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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2012
WHERE: New Orleans, LA
WHEN: April 27-May 6, 2012
TICKETS: $120-$150 Weekend Pass
CAMPING: No
WEBSITE: Official Site
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THE SCENE With twelve stages of virtually every style of roots music, Jazz Fest presents one of the entertainment world’s most diverse music lineups, including its unparalleled showcase of Louisiana’s unique culture.
2012 LINEUP
101 Runners
14 and Under Cajun Band
A Living Tribute to Harold Battiste
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
Comanche Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
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
TBA
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