Photo Credit: Douglas Mason/New Orleans Jazz Festival
The Scene
When you have a festival that stretches over two weekends, it's going to have a massive lineup, and the New Orleans Jazz Festival is no exception. With 12 stages of music and an alumni list that stretches past 22,000 performers since 1970, Jazz Fest has hosted some of the greatest artists of the last half century.
2011 Artist Lineup
- ARCADE FIRE
- BON JOVI
- JIMMY BUFFETT
- KID ROCK
- JOHN MELLENCAMP
- WILCO
- THE NEVILLE BROTHERS
- WILLIE NELSON
- THE STROKES
- ROBERT PLANT & THE BAND OF JOYMS. LAURYN HILL
- TOM JONES
- JEFF BECK
- MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD
- SONNY ROLLINS
- ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND
- JOHN LEGEND & THE ROOTS
- WYCLEF JEAN
- THE AVETT BROTHERS
- DR. JOHN
- CYNDI LAUPER
- LUPE FIASCO
- MUMFORD & SONS
- ALEJANDRO SANZ
- TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE
- MYSTIKAL
- ALLEN TOUSSAINT
- BOBBY BLUE BLAND
- FOURPLAY
- MARCIA BALL
- RAM OF HAITI
- JASON MRAZ
- JESSE WINCHESTER
- WALTER “WOLFMAN” WASHINGTON & THE ROADMASTERS
- MAZE FEAT. FRANKIE BEVERLY
- BETTER THAN EZRA
- ARLO GUTHRIE
- JAMEY JOHNSON
- FANTASIA
- THE RADIATORSÂ’ FAREWELL
- COWBOY MOUTH
- KENNY G
- IRMA THOMAS
- THE DECEMBERISTS
- VICKIE WINANS
- GREGG ALLMAN BLUES BAND
- PETE FOUNTAIN
- LUCINDA WILLIAMS
- GALACTIC
- ROBERT CRAY
- IVAN NEVILLEÂ’S DUMPSTAPHUNK
- KEBÂ’ MOÂ’
- MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY
- KERMIT RUFFINS & THE BARBECUE SWINGERS
- BIG SAMÂ’S FUNKY NATION
- EDIE BRICKELL
- AMOS LEE
- AHMAD JAMAL
- RANCE ALLEN
- RICKY SKAGGS
- JOHN BOUTTÉ
- TABOU COMBO OF HAITI
- PAPA GROWS FUNK
- REBIRTH BRASS BAND
- TAB BENOIT
- SONNY LANDRETH
- HENRY BUTLER
- GLEN DAVID ANDREWS
- PUNCH BROTHERS FEATURING CHRIS THILE
- RON CARTER TRIO
- FISK JUBILEE SINGERS
- TERENCE BLANCHARD
- BOUKMAN EKSPERYANS OF HAITI
- MACEO PARKER WITH SPECIAL GUEST PEE WEE ELLIS
- IVAN LINS
- MICHELLE SHOCKED
- CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE
- SOUL REBELS BRASS BAND
- PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND