Fest By Nite veterans, Cool Cool Cool, will debut “Express Yourself - A Tribute To Madonna” at Jazz Fest 2025. This show will feature a celebration of the Queen of Pop’s iconic catalog, featuring special guests Jason Hann (The String Cheese Incident) and Elise Testone (American Idol). Don’t miss your chance to strike a pose on Friday, April 25th at Toulouse Theatre.

The timeless instrumental fusion trio, Soulive, returns to New Orleans for a Fest By Nite show on Friday, April 25th at The Joy Theater. Don’t miss the return of this legendary band with their first performance during Jazz Fest in many years.

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) 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.

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.

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).

BTTRFLY Quintet is the brainchild of Dominic Lalli of Big Gigantic and Adam Deitch & Borham 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.

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. His sixth solo LP Flying Games is filled with constant and wildly hypnotic movement, each moment animated by unexpected sounds that morph and expand and spin off into their own strange orbits, revealing entirely new dimensions of the kaleidoscopic musicianship he’s displayed as a bassist for the last four decades. Gordon will be supported by Karina Rykman on this date.

Innovative Rap-Cabaret pioneer Boyfriend will bring her annual Jazz Fest show with members of The Revivalists back to New Orleans for Jazz Fest 2025! Don’t miss this special show on Saturday, May 3rd at Toulouse Theatre.

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.

Progressive-jam titans Umphrey’s McGee will return to Miami Beach for the first time in two years when they bring their Cruising Altitude 2025 Tour to Miami Beach Bandshell on Saturday, May 31st.

Following last year’s sold out show at Miami Beach Bandshell, electronic music pioneers Thievery Corporation return to Miami Beach for a special two-night run on Friday, June 20th and Saturday, June 21st, 2025!