It's almost that time again my friends, Jazz Fest is almost here, and if you ever wanted to visit New Orleans, during Jazz Fest is the time! I like it more than Mardi Gras, don't be fooled by the name of the Fest, it features all kinds of music from all kinds of bands! Check out this years line up! Oh and did I mention it is on 10 different stages, and has 300 bands?! Oh yeah, and the different kinds of food offered is amazing!

Here is the partial line up:
2005 Jazzfest Heritage Fair
Music Schedule

Friday, April 22 Cowboy Mouth, Steve Winwood, The Black Crowes, Wilco, Buckwheat Zydeco, Ozomatli, Zap Mama, John Mooney & Bluesiana, George Huff, Don Grusin presents the Hang w/ sp. guests Pete Escovedo & Alex Acuna, Tribute to Louis Armstrong featuring Marcus Belgrave, Donald Harrison, Bernard Allison, Sonny Landreth, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Jeremy Davenport, Susan Cowsill, The Anointed Jackson Sisters, New Orleans Allstar Music Tribute, Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Boogie Kings, George French, John Boutté, Carol Fran, Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band, Olympia Brass Band, Humble Travelers, James Andrews & the Andrews Family Band, New Bumpers Dixieland Jazz Band of France, C.C. Ad**** & the Lafayette Marquis', Willie Tee, Lil' Stooges Brass Band, Lil' Buck Sinegal, Lionel Ferbos & the Palm Court Jazz Band, Sean Ardoin -n- Zydekool, Tim Laughlin, Magnolia Sisters, Liquidrone, Vivaz!, Patrice Fisher & Arpa, Pocket Foxx, Us3, Harry Hypolite, Native


Saturday, April 23 Original Meters Reunion: Art, Zig, George & Leo, James Taylor, The Roots, Buddy Guy, Dave Bartholomew, Luciano, Irma Thomas, Shirley Horn, Charles Teony of Brazil, Bishop Paul S. Morton Sr. & the Greater St. Stephen Mass Choir, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, Dorothy Norwood, Susan Tedeschi, Fishbone, Deacon John, Marc Broussard, Ellis Marsalis, Snooks Eaglin, Rockin' Dopsie, Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters, Jhelisa, Boogie Men, Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie, New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra, Eric Lindell, Jelly Roll Morton: Small and Hot Combos, Lil' Brian & the Zydeco Travelers, Wanda Rouzan & A Taste of New Orleans,


Sunday, April 24 Dr. John, Nelly, Brian Wilson, ¡El Dia Latino presentando Juanes, Victor Manuelle, y mas!, Smokie Norful, G. Love & Special Sauce, Rebirth Brass Band, Tribute to Little Walter featuring Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, Jerry Portnoy, Carrie Bell and Jumpin' Johnny Sansone, Charles Teony of Brazil, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Jazz Messengers Legacy Band w/ Benny Golson featuring Curtis Fuller, Campbell Brothers, Cyril Neville & the Uptown Allstars, Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Julieta Venegas, Ba Cissoko of Guinea, Iguanas, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Chris Thomas King, Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Swamp Pop Summit with Phil Phillips, King Karl, Warren Storm,


Thursday, April 28 B.B. King, Jack Johnson, Nickel Creek, Los Hombres Calientes, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, the subdudes, Papa Grows Funk, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Donavon Frankenreiter, Heath Brothers featuring Jimmy Heath, Albert "Tootie" Heath and Percy Heath, Howlin' Wolf Tribute featuring Eddie Shaw, Hubert Sumlin and Henry Gray, Banu Gibson & New Orleans Hot Jazz, Barrett Sisters, Mary Griffin, Sunpie Barnes & the Louisiana Sunspots, Slightly Stoopid, African Renaissance Dancers of Port Elizabeth South Africa, Walter Payton & Snapbeans, Benjy Davis Project, Kim Prevost w/ Amina Figarova, Coco Robicheaux & Spiritland, Savoy Family Cajun Band, Tom "The Blues Man" Hunter, Charmaine Neville & Friends, Morning 40 Federation, Roland Guerin, Bluerunners, Storyville Stompers Brass Band, Easter Rockers, Jeremy Lyons & the Deltabilly Boys, Treme Brass Band, Drums & Tuba, Corey Ledet, Ellipsis, Harold Batiste & AFO present The Next Generation, Red Stick Ramblers, Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, Willie West, Rudy's Caribbean Funk, Clancy "Blues Boy" Lewis,


Friday, April 29 Better Than Ezra, Widespread Panic, Randy Newman, Marcia Ball, Jamie Cullum, KEM, Neville & Dumpstaphunk, John Butler Trio, Michael Ward, World Leader Pretend, Tab Benoit, Louis Hayes & The Cannonball Adderly Legacy Band, Ledisi, Henry Butler, C.J. Chenier, Doc Cheatham Memorial Jazz Band featuring Nicholas Payton, Trumpet Woodshed featuring Maurice Brown and Marlon Jordan, Ted & Sheri, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, Cootie Stark, Debrecen Dixieland Jazz Band of Hungary, Charles Neville Quartet, New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, Frankie Ford, Bryan Lee & the Blues Power Band, James Rivers Movement, Tondráe, New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, Martha Redbone, African Renaissance Dancers of Port Elizabeth South Africa, Dora & the Zydeco Bad Boys, Jim McCormick & the Full Band, David Egan, Zion Trinity, Kim Carson, Kirk Joseph's Backyard Groove, Tony Green Gypsy Jazz, Los Sagitarios, Mark Braud, Linnzi Zaorski & Delta Royale, Golden Wings, New Orleans NightCrawlers Brass Band,


Saturday, April 30 Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dave Matthews Band, Anthony Hamilton, Elvis Costello, Galactic, Toots & the Maytals, Evangelist Shirley Caesar, Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm, Allen Toussaint, Roy Haynes 80th Birthday Celebration, Nicholas Payton, Madeleine Peyroux, Theresa Andersson, Walter "Wolfman" Washington & the Roadmasters, Wayne Toups & the Zydecajuns, Astral Project, Old Crow Medicine Show, Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band, Marva Wright & the BMWs, The Dixie Cups, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Drink Small, Germaine Bazzle, Willis Prudhomme & Zydeco Express, Raful Neal Jr., Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, Glass House Reunion w/ The Original Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Thomas "Big Hat" Fields, Washboard Chaz Blues Trio,


Sunday, May 1 The Neville Brothers, Trey Anastasio, Isaac Hayes, Steel Pulse, Los Lonely Boys, The Radiators, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Pete Fountain, Tribute to John Coltrane featuring McCoy Tyner, Ravi Coltrane, Jonathan Batiste, James Carter & Charnett Moffett, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Sister Rosetta Tharpe Tribute featuring Maria Muldaur, Marcia Ball, Tracy Nelson, Angela Strehli and sp. guest Irma Thomas, North Mississippi Allstars Hill Country, Slide Summit featuring Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings with Lil' Ed, John Mooney, Bob Margolin, and Drink Small, Terence Blanchard, Euricka, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Anders Osborne, Eddie Bo, Aaron Neville, Sherman Washington & the Zion Harmonizers, Maggie Warwick & the Louisiana Hayride Band, Dr. Charles G. Hayes & Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir, Bonerama, Jean Knight, Rising Star Fife and Drum Corps, Reggie Hall, Creole Zydeco Farmers, Lil Rascals Brass Band, and that is just a partial list of performers my friends!

Wow. What a ****ing rad event. Seeing the Meters live on weed would be awesome. I would also be super stoked to hear Steve Winwood sing "Back in the High Life" live. I am going to have to plan a vacation around that event one of these years.

Hell yeah, and I had to delete half the acts from the post, as it was too long of a list for a thread! It's awesome, You never know who will pop out on stage as a guest, I have seen Carlos Santana there, Jimmy Buffet, Lenny Kravitz, Joss Stone, Trent Rezner (9 Inch Nails fame, he lives here) Steve Miller, The Allman Brothers, and so many more! Just bring your folding chair and be ready to party, it's a blast, and cheap too, $20 gets you in any day of the event!

Wow! 20 bucks? Thats awesome. Damn, I wish I could go. I will have to put that event on my list of things to do in the next couple years. That would be a great week long vacation. :beerchug: :439: