New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Jazz Fest '97 -- Fair Grounds Schedule - Stages and Times

Sunday, May 4, 1997

Fox 8 / Polaroid Stage
11:00 - 11:50Ritmo Caribeno
12:05 - 1:00Tommy Ridgley & the Untouchables with Cookie Gabriel
1:25 - 2:20Charmaine Neville and Friends
2:45 - 3:45Snooks Eaglin
4:15 - 5:30Widespread Panic
5:50 - 7:00The Radiators
House of Blues / Dr. Martens Stage
11:15 - 12:00Liz Barnez Band
12:20 - 1:15 Ernie Vincent & Top Notes
1:40 - 2:40 Mem Shannon & the Membership
3:00 - 4:00Wanda Rouzan & A Taste of New Orleans
4:25 - 5:25C.C. Adcock
5:55 - 7:00E.L.S.
WWL / Ray-Ban Stage
11:15 - 12:00 SUNO Jazz Ensemble
12:20 - 1:00White Eagles Mardi Gras Indians
1:25 - 2:25ReBirth Brass Band
3:00 - 5:00George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars
5:45 - 7:00The Neville Brothers Featuring Aaron Neville
WB38 Fais Do-Do Stage
11:15 - 12:00Horace Trahan, Leo Abshire & Original Mamou Playboys
12:20 - 1:15Thomas "Big Hat" Fields & His Foot Stompin' Zydeco Band
1:35 - 2:30Kristi Guillory & Reveille
2:50 - 3:50 Los Calientes del Son
4:15 - 5:15Waylon Thibodeaux "Louisiana's Rockin' Fiddler"
5:45 - 7:00Willis Prudhomme & Zydeco Express
Gibson / WWOZ Jazz Tent
11:15 - 12:00Alvin "Red" Tyler Quartet
12:45 - 1:15The Kermit Ruffins Big Band
1:40 - 2:40Kent Jordan with Strings
3:00 - 4:00Donald Harrison
4:20 - 5:20Terence Blanchard Group
5:45 - 7:00McCoy Tyner & Michael Brecker
Cox Communications Economy Hall
11:15 - 12:00Louis Cottrell & his Original Creole Jazz Band
12:15 - 1:05Duke Dejean's Olympia Brass Band
1:15 - 2:00Tommy Yetta's New Orleans Jazz Band
2:20 - 3:15Boutte l'Etienne Music Friends
3:35 - 4:25Fabrice Zammarchi Quartet Tribute to Sidney Bechet
4:45 - 5:45Bob Wilber & the Bechet Legacy with vocalist Pug Horton
6:00 - 7:00Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Congo Square Stage
11:15 - 12:00Y'Shua Manzy
12:20 - 1:15Irie Vibrations
1:35 - 2:20Dogon Dancers of Mali
2:50 - 3:45Eric Gable
4:15 - 5:25Jazz Jamaica
5:50 - 7:00Omou Sangare of Mali
BellSouth Mobility Lagniappe Tent
11:15 - 12:00UNO Jazz Ensemble
12:20 - 1:15Walter Cook & the Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians
1:35 - 2:20 Dr. Avrol Looking Horse with Sask Northern Drums
2:45 - 3:45New Orleans Klezmer Allstars
4:15 - 5:15The Hackberry Ramblers
5:45 - 7:00Traditional Instrumental Ensemble of Mali
Music Heritage Stage
12:00 - 12:45The Mardi Gras Chorus
1:15 - 2:00Po' Henry & Tookie
2:30 - 3:15Tony Green Gypsy Jazz
3:45 - 4:30Dawn Hill, Dr. Looking Horse & Chief Sundown (interview)
5:00 - 5:45Mem Shannon (interview)
Rhodes Gospel Tent
11:00 - 11:35The Melody Clouds
11:45: 12:20Joyful!
12:30 - 1:05 Therrow Scott & Tehillah
1:15 - 1:50The Famous Rocks of Harmony
2:00 - 2:35John Lee & the Heralds of Christ with Christine Myles
2:45 - 3:05Jo "Cool" Davis
3:15 - 3:50 Alvin Bridges & the Desire Comm. Choir
4:00 - 4:40Sherman Washington & the Famous Zion Harmonizers
4:55 - 5:55Dorothy Love Coates Singers
6:05 - 6:50 The Gospel Soul Children

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