Full French Quarter Fest Lineup Revealed

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French Quarter Festivals, Inc. (FQFI) is pulling out all the stops for French Quarter Festival 2026, April 16-19, delivering four days of world-class local music, iconic New Orleans cuisine and the community spirit that makes this city unlike anywhere else on earth. With 302 performances and 45 debuts across 20 stages and the official parade, Grammy Award-winning headliners, a brand-new riverfront experience, over 70 local culinary vendors and the French Quarter Festival 5K Run presented by LCMC Health, this year’s festival is the biggest and boldest yet.

PJ Morton headlines the Abita Beer Stage on Berger Great Lawn, while the festival debuts an expansive new riverfront experience at Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park at Governor Nicholls Wharf, giving attendees even more green space to enjoy live music along the Mississippi River.

“French Quarter Festival 2026 is an exciting year for us,” said Emily Madero, president and CEO of FQFI. “With PJ Morton coming back after 12 years, the debut of the Governor Nicholls Wharf Park and hundreds of local artists and chefs taking center stage. This year’s festival is bolder and more unmistakably New Orleans than ever. We can’t wait to welcome locals and visitors to the Quarter.”

The beloved After Dark concert series returns this year, and the French Quarter Fest app has been updated to help attendees plan their perfect weekend. The latest version, now available for download on both Android and iPhone, makes it easier than ever to navigate stages, explore food options and build a personal schedule.

Kicking off the four-day celebration, fans are invited to join festival organizers, sponsors and partners for the Annual French Quarter Festival Kickoff Parade on Thursday, April 16, at 10 a.m  featuring the Paulin Brothers Brass Band, New Wave Brass Band and more. The parade departs from the 200 block of Bourbon Street and winds through the French Quarter to Jackson Square for the opening ceremony at the NewOrleans.com Stage. For more information, click here.

See the full line up below:

 

Day 1, Thursday, April 16:

  • Preservation Brass

  • Mem Shannon & The Membership

  • R & R Smokin’ Foundation

  • T’Monde

  • Red Hot Brass Band

  • Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue

  • Seguenon Kone featuring Ivorie Spectacle

  • The Quickening

  • Banu Gibson

  • Sir Chantz Powell & The Sound Of Funk (S.O.F.)

  • Bon Bon Vivant

  • Gerard Delafose and The Zydeco Gators

  • 504 Millz

  • J.A.M. Brass Band

  • The Tin Men

  • Jake Landry

  • Susan Cowsill

  • T-Ray & The Trendsetters

  • Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers

  • Mahogany Hall All Stars Band

  • Juice

  • Waylon Thibodeaux Band

  • Zeus

  • SOUL Brass Band

  • DJ Legatron Prime

  • Yusa & Mahmoud Chouki

  • Muévelo

  • Funky Lampshades

  • Big Chief Juan Pardo’s Tribal Gold

  • Leroy Jones & New Orleans’ Finest

  • Sierra Green and the Giants

  • Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas

  • Erica Falls & Vintage Soul

  • Royal Essence

  • John Mooney

  • Rebirth Brass Band

  • Amanda Shaw

  • The Lilli Lewis Project

  • New Orleans Nightcrawlers

  • Cary Hudson

  • Bag of Donuts

  • The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars

  • The Soul Rebels

  • Bobby Rush

  • Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes

  • Raj Smoove

  • Julian Primeaux

 

Day 2, Friday, April 17:

  • John Boutté

  • Maji Melodies – Semaj & The Blues Experiment

  • Khris Royal and Dark Matter

  • T Marie and Bayou Juju

  • Kirkland Green

  • Magnetic Ear

  • Don Paul and Rivers Answer Moons

  • Lulu and the Broadsides

  • The Sam Lobley Band

  • Tyler “Twerk” Thomson

  • Shawan Rice Trio

  • Bo Dollis Jr. and the Wild Magnolias

  • Panorama Jazz Band

  • Tuller, Not Related, Liam Escame, and Surco

  • The RiverBenders

  • Lisbon Girls

  • Irvin Mayfield

  • Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders

  • Joe Lastie’s Jazz to Brass feat. Dr. Pathorn

  • Cole Williams

  • T’Canaille

  • Tidal Wave Brass Band

  • Arsène DeLay & Charlie Wooton

  • Palmetto Bug Stompers

  • Joey Houck

  • Ashton Hines and the Big Easy Brawlers

  • Kelly Love Jones

  • Dusky Waters

  • Rickie Monie & the Traditional Jazz Ramblers

  • The Dixie Cups

  • Lawrence Cotton Legendary Experience

  • The Iguanas

  • B. Cam & The Zydeco Young Bucks

  • DJ ChiNola

  • Young Pinstripe Brass Band

  • Antoine Diel & New Orleans Misfit Power Band

  • The Pfister Sisters

  • Johnny Sansone

  • Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars

  • Pellow Talk & Alfred Banks

  • Amigos do Samba

  • Electric Ramble

  • Bonerama

  • Kyle Roussel’s Church of New Orleans

  • People Museum

  • Lost Bayou Ramblers

  • The New Orleans Flairs

  • New Orleans Classic Jazz Orchestra

  • Kidd Love

  • Treme Brass Band

  • DJ Polo504

  • Sporty’s Brass Band

  • Max Bien-Kahn

  • Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen

  • Deezle

  • New Orleans Legacy Coalition

  • Camile Baudoin and Friends

  • Robin Barnes & The Fiya Birds

  • LSD Clown System

  • Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots

  • Chucky C & Friends

  • Borders Trio

  • Cha Wa

  • Ingrid Lucia

  • Lisa Amos

  • Bill Summers & Jazalsa

  • PJ Morton

  • The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

  • Brass-A-Holics

  • Tanglers

Day 3, Saturday, April 18:

  • Tim Laughlin

  • The Big Easy Boys

  • Christian Serpas & Ghost Town

  • Lily Unless and The If Onlys

  • Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band

  • Loyola University Commercial Ensemble

  • Red Wolf Brass Band

  • John Rankin

  • Legendary Barbara Shorts and Blue Jazz

  • Audrey Lecrone

  • Kid Simmons Jazz Band

  • Tiago Guy

  • Congo Square Preservation Society

  • Lycée Français Musicians

  • Garden District Jazz Band

  • Bad Penny Pleasuremakers

  • Gregg Martinez & the Delta Kings

  • Secret Six Jazz Band

  • Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders

  • The Beignet Orchestra

  • Beth Patterson

  • Jamil Sharif Quartet

  • Pierre A. Capdau Marching Jaguars

  • Ryan Batiste and Raw Revolution

  • Ovi-G presents “Xtra Cash!”

  • Paul Sanchez

  • Magnolia Sisters

  • Joy Clark

  • DJ Hollaback

  • Storyville Stompers Brass Band

  • Lynn Drury

  • Stephen Walker N’Em Swinging in New Orleans

  • Pocket Chocolate

  • Marlon Jordan Quartet

  • Washboard Chaz Blues Trio

  • Special Dance Performance by the NOLA Chorus Girls

  • Caleb Tokarska

  • Kyle Alexander

  • Vivaz

  • New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings

  • Shake Em Up Jazz Band

  • McMain Singing Mustangs

  • Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and the Golden Eagles

  • Wendell Brunious

  • Ronnie Lamarque Orchestra featuring Hot Rod Lincoln

  • Water Seed

  • Donna Angelle & the Zydeco Posse

  • Tay / Heavensworld / Ja Fierce & Azure Skye / Dizzy / Left Hook featuring Lizette

