of affairs, The Showers, DJ Captain Charles, DJ Jess, Wild Tchoupitoulas, Younger Technology Warriors, and Buffalo Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, James Linden Hogg, Jessica Harvey and The Distinction, The N’awlins D’awlins Child Dolls, Franklin Avenue Baptist Church Mass Choir, Nu Nation Choir, One Shot Brass Band, Authentic 4 and VIP Girls SA&PCs, Sq. Dance NOLA, The Maroons Band, Champagniacs!, Electrical Yat Quartet feat. Andrè Bohren & Anne Chabreck current “Peter & the Wolf”, Leaping for Pleasure Double Dutch Membership, da Souljas Brass Band, Undefeated Divas & Gents, Authentic Pigeon City Steppers, and Sudan SA&PCs, Junior Child Doll Girls Ensemble, UNO Jazz All-Stars, Delgado Group School Jazz Band, Ellis Marsalis Middle for Music Jazz Ensemble, NOLA Capoeira, Dancing Grounds Dance for Social Change, Knights of Reward from St. Augustine Campus Ministry, Shades of Reward Interracial Gospel Choir, New Technology Brass Band, Authentic New Orleans Woman Buckjumpers and Prince of Wales SA&PCs, Kai Knight’s Silhouette Dance Ensemble, KIPP New Orleans Regional Excessive College Choir, Sheepy & the Hen, Culu Youngsters’s Conventional African Dance Firm, and extra.