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 book video dvd cd Sheet Music!Jazz & Blues Sheet Music Standards Jazz Glossary of Musical Terms  Posters & Art  DVD Series Free Shipping | 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 2009 line-up includes Tony Bennett, Kurt Elling, Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Dr. John, Bucky Pizzarelli, George Wein, Howard Alden, Anat Cohen, Randy Brecker, Lew Tabakin, Jimmy Cobb, Ellis Marsalis, Hugh Masekela, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Cocker, Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band, John Mayall, Bon Jovi, Mavis Staples, James Taylor, Johnny Winter, Pete Fountain, Pete Seeger, Kermit Ruffins, Dave Matthews Band, Earth, Wind & Fire, Etta James & the Roots Band, Emmylou Harris, The Robert Cray Band, Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra, The Storyville Stompers Brass Band, Delfeayo Marsalis, Solomon Burke, Doc Watson, Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, The Neville Brothers, Neil Young, Allen Toussaint, Los Lobos, Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and many more local and international artists. The 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is held April 24 to May 3.
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