Each spring music fans from across the globe descend upon The Crescent City for the annual New Orleans Jazz Fest. The festival attracts a diverse and impressive roster of acts each year and the 2012 will be no different. Set to take place between April 27 and May 6 (1st Weekend = 4/27 – 4/29, 2nd Weekend = 5/3 – 5/6), this year’s headliners include the Eagles, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Foo Fighters, John Mayer, The Neville Brothers, My Morning Jacket, Bon Iver, John Mayer and the Levon Helm Band with special guest Mavis Staples.
HT faves Bruce Hornsby, Iron & Wine, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, funky Meters, Gomez, Herbie Hancock, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and Carolina Chocolate Drops are among the hundreds of groups that will perform during one of the event’s two weekends. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, December 14, at 10AM CST through Ticketmaster.
We’ll present the lineup in three different ways. First, here’s the alphabetical list:
101 Runners
14 and Under Cajun Band
A Living Tribute to Harold Batiste
Aaron Neville
Al Green
Alana Villavaso
Allen Toussaint
Amanda Shaw
Amina Figarova Sextet
Anders Osborne
Andrew Duhon
Ani DiFranco
Archdiocese of New Orleans Gospel Choir
AsheSon
Asleep at the Wheel
Asociacion de Peruanos en Louisiana
Astral Project
Ayla Miller
Baby Boyz Brass Band
Bamboula 2000
Banu Gibson
Baritone Bliss
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
Belton Richard & the Musical Aces
Beth Patterson & Potent Bathers
Better Than Ezra
Betty Winn & One A-Chord
Big Al Carson & the Blues Masters
Big Chief Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Big Steppers, Untouchables, and Furious Five Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
Bill Miller
Bill Summers & Jazalsa
Bishop Sean Elder & the Mount Hermon BC Mass Choir
Black Eagles Mardi Gras Indians
Black Feathers, Black Seminoles, and Red Hawk Mardi Gras Indians
Black Mohawk, Black Foot Hunters, and Geronimo Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
Blodie’s Jazz Jam
Bobby Lounge
Bobby Rush
Bombino of Niger
Bon Iver
Bonerama
Bonnie Raitt
Bounce Shake Down feat. Big Freedia, Katey Red, Keedy Black, and DJ Poppa
Boutté Family Sunday Praise
Brass Bed
Brice Miller & the Mahogany Brass Band
Brother Dege
Brother Tyrone & the Mindbenders
Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band
Bruce Hornsby
Bucktown Allstars
Buckwheat Zydeco
Bunny Wailer
Butch Thompson
C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band,
Cameron Dupuy & the Cajun Troubadours
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Carrollton Hunters, Big Chief Kevin Goodman & the Flaming Arrows, Ninth Ward Hunters, and Ninth Ward Navajo Mardi Gras Indians
Casa Samba
Ceasar Elloie
Cha Wa
Charmaine Neville Band
Cheick Hamala Diabate
Cheikh Lô
Chris Clifton & His All-Stars
Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band
Chuck Leavell & Friends
Cindy Scott
City of Love Music & Worship Arts
Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders with Butch Thompson
Connie & Dwight with the St. Raymond/St. Leo the Great Choir
Connie Jones & the Crescent City Jazz Band
Corey Harris
Courtney Bryan
Cowboy Mouth
Craig Adams & Higher Dimensions of Praise
Creole String Beans
Creole Wild West and Golden Star Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
Cubano Be, Cubano Bop: Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Band feat. Terence Blanchard
Culu Children’s Traditional African Dance Company
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
Cynthia Girtley
D.L. Menard & the Louisiana Aces
Dave Koz
David & Roselyn
David Sanborn and Joey DeFrancesco
Deacon John
Dee-1
Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Orchestra
Delgado Community College Jazz Ensemble
Dianne Reeves
Dillard University Jazz Ensemble
DJ Captain Charles
DJ Soul Sister
Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders
Donald Harrison
Donnie Bolden & the Spirit of Elijah
Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans
Dr. John & the Lower 911
Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band feat. Thais Clark
Dukes of Dixieland
Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers
E’Dana & Company
Eagles
Eleanor McMain Singing Mustangs
Ellis Marsalis
ELS
Empress Hotel
Eric Lindell
Erica Falls
Erika Flowers
Ernie Vincent & the Top Notes
Esperanza Spalding
Eulenspeigel Puppets
Evelyn Turrentine-Agee
Feist
Feufollet
First Emanuel Baptist Church Choir
Florence + the Machine
Flow Tribe
Foo Fighters
Forever Jones Family
Forgotten Souls Brass Band
Franklin Avenue Baptist Church Mass Choir
Fredy Omar con su Banda
Free Agents Brass Band
funky Meters
Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue
Galactic
Gary Clark Jr.
Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie
George French & the New Orleans Storyville Jazz Band
George Porter, Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners
Germaine Bazzle
GIVERS
Glen David Andrews
Glen Hansard
Golden Blade and Fi Yi Yi Mardi Gras Indians
Golden Sioux, Young Cherokee, Big Chief Trouble & Trouble Nation, and Mohawk Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
Golden Star Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
Golden Voices Community Choir
Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys
Gomez
Gospel Inspirations of Boutte
Gospel Soul Children
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
GrayHawk
Gregg Stafford’s Jazz Hounds
Gregory Agid
Guitar Lightnin’ Lee & the Thunder Band
Guitar Masters feat. Jimmy Robinson, Phil DeGruy, John Rankin, and Cranston Clements
Guitar Slim Jr.
Hadley J. Castille Family & the Sharecroppers Cajun Band
Henry Butler
Henry Gray & the Cats
Herbie Hancock and his Band
High Ground Drifters Bluegrass Band
High Steppers Brass Band
Honey Island Swamp Band
Hot 8 Brass Band
Hot Club of New Orleans
Hurray For The Riff Raff
Iguanas
Ingrid Lucia
Irma Thomas
Irma Thomas’ Tribute to Mahalia Jackson
Iron & Wine
Ironin’ Board Sam
Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Israel & New Breed
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
Ivoire Spectacle feat. Seguenon Kone
J. Monque’D Blues Band
Jambalaya Cajun Band
James Andrews & the Crescent City Allstars
James Cotton “Superharp” Band
James Rivers Movement
Jamil Sharif
Janelle Monae
Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys
Jeremy Davenport
Jeremy Lyons with Members of Morphine
Jewel Brown & the Heritage Hall Jazz Band
Jill Scott
Jim McCormick Band
Jo “Cool” Davis with Sugarboy Crawford
Jockimo’s Groove feat. War Chief Juan
Joe Hall & the Cane Cutters
Joe Krown Trio feat. Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste
John Boutté
John Lawrence & Ven Pa’ Ca Flamenco Dancers
John Mayer
John Mooney & Bluesiana
Johnette Downing
Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes
Joints Jumpin’
Jon Cleary
Josh Kagler & Harmonistic Praise Crusade
Judy Stock
Julio y Cesar
Julliard
Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone
Keep N It Real, We Are One, Zulu, and Big Nine Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band
Kelcy Mae
Kenneth Terry Brass Band
Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers
Kevin Bryan
Khris Royal & Dark Matter
Kid Chocolate
Kid Simmons’ Local International Allstars
Kim Che’re
Kinfolk Brass Band
Kipori “Baby Wolf” Woods
Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Groove
Kirk Joseph’s Tuba Tuba
Kora Connection feat. Morikeba Kouyate and Thierno Dioubate
Kristi Guillory & the Midtown Project
Kristin Diable & the City
Kumbuka African Dance & Drum Collective
Lady Rollers, Original C.T.C. Steppers, Nine Times Ladies, Prince of Wales, and Original Lady Buckjumpers Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
Lars Edegran and the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
Leah Chase
Leo Jackson & the Melody Clouds
Leroy Jones & New Orleans’ Finest
Lesa Cormier & the Sundown Playboys
Levon Helm Band with special guest Mavis Staples,
Leyla Mccalla
Lil’ Buck Sinegal
Lil’ Nathan & the Zydeco Bigtimers
Lindigo of Reunion Islands feat. Fixi
Lionel Ferbos & the Palm Court Jazz Band
Little Anthony & The Imperials
Little Freddie King Blues Band
Lois Dejean Gospel Diva
Los Po-Boy-Citos
Lost Bayou Ramblers
Louis Ford & His Dixie Flairs
Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble
Loyola University Jazz Ensemble
Luther Kent
Lyle Henderson & Emmanu-El
Lynn Drury
Mac Arnold & Plate Full o’ Blues
Magnolia Jazz Band of Norway feat. Topsy Chapman
