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Eric Clapton Headlines 45th NOLA Jazz Festival April 27

14 Jan 14

WATCH THE ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO! Eric Clapton will take the stage at the 45th New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival for the first time on Sunday April 27, 2014. He’ll close out the festival’s first weekend (April 25, 26, 27) in The Big Easy. Other acts appearing over the two weekends include Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Foster The People, Santana, Phish, Christina Aguilera, Alabama Shakes, Public Enemy, Trey Songz, Vampire Weekend, John Fogerty, Branford Marsalis, Robert Plant, Aaron Neville, and many more.The music performed on the festival’s multiple stages encompasses every style associated with New Orleans and the state of Louisiana: jazz, blues, R&B, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, Afro-Caribbean, folk, Latin, rock, rap, country, bluegrass and everything in between.  Tickets are on sale today at 12 Noon Central Time. 

Currently, this is the only U.S. Date announced for Eric Clapton in 2014. He will tour the Far and Mid-East in February / March, including a newly announced concert at the Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani, Thailand on March 2. For a complete list of concerts announced so far, along with ticket details, visit the Eric Clapton Concert Calendar on this site. 

Single day tickets and VIP multi-day packages for the festival are available now from Ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster Charge By Phone, and in person at Ticketmaster Outlets, the New Orleans Arena Box Office, and the Superdome Box Office. Information about the various types of tickets and VIP packages is available on the festival’s website at http://www.nojazzfest.com/tickets/.

 

Announced Lineup for Sunday, April 27 as of 1/14/14 – artists subject to change:

ERIC CLAPTON • VAMPIRE WEEKEND • CHARLIE WILSON • IRMA THOMAS NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS • JOHN HIATT • TAB BENOIT • REBIRTH BRASS BAND • SIXTO RODRIGUEZ RACHELLE FERRELL • PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND • GALACTIC • JOHN BOUTTÉ • BOMBINO THE RANCE ALLEN GROUP • BONERAMA • ROCKIN’ DOPSIE, JR. & THE ZYDECO TWISTERS CHOCOLATE MILK • MS. RUBY WILSON’S TRIBUTE TO BESSIE SMITH MESCHIYA LAKE & THE LITTLE BIG HORNS • ROYAL TEETH C.J. CHENIER & THE RED HOT LOUISIANA BAND DR. MICHAEL WHITE & THE ORIGINAL LIBERTY JAZZ BAND WITH THAIS CLARK • ASTRAL PROJECT HOT 8 BRASS BAND • BIG CHIEF MONK BOUDREAUX & THE GOLDEN EAGLES DELFEAYO MARSALIS & THE UPTOWN JAZZ ORCHESTRA • THE JONES SISTERS • JOHN MICHAEL ROUCHELL AFOXÉ OMÔ NILÊ OGUNJÁ OF PERNAMBUCO-BRAZIL • BURNELL TAYLOR JAMBALAYA CAJUN BAND WITH SPECIAL GUEST D.L. MENARD GERALD FRENCH & THE ORIGINAL TUXEDO JAZZ BAND LOIS DEJEAN “QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS GOSPEL” JO “COOL” DAVIS FEAT. LADY BJ AND BARBARA SHORTS • VAL & LOVE ALIVE MASS CHOIR KEITH FRANK & THE SOILEAU ZYDECO BAND • JIM MCCORMICK WITH BEATINPATH RISING DRAGON LION DANCE TEAM • LEO JACKSON & THE MELODY CLOUDS REGGIE HALL & THE TWILIGHTERS FEAT. LADY BEE • CHRIS SMITHER • HENRY GRAY KHARI ALLEN LEE & THE NEW CREATIVE COLLECTIVE • NINTH WARD HUNTERS MARDI GRAS INDIANS NINTH WARD NAVAJO MARDI GRAS INDIANS • YOUNG PINSTRIPE BRASS BAND • FORROTERIA UNTOUCHABLES SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUB • FURIOUS FIVE SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUB BIG STEPPERS SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUB NEW ORLEANS SWAMP DONKEYS TRADITIONAL JASS BAND LARS EDEGRAN & THE NEW ORLEANS RAGTIME ORCHESTRA • NEW ORLEANS SPIRITUALETTES DIRTY BOURBON RIVER SHOW • GINGA MUNDO CAPOEIRA OF BAHIA-BRAZIL WITH SPECIAL GUESTS STONEY CREEK DRUM AND DANCE • GOLDEN STAR HUNTERS MARDI GRAS INDIANS CEDRIC WATSON & BIJOU CREOLE THE NEW ORLEANS GUITAR QUARTET FEAT. JIMMY ROBINSON, JOHN RANKIN, CRANSTON CLEMENTS, AND PHIL DEGRUY LOSOTROS • RON HOTSTREAM & THE F-HOLES • PAULIN BROTHERS BRASS BAND • UNO JAZZ ALLSTARS YOUNG GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME • DJ CAPTAIN CHARLES • E’DANA & DIVINELY DESTIN YOUNG MEN OLYMPIA AID SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUB • NEW LOOK SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUB FIRST DIVISION SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUB • UPTOWN SWINGERS SOCIAL AID & PLEASURE CLUB TORNADO BRASS BAND • MONOGRAM HUNTERS MARDI GRAS INDIANS BLACK EAGLES MARDI GRAS INDIANS • SHAWEE MARDI GRAS INDIANS • LIMITLESS CRAIG ADAMS & HIGHER DIMENSIONS OF PRAISE • GREY SEAL PUPPETS KAI KNIGHT’S SILHOUETTE DANCE ENSEMBLE