Soulive returns to New Orleans, LA's iconic The Joy Theater on Friday, April 25th for a Fest By Nite blowout during Jazz Fest 2025!

Fest By Nite veterans Cool Cool Cool will debut “Express Yourself - A Tribute To Madonna” at Jazz Fest 2025. This show will feature special guest appearances from percussionist Jason Hann (The String Cheese Incident) and vocalist Elise Testone (American Idol). Dress as your favorite Madonna, strike a pose, and get ready to Express Yourself!

The beloved Fest By Nite tradition, Worship My Organ, returns to New Orleans with a new lineup in 2025! Ivan Neville (Dumpstaphunk) and Robert Walter (Greyboy All-Stars, Mike Gordon Band) will go head to head on B3 Hammond Organs, backed by Adam Deitch on drums (Lettuce, Break Science) and Skerik (Les Claypool’s Flying Frog Brigade) on saxophone.

Purple Party: A Tribute To Prince returns to New Orleans for the 6th Jazz Fest in a row! This late night celebration of the one and only Prince will feature all six members of The Motet, alongside the core members of Cool Cool Cool, and more. The show will once again be fronted by Casey Russell of the Magic Beans, and will take place on Saturday, April 26th (technically early AM 4/27) at Toulouse Theatre.

Nate Smith will bring his exciting trio to New Orleans on Sunday, April 27th for a Fest By Nite late night show at Toulouse Theatre. Nate’s trio for this tour includes prolific producer/keys player, Kiefer, and the celebrated electric bassist, Carrtoons.

They will be joined by special guest, blues guitarist Eric Gales, to make this a truly unique performance.

Join us on the ‘daze between’ weekends of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival for the 4th annual Daze Between New Orleans.

For full lineup and ticketing details, head to https://www.dazebetweennola.com

Following Daze Between New Orleans on Tuesday, April 30th, head over to Toulouse Theatre for a unique collaborative set featuring Brendan Bayliss & Joel Cummins of Umphrey’s McGee, and Al Schnier, Rob Derhak & Vinnie Amico of moe.

Following the completion of Daze Between New Orleans at Mahalia Jackson Theater, head uptown for the 7th-annual Daze Between Band. Established as a true Jazz Fest late night tradition, the Daze Between Band features Eric Krasno along a rotating cast of all-star players, special guests, and more at the legendary venue, Tipitina’s.

This year’s lineup will feature George Porter Jr., Ivan Neville, Tony Hall, Skerik, Jennifer Hartswick, Alex Wasily, Raymond Weber, and more surprise special guests

Stanton Moore (Galactic) will bring his Stanton & Friends show back to Toulouse Theatre for the third straight year during Jazz Fest, on Thursday, May 1st, 2025. Moore uses this show to showcase his solo material, as well as his musical relationships with some of his most frequent collaborators.

This year’s edition of Stanton & Friends will feature Robert Walter (keys), Skerik (saxaphone), Will Bernard (guitar), and Big Sam (trombone).

Late night on Thursday, May 1st (technically early AM 5/2), get ready to have your face melted by the progressive, hard rock sounds of lespecial, ft. special guests Mike Dillon & Kanika Moore.

Mike Gordon (bassist and co-founder of the seminal improvisational rock band Phish) returns to New Orleans on Friday, May 2nd for a show with his latest line-up at The Joy Theater.

Gordon will be supported by Karina Rykman on this date

Tickets are on sale Wednesday, February 26th at 10 AM CT

BTTRFLY Quintet is the brainchild of Dominic Lalli of Big Gigantic and Adam Deitch & Borahm Lee of Break Science, along with Break Science Live Band members Eric “Benny” Bloom (Lettuce) and Hunter Roberts. They will make their New Orleans debut on Friday, May 2nd at Toulouse Theatre.ription goes here

Crescent City Classics: A Celebration Of New Orleans Funk returns to The Joy Theater on Saturday, May 3rd. This year’s edition of the NOLA funk celebration will feature members of celebrated funk bands The Meters, The Neville Brothers, Lettuce & Dumpstaphunk, alongside very special guests.

The Funk Sessions returns to New Orleans, LA's Toulouse Theatre for a late-night blowout on Saturday, May 3rd (technically early a.m. 5/4). Don’t miss this special show with Lettuce’s Adam Deitch, Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff, and Jesus Coomes alongside the one and only Skerik.ption goes here

Umphrey's McGee is cleared for landing in Miami Beach! Don't miss their Cruising Altitude 2025 Tour on Saturday, May 31st at the Miami Beach Bandshell. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready to rage with UM!