Marc Broussard
Marc Stone
Marcia Ball
Mariachi Jalisco
Mark Braud
Marlon Jordan Quartet
Mas Mamones
Matthew Davidson
Maurice Brown
Mavis Staples
Maze feat. Frankie Beverly
McDonogh #35 High School Gospel Choir
Mem Shannon
Meschiya Lake & dem Lil’ Big Horns
Mia Borders
Michael Ward
Midnite Disturbers
Mighty Supremes
Miss Claudia & her Biergartners
Morning Star Mass Choir
My Morning Jacket
MyNameIsJohnMichael
N.O.C.C.A. Jazz Ensemble
Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas
Nayo Jones
Ne-Yo
New Birth Brass Band
New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra
New Orleans Hispano-America Dance Group
New Orleans Indian Rhythm Section
New Orleans Klezmer Allstars
New Orleans Nightcrawlers
New Orleans Spiritualettes
New Wave Brass Band
Nicholas Payton
Nineveh Baptist Church Mass Choir
Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble
N’Fungola Sibo West African Dance Company
N’Kafu African Dance
O. Perry Walker Charter High School Choir
Olympia Aid, New Look and The First Division Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
Opera a la Carte
Orange Kellin’s New Orleans Deluxe Orchestra
Original Pinettes Brass Band
OTRA
Palmetto Bug Stompers
Panorama Jazz Band
Papa Grows Funk
Pastor Jai Reed
Pastor Terry Gullage & the Mount Calvary Voice of Redemption Choir
Pastor Tyrone Jefferson
Pat Casey & the New Sound
Patrice Fisher & Arpa & the Garifuna Connection
Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show
Paulin Brothers Brass Band
Paulina Rubio
Pedrito Martinez
Pete Fountain
Peter Martin
Phillip Manuel
Pine Leaf Boys
Pinstripe Brass Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s 50th Anniversary Jam
Real Untouchables Brass Band
Rebirth Brass Band
Red Stick Ramblers
Red White & Blue, Wild Mohicans, Golden Comanche, and Seminoles Mardi Gras Indians
Reggie Hall & the Twilighters feat. Lady Bee
Regina Carter’s “Reverse Thread”
Rev. Jermaine Landrum & Abundant Praise Revival Choir
Reverend Jermaine Landrum & the Abundant Praise Revival Choir
Revolution, Ladies of Unity, Scene Boosters, Ole N Nu Style Fellas, and Lady Jetsetters Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
Riccardo Crespo & Sol Brasil
Robert Jardell
Rockin’ Dopsie, Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters
Rocks of Harmony
Roddie Romero & the Hub-City Allstars
Rodrigo y Gabriella
Roland Guerin
Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys
Rotary Downs
Ruby Wilson’s Tribute to Bessie Smith & Ma Rainey
Rumba Buena
Sam Doores & the Tumbleweeds
Sarah Jarosz
Sasha Masakowski
Savoy Music Center of Eunice Saturday Cajun Jam
Secondline Jammers, Men of Class, Family Ties, Dumaine Gang, and Divine Ladies Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
Semolian Warriors Mardi Gras Indians
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
Seva Venet & the Storyville String Band
Shades of Praise: New Orleans Interracial Gospel Choir
Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Silky Sol
Smitty Dee’s Brass Band
Sonny Landreth
Soul Rebels
Spencer Bohren
St. Joseph the Worker Choir
Steel Pulse
Stephanie Jordan
Stephen Foster’s Foster Family Program
Steve Earle
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Stooges Brass Band
Storyville Stompers Brass Band
SUBR Jazzy Jags
Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots
Supagroup
Tab Benoit
Tanya & Dorise
Tarriona “Tank” Ball & the BlackStar Bangas
TBC Brass Band
Ted Winn
Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
Terri Lyne Carrington’s Mosaic
The Batiste Brothers
The Bester Singers
The Classic New Orleans Revue feat. Frankie Ford, Al “Carnival Time” Johnson, and Robert “Barefootin” Parker with Blue Eyed Soul
The Courtyard Kings
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The Dixie Cups
The Dynamic Smooth Family Gospel Singers
The Electrifying Crown Seekers
The Heavenly Melodies Gospel Singers
The Johnson Extension
The Jones Sisters
The Malone Brothers
The Neville Brothers
The New Orleans Bingo! show
The Pfister Sisters
The Raymond A. Myles Singers 30th Anniversary
The Revealers
The Revivalists
The Roots of Music Marching Crusaders
The Sammy Rimington International Band
The Stars of Heaven
The Texas Tornados feat. Flaco Jiminez, Augie Myers, and Shawn Sahm
The Wimberly Family
Theresa Andersson
Tim Laughlin
Tom McDermott & Friends
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tommy Sancton’s New Orleans Legacy Band
Tonia Powell & the Left Field Band
Tonia Scott & Anointed Voices
Topsy Chapman & Solid Harmony
Tornado Brass Band
Treme Brass Band
Tribute to Alex Chilton feat. Dave Pirner, Alex McMurray, Susan Cowsill, and Rene Coman
Tribute to Wardell Quezergue feat. Jean Knight, The Dixie Cups, and more,
Trombone Shorty
Tulane University Jazz Band
Tyronne Foster & the Arc Singers
UNO Jazz Allstars
Val & Love Alive Fellowship Choir
Versailles Lion Dance Team
Victor Goines
VIP Ladies, Original Big 7, and Original Four Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
Vivaz!
Voice of the Wetlands Allstars
Voices of Peter Claver
Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters
Wanda Rouzan
Washboard Rodeo
Watson Memorial Music Ministry
Wayne Toups & ZyDeCajun
Wendell Brunious & the Music Masters
Westbank Steppers, Valley of Silent Men, Pigeon Town Steppers, New Generation, and Undefeated Divas Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
Wild Red Flame, Buffalo Hunters, and Apache Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
Wild Tchoupitoulas, Wild Apaches, Cherokee Hunters, and Young Magnolias Mardi Gras Indians
Women in Jazz
Woodshed: Trombone
Wycliff Gordon
Xavier University Jazz Ensemble
Yolanda Adams
Young Band Nation Blues Project
Young Fellaz Brass Band
Young Guardians of the Flame
Young Pinstripe Brass Band
Young Tuxedo Jazz Band
Yvette Landry Band
Zac Brown Band
Zazou City
Zebra
Zion Harmonizers
Zulu Male Ensemble
And here’s the list of performers by headlining status…
•Eagles •Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers •Foo Fighters Zac Brown Band •The Neville Brothers •John Mayer •Al Green •Herbie Hancock and his Band •Ne-Yo •My Morning Jacket •Bon Iver •Paulina Rubio •Jill Scott •Florence and the Machine •Allen Toussaint •Feist Bunny Wailer •Bonnie Raitt •Irma Thomas •Maze feat. Frankie Beverly •Dr. John & the Lower 911 •Janelle Monae •Yolanda Adams •Iron & Wine •Pete Fountain •Rodrigo y Gabriela •Steel Pulse •Rebirth Brass Band •Grace Potter & the Nocturnals •Esperanza Spalding •funky Meters •Levon Helm Band with special guest Mavis Staples, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings •Aaron Neville •Steve Earle •Galactic Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s 50th Anniversary Jam •Little Anthony & The Imperials •Ani DiFranco •GIVERS •Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers •Dianne Reeves Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra •Better Than Ezra •Carolina Chocolate Drops •Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk •Bruce Hornsby •Dave Koz •The Dirty Dozen Brass Band •Gomez •Pedrito Martinez Bounce Shake Down feat. Big Freedia, Katey Red, Keedy Black, and DJ Poppa •Israel & New Breed •Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 •Amanda Shaw James Cotton “Superharp” Band •Cowboy Mouth •Asleep at the Wheel Papa Grows Funk •David Sanborn and Joey DeFrancesco •Bobby Rush C•huck Leavell & Friends •Ellis Marsalis •Marcia Ball Voice of the Wetland Allstars •John Boutté •Gary Clark Jr. •The Texas Tornados feat. Flaco Jiminez, Augie Myers, and Shawn Sahm Cubano