Jazz Fest 2025 lineup: Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band and Luke Combs to headline

The big picture: Jazz Fest combines the top touring acts with the best musicians and food New Orleans has to offer.

• The annual two weekend-long event is a cornerstone of the city's festival season, not to mention a massive shot in the arm to the city's hospitality industry, too.

Headliners in 2025 also include Lenny Kravitz, Kacey Musgraves, Santana, John Fogerty, Burna Boy, HAIM, Cage The Elephant, Laufey, Bryson Tiller, Harry Connick Jr., Patti LaBelle, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue.

Zoom in: Locals Thursday will return for both weekends again in 2025, according to a press release.

• Dates this year are April 24-27 and May 1-4.
• Weekend passes and VIP tickets are on sale now. Single-day tickets and the full day-by-day schedule known as The Cubes will be available later.

New this year: Louisiana residents will be able to get special admission pricing on general admission weekend and single-day tickets, a press release says.

• Weekend passes for residents are $290 through Jan. 31, and $305 after that.
• Local Thursday tickets for both days will also be discounted to $50. Those aren't yet available to purchase.

Between the lines: Dave Matthews Band headlined the festival in 2001. That year, the fest shattered its own attendance records with 650,000 total visitors and an all-time single-day attendance record of 160,000.

Here's the full lineup for 2025: Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Luke Combs, Lil Wayne & The Roots, Lenny Kravitz, Kacey Musgraves, Santana, John Fogerty, Burna Boy, HAIM, Cage The Elephant, Laufey, Bryson Tiller, Harry Connick Jr., Patti LaBelle, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, My Morning Jacket, Gladys Knight, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Cheap Trick, Babyface, Diana Krall, Goose, The Revivalists, Banda MS, Irma Thomas, Tank and The Bangas, Branford Marsalis, Kamasi Washington, The Wailers feat. Julian Marley, Big Freedia, Ledisi sings Nina, PJ Morton, Youssou N'Dour, Galactic feat. Jelly Joseph, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Maze Honoring Frankie Beverly "The Legacy Band", Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Cyril Neville, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, James Bay, Dumpstaphunk, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Margo Price, The Radiators, Samantha Fish, Anders Osborne, Kenny Wayne Shepherd with Bobby Rush, Joshua Redman, Terence Blanchard, Morris Day & the Time, Stanley Clarke, Rickie Lee Jones, Bishop Paul S. Morton and The Greater Sound, Kermit Ruffins, Better Than Ezra, Ricky Dillard and New G, Eric Gales, Yellowjackets, Nicholas Payton ft. Karriem Riggins and Esperanza Spalding, Dee Dee Bridgewater with Bill Charlap, Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Shemekia Copeland, Alejandro Escovedo, George Porter Jr., Sam Bush, Sweet Crude, Boyfriend, Rebirth Brass Band, David Shaw, Chapel Hart, Zigaboo Modeliste, Davell Crawford, Leo Nocentelli, The Soul Rebels, Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Castellows, Walter Trout, Carolyn Wonderland, Cha Wa, Tab Benoit, George Wein Centennial with Randy Brecker, Little Freddie King, Clifton Chenier Centennial, Bill Frisell, New Breed Brass Band, Jake Shimabukuro, Jazz Fest Celebrates Mexico: Lila Downs, Mariachi Los Camperos, Son Rompe Pera, Mexican Institute of Sound, Son de Madera & more, Hans Williams, Alfredo Rodriguez Trio, Banu Gibson with guest Bria Skonberg, Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band, Thandiswa Mazwai of South Africa, People Museum, Tia Wood, Marc Broussard, Shamarr Allen, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, BIM "Benin International Musical", Etran de l'Aïr of Niger, Lost Bayou Ramblers, La Santa Cecilia, Los Texmaniacs, Jourdan Thibodeaux et les Rôdailleurs, The Rumble, Pastor Tyrone Jefferson, Mohawk Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Men and Ladies of Class SA&PCs, and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles.