New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Reveals 2025 Artist Lineup: Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, David Byrne, Widespread Panic and More

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, photo by Marc Millman

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has delivered the full artist lineup for its 2026 citywide celebration. From April 23-26 and May 1-4, the 50-plus year tradition will draw more than 5,000 artists and 500,000 fans to The Big Easy for two weekends of music, community, culture and more.

Jazz Fest’s 2026 roster is incomparable as ever, featuring some of the most acclaimed acts across a wide range of genres to reflect the vibrant plurality of New Orleans’ musical culture. The top billings on this year’s program are the Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, David Byrne, The Black Keys, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Widespread Panic, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Mavis Staples, Little Feat, Alabama Shakes, St. Vincent, Irma Thomas, Herbie Hancock, Lake Street Dive, Kings of Leon, Big Freedia, Lainey Wilson, Teddy Swims, Lorde, Jon Batiste, Tyler Childers, T-Pain, Ziggy Marley, The Revialists, Raye, Nas, Carlos Vives, The Isley Brothers, Dianne Reeves, Sean Paul, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Cyril Neville, Rhiannon Giddens, Earth, Wind & Fire and festival staple Trombone Shorty & Orleans.

Beyond the litany of headliners, Jazz Fest will welcome a wealth of other esteemed acts to the 14 stages around its longtime campus of the Fair Grounds Race Course. Other top-shelf bands and household names down the bill include Burning Spear, Samantha Fish, Bruce Hornsby, Ron Carter Quartet, Rickie Lee Jones, Terrence Blanchard, Steve Earle, Tab Benoit, Ravi Coltrane (performing a Miles Davis and John Coltrane Centennial), Fred Wesley and his New JB Horns and Lettuce’s first official appearance at the event.

The lineup centers local culture with returning favorites like the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Galactic with Jelly Joseph, The Radiators, Dumpstaphunk, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, George Porter Jr. and Runnin’ Partners, Leo Nocentelli, The Soul Rebels, Big Chief Donald Harrison, Rebirth Brass Band and Cha Wa. Relix reader favorites and jam scene essentials are represented with 

Leftover Salmon, Sierra Hull, Anders Osborne, Grace Bowers, Vieux Farka Toure, Hiromi’s Sonicwonder, Stephen Marley, The California Honeydrops, Sonny Landreth, Protoje, Cory Henry, Cimafunk and many more artists suited for the festival’s famously collaborative and spontaneous ethos. For the forthcoming festival, the Expedia Cultural Exchange Pavilion will center the music and culture of Jamaica with a diverse representation of the nation’s artistic heritage.

For tickets and more information on Jazz Fest 2026, visit nojazzfest.com.