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Foo Fighters, Chris Stapleton, Neil Young, Rolling Stones to Headline 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

The April 25-28 and May 2-5 event will also host The Killers, Anderson .Paak, Hozier, Jon Batiste, Queen Latifah and more.

The Rolling Stones

Mark Seliger

Mark Seliger

The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will feature headlining sets from The Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters, Chris Stapleton, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Killers and Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals.

The eight-day fest that takes place across 14 stages over two weekends — April 25-28 and May 2-5 — at the Fair Grounds Race Course, draws nearly half a million music lovers to a sprawling event that includes some of the biggest names in rock, pop, hip-hop, country, funk and jazz, including the usual compliment of homegrown legends.


Among the other acts slated to perform this year are: Hozier, Jon Batiste, Queen Latifah, Vampire Weekend, Greta Van Fleet, Heart, Widespread Panic, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Bonnie Raitt, Earth, Wind & Fire, Celebrating Jimmy Buffett with the Coral Reefer Band, Fantasia, The Revivalists, The Beach Boys, Big Freedia, Kem, Juvenile with Mannie Fresh, Irma Thomas, Joe Bonamassa, Steel Pulse, Cyril Neville, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Jeffrey Osborne and Rhiannon Giddens, and hundreds more.

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This year’s Jazz Fest will also celebrate the music and culture of Colombia at the Expedia Cultural Exchange Pavilion, with 17 bands and a variety of artists sharing the unique sights and sounds from the South American nation, including Colombian salsa, cumbia, champeta, vallenato, chirimia, and currulao. There will also be daily parades honoring Colombia’s vibrant carnival spirit, with attendees getting opportunities to meet Indigenous and Afro-Colombian artisans, purchase their crafts and taste traditional Colombian food and drinks, according to a statement announcing the lineup.

Weekend and VIP packages are available here now, with single day tickets slated to go on sale in February; all tickets are subject to additional service fees and handling charges and an account with AXS is required for purchase. This year’s Jazz Fest will also offer a 4-day GA+ weekend pass for the first time, with access to an exclusive GA+ lounge with private restrooms, a full-service bar and shade. There will be a limited supply of 4-day second weekend passes including admission to the May 2 Rolling Stones set, the group’s only announced 2024 North American festival gig.

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Stapleton, Killers, .Paak, Batiste and Vampire Weekend are the top line acts for the first weekend (April 25-28), with the Stones, Foo Fighters, Young, Hozier and Queen Latifah topping the list for the second weekend (May 2-5). Click here for the full day-by-day lineup.

Check out the 2024 lineup poster below.

This article was originally published by Billboard U.S.

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Mariah Carey Reveals She’s Performing at the 2026 Olympics Opening Ceremony: ‘Ci Vediamo a Milano!’
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Mariah Carey performs during opening night of Mariah Carey's "Christmastime In Las Vegas" at Dolby Live at Park MGM on November 28, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Mariah Carey Reveals She’s Performing at the 2026 Olympics Opening Ceremony: ‘Ci Vediamo a Milano!’

The games will take place in February.

Mariah Carey will perform at the opening ceremony for the 2026 Olympics, as announced Monday (Dec. 15) with a public service announcement from the Queen of Christmas herself.

In a video posted on Instagram by Carey and the Olympics’ official account, she sits in a glamorous red gown and diamond necklace. “Ciao!” the vocalist tells the camera cheerfully. “Get ready for Milano Cortina 2026.”

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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