Be, Cubano Bop: Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Band feat. Terence Blanchard •Tab Benoit •Regina Carter’s “Reverse Thread” •Bombino of Niger •Glen Hansard Big Sam’s Funky Nation •Jeremy Davenport •Sarah Jarosz •Bonerama •Evelyn Turrentine-Agee •Terri Lyne Carrington’s Mosaic •Ruby Wilson’s Tribute to Bessie Smith & Ma Rainey •Wycliff Gordon •Donald Harrison •Sonny Landreth •Buckwheat Zydeco •Soul Rebels •C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, •The Stars of Heaven Wayne Toups & ZyDeCajun •Rockin’ Dopsie & the Zydeco Twisters Anders Osborne •Honey Island Swamp Band •Theresa Andersson John Mooney & Bluesiana •Eric Lindell Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet •Pine Leaf Boys •Iguanas James Andrews & the Crescent City Allstars •Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys Big Chief Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs •Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band feat. Thais Clark The Classic New Orleans Revue feat. Frankie Ford, Al “Carnival Time” Johnson, and Robert “Barefootin” Parker with Blue Eyed Soul •Cheick Hamala Diabate •Banu Gibson •Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys Stooges Brass Band •Hot 8 Brass Band •Joints Jumpin’ •Butch Thompson Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans •Germaine Bazzle Brice Miller & the Mahogany Brass Band •Treme Brass Band Lionel Ferbos & the Palm Court Jazz Band •Leroy Jones & New Orleans’ Finest George French & the New Orleans Storyville Jazz Band •Lindigo of Reunion Islands feat. Fixi
And finally, by weekend…
The First Weekend:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, John Mayer, Al Green, Trombone Shorty, Bon Iver, Jill Scott, Allen Toussaint, Janelle Monae, Dr. John, Iron and Wine, Yolanda Adams, Pete Fountain, Feist, Steel Pulse, Dianne Reeves, Gomez, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dave Koz, Givers, Israel and New Breed, Tab Benoit, Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, Cowboy Mouth, Bobby Rush, Chuck Leavell and Friends, Amanda Shaw, Sonny Landreth, Gary Clark, Jr., Cubano Be, Cubano Bop: Poncho Sanchez and His Latin Band featuring Terence Blanchard, Papa Grows Funk, Ellis Marsalis, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Cheikh Lo (Senegal), Buckwheat Zydeco, Evelyn Turrentine-Agee, Voice of the Wetland Allstars, The Texas Tornados featuring Flaco Jiminez, Augie Myers, and Shawn Sahm, Nicholas Payton, Ironin’ Board Sam, The New Orleans Bingo! Show, Soul Rebels, Shamarr Allen and the Underdawgs, Eric Lindell, Irma Thomas’ Tribute to Mahalia Jackson, Corey Harris, James Andrews and the Crescent City Allstars, Lindigo (Reunion Islands) featuring Fixi (France), Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots, Pine Leaf Boys, Luther Kent, The Dixie Cups, Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas, Dee-1, Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes, Sasha Masakowski, New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and the Golden Eagles, Khris Royal and Dark Matter, Los Po-Boy-Citos, Butch Thompson, Treme Brass Band, Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band featuring Thais Clark, Savoy Music Center of Eunice Saturday Cajun Jam, Geno Delafose and French Rockin’ Boogie, Leyla McCalla, Roddie Romero and the Hub-City Allstars, Midnite Disturbers, Bill Summers and Jazalsa, Peter Martin, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, Jewel Brown and the Heritage Hall Jazz Band, Tribute to Alex Chilton featuring Dave Pirner, Alex McMurray, Susan Cowsill, and Rene Coman, Stephanie Jordan, Stooges Brass Band, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, The Classic New Orleans Revue featuring Frankie Ford, Al “Carnival Time” Johnson, and Robert “Barefootin” Parker with Blue Eyed Soul, Tribute to Wardell Quezergue featuring Jean Knight, The Dixie Cups, and more, Bucktown Allstars, Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue, Lil’ Buck Sinegal, James Rivers Movement, Victor Goines, Fredy Omar con su Banda, Kristin Diable and the City, Washboard Rodeo, Panorama Jazz Band, Kirk Joseph’s Tuba Tuba, Leah Chase, The Batiste Brothers, Brice Miller and Mahogany Brass Band, Shades of Praise: New Orleans Interracial Gospel Choir, Lars Edegran’s New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders, Betty Winn and One A-Chord, Guitar Lightnin’ Lee and the Thunder Band, City of Love Music and Worship Arts, Tim Laughlin, Lionel Ferbos and the Palm Court Jazz Band, The Revivalists, Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone, Empress Hotel, Brother Tyrone and the Mindbenders, Cindy Scott, Watson Memorial Music Ministry, The Electrifying Crown Seekers, Bamboula 2000, Ivoire Spectacle featuring Seguenon Kone, Ingrid Lucia, Paulin Brothers Brass Band, The Courtyard Kings, Dukes of Dixieland, Kevin Bryan, D.L. Menard and the Louisiana Aces, Real Untouchables Brass Band, Semolian Warriors Mardi Gras Indians, Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders, High Ground Drifters Bluegrass Band, Beth Patterson and Potent Bathers, Marc Stone, Goldman Thibodeaux and the Lawtell Playboys, Erika Flowers, Tonia Powell and the Left Field Band, Henry Gray and the Cats, Women in Jazz, Ernie Vincent and the Top Notes, Hadley J. Castille Family and the Sharecroppers Cajun Band, Chris Clifton, Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns, Tom McDermott and Friends, Jeremy Lyons and Members of Morphine, Leo Jackson and the Melody Clouds, Gospel Soul Children, Cameron Dupuy and the Cajun Troubadours, Louis Ford and His Dixie Flairs, Riccardo Crespo and Sol Brasil, 101 Runners, Creole Wild West and Golden Star Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Storyville Stompers Brass Band, Jamil Sharif, Pastor Jai Reed, Tonia Scott and the Anointed Voices, Secondline Jammers, Men of Class, Family Ties, Dumaine Gang, and Divine Ladies Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs, Lois Dejean Gospel Diva, Pat Casey and the New Sound, DJ Soul Sister, E’Dana and Company, Black Mohawk, Black Foot Hunters, and Geronimo Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble, Young Pinstripe Brass Band, The Heavenly Melodies Gospel Singers, New Wave Brass Band, Red White and Blue, Wild Mohicans, Golden Comanche, and Seminoles Mardi Gras Indians, Loyola University Jazz Ensemble, Keep N It Real, We Are One, Zulu, and Big Nine Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs, Johnette Downing, Morning Star Mass Choir, The Bester Singers, The Sammy Rimington International Band, The Dynamic Smooth Family Gospel Singers, Tulane University Jazz Ensemble, Tornado Brass Band, Carrollton Hunters, Big Chief Kevin Goodman and the Flaming Arrows, Ninth Ward Hunters, and Ninth Ward Navajo Mardi Gras Indians, Archdiocese of New Orleans Gospel Choir, Golden Voices Community Choir, Olympia Aid, New Look and The First Division Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs, Bishop Sean Elder and the Mount Hermon BC Mass Choir, The Wimberly Family Gospel Singers, Josh Kagler and Harmonistic Praise Crusade, Big Steppers, Untouchables, and Furious Five Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs, Black Eagles Mardi Gras Indians, Reverend Jermaine Landrum and the Abundant Praise Revival Choir, Miss Claudia and her Biergartners, Asociacion de Peruanos en Louisiana, Ayla Miller, Young Band Nation Blues Project, The Jones Sisters, GrayHawk, Alana Villavaso, N’Fungola Sibo West African Dance Company.
The Second Weekend:
The Neville Brothers, Eagles, Foo Fighters, Zac Brown Band, Herbie Hancock, My Morning Jacket, Ne-Yo, Bunny Wailer, Bonnie Raitt, Paulina Rubio, Irma Thomas, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Florence + the Machine, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Galactic, Esperanza Spalding, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Levon Helm Band with special guest Mavis Staples, Steve Earle, Little Anthony and The Imperials, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Ani DiFranco, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Bruce Hornsby, Asleep at the Wheel, funky Meters, Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s 50th Anniversary Jam, David Sanborn and Joey DeFrancesco, Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers, Zebra, Aaron Neville, Rebirth Brass Band, Better Than Ezra, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Marcia Ball, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, The Bounce Shake Down featuring Big Freedia, Katey Red, Keedy Black, and DJ Poppa, Sarah Jarosz , Pedrito Martinez, Anders Osborne, Charmaine Neville Band, Jon Cleary, Deacon John, Bombino (Niger), Donald Harrison, George Porter, Jr. and Runnin’ Pardners, Bonerama, Rockin’ Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters, Glen Hansard, John Mooney and Bluesiana, Theresa Andersson, Honey Island Swamp Band, Regina Carter’s “Reverse Thread”, Big Chief Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias, James Cotton “Superharp” Band, Mia Borders, John Boutte, Wayne Toups and ZyDeCajun, Terri Lyne Carrington’s Mosaic, Supagroup, MyNameIsJohnMichael, Bill Miller, Joints Jumpin’, Astral Project, Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience, Jeremy Davenport, Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Orchestra, Glen David Andrews, Boutte Family Sunday Praise, Wycliffe Gordon, Ruby Wilson’s Tribute to Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey, Little Freddie King Blues Band, Iguanas, Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Gregg Stafford’s Jazz Hounds, Hot Club of New Orleans, Germaine Bazzle, Andrew Duhon, Rotary Downs, Kirk Joseph’s Backyard Groove, New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Bobby Lounge, Cheick Hamala Diabate, Silky Sol, Joe Krown Trio featuring Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Russell Batiste, Jr., Leroy Jones and New Orleans Finest, New Birth Brass Band, The Malone Brothers, Marlon Jordan Quartet, Roland Guerin, Zion Harmonizers, Wendell Brunious and the Music Masters, Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band, Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show, Otra, Mac Arnold and Plate Full o’ Blues, Amina Figarova Sextet, Feufollet, Banu Gibson, Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans, The Stars of Heaven, Red Stick Ramblers, Rumba Buena, Magnolia Jazz Band of Norway featuring Topsy Chapman, Kipori “Baby Wolf” Woods, Lil’ Nathan and the Zydeco Bigtimers, Jambalaya Cajun Band, Flow Tribe, Free Agents Brass Band, Spencer Bohren, Guitar Masters featuring Jimmy Robinson, Phil DeGruy, John Rankin, and Cranston Clements, George French and the New Orleans Storyville Jazz Band, Mariachi Jalisco, Jim McCormick Band, The Revealers, Black Feathers, Black Seminoles, and Red Hawk Mardi Gras Indians, Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys, Hot 8 Brass Band, The Raymond A. Myles Singers 30th Anniversary, Mas Mamones, Jo “Cool” Davis with Sugarboy Crawford, Mem Shannon, Blodie’s Jazz Jam, Vivaz!, ELS, A Living Tribute to Harold Batiste, Creole String Beans, Michael Ward, Golden Blade and Fi Yi Yi Mardi Gras Indians, Original Pinettes Brass