The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has already started. The festival will end on May 4, giving fans a chance to enjoy ...

Santana, Cage the Elephant, Morris Day and the Time, David Shaw and more musicians and bands to see on the second Locals ...

Decades before Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball, these Black musicians were fighting discrimination and ...

With permanent and temporary exhibits that deep dive into the history and culture of jazz and a collection that includes over ...

The American musical art form jazz ... both black and white audiences. Recordings and radio broadcasts allow the music to reach beyond nightclubs, and the arrival of virtuosos such as New Orleans ...

Some artists and bands performed traditional Black Masking Indian music, which is driven by West African percussive rhythms, ...

Located at 3940 Thalia St., the Gem “provided a first-class experience to Black patrons,” a 2019 Country Roads Magazine ...

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, now in its 55th year, takes place from April 24 to May 4 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

But throughout the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ... During segregation, Black entertainers and patrons could eat, drink, spend the night and see a show that might include a ...