Jazz Fest

• Published: Apr 25, 2008 - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

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This year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, April 25-27 and May 1-4, is the first time the celebration has featured seven days of music since Hurricane Katrina.

The festival’s mix of  rock, jazz, country, blues, gospel, world beat and more will feature hundreds of musicians including The Neville Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffett, Tim McGraw, Santana, Sheryl Crow, Widespread Panic, Dr. John, Al Green, Diana Krall, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss and Irma Thomas.

Annually drawing tens of thousands of fans each day, the festival will again be held at the Fair Grounds Race Course, off Esplanade Ave.,  11 a.m.-7 p.m. daily with 11 stages of simultaneous music. Also included is a food fair with more than 100 varieties of Louisiana cuisine and a huge juried crafts show and sale.

Gate ticket prices are $50 per day April 25, 26 and 27; $40 May 1; $50 per day May 2, 3 and 4. All children’s tickets, ages 2-11, are $5. Advance tickets available for second weekend at discounted prices. For tickets call (800) 488-5252 or visit  http://www.ticketmaster.com.

For more information on the Festival visit http://www.nojazzfest.com.

New orleans jazz and heritage festival 2008 schedule

Friday, April 25

ACURA STAGE
11:20 a.m.: Susan Cowsill Band
12:30 p.m.: Kim Carson and the Casualties
1:45 p.m.: Theresa Andersson Group
3:30 p.m.: Robert Plant and Alson Krauss featuring T-Bone Burnett
5:35 p.m.: Sheryl Crow

GENTILLY STAGE
11:30 a.m.: Kumbuka African Drum and Dance Collective
12:45 p.m.: Vivaz!
2:05 p.m.: The Iguanas
3:35 p.m.: Anders Osborne
5:25 p.m.: Ozomatli featuring Chali 2na of Jurassic 5

CONGO SQUARE “MY LOUISIANA” STAGE
11:30 a.m.: Zion Trinity
12:45 p.m.: ¡Otra!
2:15 p.m.: Big Sam’s Funky Nation
3:45 p.m.: Leo’s “Rare Funk Gathering” featuring Leo Nocentelli (The Meters), Bernie Worell (P-Funk), and Doug Wimbish and Will Calhoun (Living Colour)
5:40 p.m.: Burning Spear

WWOZ JAZZ TENT
11:20 a.m.: Delgado Community College Jazz Ensemble
12:25 p.m.: Amina Figarova Sextet of the Netherlands
1:50 p.m.: The James Rivers Movement
3:05 p.m.: Leah Chase
4:15 p.m.: Ellis Marsalis
5:45 p.m.: Lizz Wright

SOUTHERN COMFORT BLUES TENT
11:15 a.m.: Rufus “Rip” Wimberly and The Dreamers
12:20 p.m.: J. Monque’D Blues Band
1:30 p.m.: Barbara Lynn
2:55 p.m.: Doyle Bramhall with C.C. Adcock and the Lafayette Marquis
4:20 p.m.: Tab Benoit
5:50 p.m.: Buckwheat Zydeco

ECONOMY HALL TENT PRESENTED BY PEOPLES HEALTH
11:15 a.m.: June Gardner and the Fellas
12:25 p.m.: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
1:35 p.m.: Andrew Hall’s Society Brass Band
2:50 p.m.: Jamil Sharif’s New Orleans Jazz Professors
4:15 p.m.: Kustbandet of Sweden
5:45 p.m.: Banu Gibson featuring The Palm Springs Yacht Club