Band, Forgotten Souls Brass Band, Patrice Fisher and Arpa and the Garifuna Connection, The Johnson Extension, Joe Hall and the Cane Cutters, Orange Kellin’s New Orleans Deluxe Orchestra, Mark Braud, Nayo Jones, Reggie Hall and the Twilighters featuring Lady Bee, Belton Richard and the Musical Aces, Phillip Manuel, Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band, New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra, Pinstripe Brass Band, New Orleans Spiritualettes, Jockimo’s Groove featuring War Chief Juan, Ted Winn, Courtney Bryan, Sam Doores and the Tumbleweeds, AsheSon, Young Tuxedo Jazz Band, Tommy Sancton’s New Orleans Legacy Band, Kim Che’re, Kid Simmons’ Local International Allstars, Robert Jardell, Tarriona “Tank” Ball and the BlackStar Bangas, Erica Falls, Baritone Bliss, Kumbuka African Dance and Drum Collective, TBC Brass Band, The Roots of Music Marching Crusaders, Lesa Cormier and the Sundown Playboys, Tyronne Foster and the Arc Singers, Donnie Bolden and the Spirit of Elijah, Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble, Cha Wa, Cynthia Girtley, Rocks of Harmony, Val and Love Alive Fellowship Choir, Connie Jones and the Crescent City Jazz Band, Julio y Cesar, Brass Bed, Lynn Drury, Kora Connection featuring Morikeba Kouyate and Thierno Dioubate, Kelcy Mae, Connie and Dwight with the St. Raymond/St. Leo the Great Gospel Choir, McDonogh #35 High School Gospel Choir, The Mighty Supremes, Lyle Henderson and Emmanu-El, Yvette Landry Band, VIP Ladies, Original Big 7, and Original Four Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs, Zulu Male Ensemble, Zazou City, John Lawrence and Ven Pa’ Ca Flamenco Dancers, Guitar Slim Jr., Big Al Carson and the Blues Masters, Wild Tchoupitoulas, Wild Apaches, Cherokee Hunters, and Young Magnolias Mardi Gras Indians, Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble, Forever Jones, Trombone Woodshed, J. Monque’D Blues Band, Kristi Guillory and the Midtown Project, Ceasar Elloie, Revolution, Ladies of Unity, Scene Boosters, Ole N Nu Style Fellas, and Lady Jetsetters Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs, Kenneth Terry Brass Band, Gregory Agid, Brother Dege, Palmetto Bug Stompers, Kid Chocolate, Seva Venet and the Storyville String Band, Kinfolk Brass Band, St. Joseph the Worker Choir, DJ Captain Charles, Topsy Chapman and Solid Harmony, Golden Sioux, Young Cherokee, Big Chief Trouble and Trouble Nation, and Mohawk Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Voices of Peter Claver, Pastor Terry Gullage and the Greater Mount Calvary Voices of Redemption Choir, Pastor Tyrone Jefferson, New Orleans Indian Rhythm Section, Gospel Inspirations of Boutte, Jeffery Broussard and Creole Cowboys, O. Perry Walker Charter High School Choir, Eleanor McMain Singing Mustangs, The Pfister Sisters, First Emanuel Baptist Church Mass Choir, Wild Red Flame, Buffalo Hunters, and Apache Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, High Steppers Brass Band, Tanya and Dorise, Matthew Davidson, Westbank Steppers, Valley of Silent Men, Pigeon Town Steppers, New Generation, and Undefeated Divas Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs, Culu Children’s Traditional African Dance Company, 14 and Under Cajun Band, David and Roselyn, Smitty Dee’s Brass Band, N’Kafu African Dance, Baby Boyz Brass Band, New Orleans Hispano America Dance Group, Versailles Lion Dance Team, Young Fellaz Brass Band, Judy Stock, Eulenspiegel Puppets, Lady Rollers, Original C.T.C. Steppers, Nine Times Ladies, Prince of Wales, and Original Lady Buckjumpers Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs, Opera a la Carte, Young Guardians of the Flame, Stephen Foster’s Foster Family Program.