  • The Wolfe Johns Blues Band

  • Kevin Ray Clark and Bourbon Street All Stars

  • Louis Michot and Swamp Magic

  • Nanci Zhang

  • DJ Spin

  • Original Hurricane Brass Band

  • DJ RQ Away

  • Daphne Parker Powell

  • Young Tuxedo Brass Band

  • John Mahoney Little Band

  • Zach Wiggins Trio

  • Ever More Nest

  • Jamey St. Pierre

  • The Roots of Music

  • Dawn Richard

  • Charmaine Neville

  • Victor Campbell & Timba Swamp

  • Flagboy Giz & the Wild Tchoupitoulas

  • Iceman Special

  • Corey Ledet Zydeco & Black Magic

  • Mia Borders

  • Alicia Renee aka Blue Eyes Sextet

  • New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra ft. Lars Edegran

  • The Crybabies

  • Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses

  • AdoSoul and the Tribe

  • Saskia Walker Big Band

  • Steve Pistorius & the Southern Syncopators

  • Troy Sawyer and the Elementz

  • Audubon Charter School R&B Choir

  • George Porter Jr & Runnin’ Pardners

  • James Andrews

  • The Original Pinettes Brass Band

  • Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers

  • Richard “Piano” Scott & The Twisty River Band

  • Eric Johanson

  • John “Papa” Gros

  • Big 6 Brass Band

  • The Jump Hounds

  • Higher Heights Reggae Band

  • Fermín Ceballos + Merengue4FOUR

  • Flow Tribe

  • Big Freedia

  • Sweet Crude

  • DJ Poppa

  • Sansone & John Fohl

Day 4, Sunday, April 19:

  • Tuba Skinny

  • Professor Craig Adams & the Higher Dimensions Band

  • Roderick “Rev” Paulin and The Congregation

  • Les Femmes Farouches

  • Casme

  • Smokin’ on Some Brass

  • Andy J Forest Treeaux

  • Bamboula 2000

  • Jenna McSwain Jazz Band

  • Hot Club of New Orleans

  • Craig Klein’s New Orleans Allstars

  • Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras

  • Jason Mingledorff

  • Capivaras Jazz Quartet

  • Sam Price & the True Believers

  • Smoking Time Jazz Club

  • Kid Merv & All That Jazz

  • Steamboat Willy

  • Across Phoenix / James Wyzten / Kissing Disease

  • Kristin Diable

  • Luke Allen

  • Matt Lemmler presents “New Orleans in Stride”

  • Chalmette High School Marching Band

  • Bucktown All-Stars

  • Lena Prima

  • Alex McMurray

  • Jason Neville Funky Soul Allstar Band

  • Cameron Dupuy & the Cajun Troubadours

  • New Birth Brass Band

  • Anaïs St. John

  • Mayumi Shara & New Orleans Jazz Letters

  • Sophia Parigi

  • Father Ron and Friends

  • The New Orleans Jazz Vipers

  • Miss Sophie Lee

  • Assata Renay

  • Justin Garner

  • Papo y Son Mandao

  • Charlie Halloran and the Tropicales

  • Crescent City Sisters

  • St. Mary’s Academy Gospel Choir

  • New Orleans Suspects

  • Jeremy Davenport

  • Gumbeaux Juice

  • Yvette Landry & the Jukes

  • DJ Vintage

  • Kings of Brass

  • Jeanne Marie Harris

  • Jade Perdue

  • Sweetie Pies of New Orleans

  • Seva Venet’s Traditional Line-Up

  • Bobbi Rae

  • Louis Ford

  • Mark Brooks

  • Steve Rohbock Trio

  • Wanda Rouzan and a Taste of New Orleans

  • Helen Gillet: ReBelle Musique

  • Los Güiros

  • Sean Riley

  • Don Jamison Heritage School of Music

  • Jelly Joseph

  • Judith Owen & Her Gentlemen Callers

  • The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr.

  • Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. and The Legendary Ils Sont Partis Band

  • The New Orleans Swinging Gypsies

  • Tom Saunders and the Hotcats

  • Ecirb Müller’s Twisted Dixie

  • Harry Mayronne & Chloe Marie

  • DJ ODD Spinz

  • Hot 8 Brass Band

  • ANTWIGADEE!

  • New Breed

  • Cristina Kaminis

  • Arrowhead Jazz Band (featuring National Park Service Rangers and guests)

  • New Orleans High Society

  • Big Frank & Lil Frank & the Dirty Old Men

  • Creole String Beans

  • Stanton Moore featuring Joe Ashlar and Danny Abel

  • Walter L. Cohen High School Marching Band

  • Hasizzle with TBC Brass Band

  • Irma Thomas

  • Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band

  • Gerald French & The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band

  • Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra

  • Astral Project

  • Sullivan Dabney’s Muzik Jazz Band

  • Honey Island Swamp Band

  • Leyla McCalla

  • Cyril Neville

  • Cupid & the Dance Party Express Band

  • Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters