Mia Borders performs on the Shell Gentilly Stage during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans, Saturday, May 2, 2026. 

A crowd gathers on the dance floor during the mod night dance party at Saturn Bar in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. 

T-Pain performs on the Congo Square Stage during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans, Saturday, May 2, 2026. 

Teddy Swims performs on the Festival Stage during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans, Sunday, May 3, 2026. 

Benson Boone performs on stage at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. 

Ye, formerly Kanye West, performs at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. 

Walter Sanifer Jr. with the Eighth Ward Black Seminoles Beautiful Creole Apaches marches during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans, Sunday, April 26, 2026. 

Bonnie Vassalo dips Brightly Vassalo (4) as they dance to Irma Thomas’s performance on the Capital One Stage during the Mother’s Day celebration at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Sunday, May 10, 2026.