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 Sheet Music!Jazz & Blues Sheet Music Standards Jazz Glossary of Musical Terms  Posters & Art  Basic Musicianship written by D C DowDell | New Orleans Jazz Festival The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is a 10 day cultural and music event consisting of two main components: the Louisiana Heritage Fair and the Evening Concerts. The Louisiana Heritage Fair showcases over 600 musicians on 12 stages taking place at its traditional home, the city's Fair Grounds Race Track. The festival is held over the course of 2 weekends and usually falls on the last weekend in April and first weekend in May. Each year the festival is held at the New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Course, located at 1751 Gentilly Blvd, about 3 miles northeast from the French Quarter. The gates to the Fairgrounds open at 11:00 a.m. with the first act starting at 11:15 a.m. and ends with the last act playing until 7:00 p.m.-7:15 p.m. In the past, the Jazz Fest Evening Concerts happen at various clubs and performance halls throughout the city. Unofficial concerts or other music around town happen nightly at most clubs, bars, and restaurants. The 2012 line-up includes Dianne Reeves, Herbie Hancock, Irvin Mayfield, Pete Fountain, Poncho Sanchez, Terence Blanchard, Trombone Shorty, The Eagles, Esperanza Spalding, Dave Koz, Bonerama, Regina Carter, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco, Terri Lyne Carrington, Wycliffe Gordon, Bruce Hornsby, Mavis Staples, Ellis Marsalis, Marcia Ball, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Foo Fighters, The Beach Boys, Ani DiFranco, Zac Brown Band, John Mayer, The Neville Brothers, Al Green, Ne-Yo, My Morning Jacket, Bon Iver, Paulina Rubio, Jill Scott, Florence + the Machine, Allen Toussaint, Feist, Bunny Wailer, Bonnie Raitt, Irma Thomas, Frankie Beverly, Dr. John, Janelle Monae, Yolanda Adams, Iron & Wine, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Steel Pulse, Rebirth Brass Band, Grace Potter, Levon Helm, Sharon Jones, Aaron Neville, Steve Earle, Galactic, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Kermit Ruffins, Ivan Neville, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Gomez, Pedrito Martinez, Big Freedia, Keedy Black, DJ Poppa, Seun Kuti, Zebra, Amanda Shaw, James Cotton, Cowboy Mouth, Asleep at the Wheel, Papa Grows Funk, Bobby Rush, Chuck Leavell, John Boutte, Gary Clark Jr., Flaco Jimenez, Augie Myers, Shawn Sahm, Cubano Be, Cheikh Lo, Tab Benoit, Bombino of Niger, Glen Hansard, Jeremy Davenport, Sarah Jarosz, Evelyn Turrentine-Agee, Ruby Wilson, Donald Harrison, Sonny Landreth, Buckwheat Zydeco, Soul Rebels, The Stars of Heaven, Jewel Brown, Rockin' Dopsie, Jr., Walter "Wolfman" Washington, George French & the New Orleans Storyville Jazz Band and many more local and international artists. The 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is held April 27 to May 6.
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