The 33^rd annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will be in 2002. Don't miss it. This is certainly one of the finest music, craft, and food festivals in the world. The fest actually occupies 10 days, over two weekends, with the whole city and environs buzzing with excitement for weeks. With 12 stages, around six bands per stage per day over 7 days of fairgrounds activity, this city is buzzing!!! Don't be left out.

Charmaine Neville from years past

The 2001 Festival featured such artists as: Wynton Marsalis, Beausoleil, Al Green, Roy Hargrove, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Koko Taylor, Buckwheat Zydeco, the Meters, Nicholas Payton, Max Roach, The Abyssinians, Little Jimmy Scott, Snooks Eaglin, Van Morrison, Rockin' Dopsie, Jr., Lucinca Williams, Widespread Panic, Randy Weston, Irvin Mayfield, Galactic, Paul Simon, Ramsey Lewis, Keb Mo, Elvin Jones, Celia Cruz, Sonia Dada, the Mahotella Queens of South Africa, moe, The Radiators, the Neville Brothers, Fats Domino, Al Jarreau, Pete Fountain, kermit Ruffins, the Wild Magnolias, Wilson Pickett & the Dave Matthews Band.

Willie Nelson - 1999

Note: Don't let the name fool you; only two stages are jazz. The other ten include the Gospel tent, children's tent, cajun/zydeco stage, House of Blues stage, international stage, Lagniappe stage, and the two big stages for big name acts. There's also cooking instructions and other activities inside the grand stand, plenty of history displays, and lots of other eye candies. Don't be left out!

Irvin Mayfield

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