Lil Wayne, Lenny Kravitz Among Headliners For 2025 New Orleans Jazz Fest
The lineup for the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is here.
Among this year’s headliners are Lil Wayne & The Roots, Lenny Kravitz, Santana, Burna Boy, Bryson Tiller, Babyface, Tank and The Bangas, Gladys Knight, Kamasi Washington, Big Freedia, PJ Morton, and Ledisi. Additional performers include Morris Day & The Time, Terence Blanchard, Maze Honoring Frankie Beverly, and Bishop Paul S. Morton with The Greater Sound.
Spread across two weekends, the highly-anticipated affair is being presented by Shell in partnership with Expedia, Miller Lite, and more.
Tarriona ‘Tank’ Ball, lead singer of Tank and The Bangas— who was featured on one of the promotional flyers— gushed over their headlining spot.
“*CUE* Who’s that girl on the cover of the JAZZFEST 2025 POSTER? Well, wow. Never would have expected or asked for that in a million years.All I can say is thank you, it’s a beautiful honor to represent my city in this way,” she exclaimed.
She reflected on the group’s humble Jazz Fest beginnings. “It’s such a reminder to keep going no matter what. To claim every stage that you play on, and don’t worry about the ones that you don’t. I remember our first Jazzfest, we thought we killed it so bad!! Nobody was there but the workers and our family! lol we drew a decent crowd in the end and we just knew we’d get that call back the next year…we didn’t. We felt sad but we didn’t let it define us or work any less. I wanted to honestly keep going so I could feel deserving of such a big stage.”
Tank continued, “Sometimes we have a tendency to even look at our blessings strange and question their beauty. Took me a while to realize that I’m gonna own whatever stage I’m on and even create a few for myself. So do that. On all of em. Congratulations to everyone, us music creators keep this city alive when there is no one here, and we will continue as long as that is in our hearts to do. *Heres to all the stages they make for us and all the stages we will create for us ;)”
For more information on tickets and travel packages, check out the festival’s official website.
