06/23/2026
Good morning, everyone! I have some good news, and some bad news. The good news first: I will be playing for Satchmo Fest this year on Sunday, August 2nd. The bad news: I had to cancel my Booker and Beyond play date in July due to my surgery. Here’s the WWOZ Satchmo Fest post hot off the Facebook press.
https://www.facebook.com/share/18svDAp9wz/?mibextid=wwXIfr
The lineup for Satchmo SummerFest 2026, taking place August 1-2 at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, is here!
This year's performers include Roots of Music, Preservation Brass, Troy Sawyer & the Elementz f/Girls Play Trumpets Too, Joe Lastie's Jazz to Brass, Assata Renay, Hasizzle with TBC Brass Band, Lawrence Cotton Legendary Experience, Charmaine Neville, Jamil Sharif, Yusa, Jenna McSwain, A Tribute to Ma Rainey f/Lars Edegran & Thaïs Clark, Treme Brass Band, Kid Merv & All That Jazz, Sir Chantz Powell & the Sound of Funk, The Nayo Jones Experience, Don Vappie & Jazz Creole, The Original Pinettes Brass Band, John Boutte, Mari Watanabe & Chosen Few with Kevin Louis & Will Smith, Juice, Big 6 Brass Band, Kermit Ruffins' Tribute to Louis Armstrong, Linda Aubert, Tom Worrell, and John Royen & Tim Laughlin!
Check out all the details at frenchquarterfest.org/satchmo.
📷 Louis Crispino
