Jazz Fest 2025 (New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival) ran from Thursday, April 24, 2025 to Sunday, May 4, 2025 , over two long weekends: April 24–27 and May 1–4.

Key dates at a glance

  • Full festival span: April 24 – May 4, 2025
  • Weekend 1: April 24, 25, 26, 27 (Thu–Sun)
  • Weekend 2: May 1, 2, 3, 4 (Thu–Sun)

So if someone says “Jazz Fest 2025,” they’re usually talking about those two consecutive Thursday–Sunday weekends at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans.

Related travel planning tips

If you’re planning “historically” (for example, to guess 2027 dates), Jazz Fest typically anchors the last weekend of April and the first weekend of May , then runs Thursday–Sunday both weeks. Hotels and flights for New Orleans usually start filling up months ahead for those windows, and many repeat visitors lock in the same dates every year based on that pattern.

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