Grammy-nominated singer India.Arie, Blues Traveler, Lenny Kravitz [ tickets ] and Jimmy Buffett are among the big names scheduled to perform at the 33rd annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Other notable pop and rock performers include Counting Crows and Melissa Etheridge. The seven-day festival runs on two consecutive weekends, April 26-28 and May 2-5, at the New Orleans Fair Grounds. The festival's evening concert series will also feature its share of top-tier acts, including Kravitz and Etheridge.

The 2002 lineup closely mirrors those of recent years, supplementing a heavy focus on Louisiana-indigenous forms--jazz, rhythm and blues, Cajun and zydeco--with a collection of current chart toppers and sturdy touring bands. One trend that this year's schedule continues is an increasing jam-band presence. In addition to Blues Traveler (occupying the high-profile slot held by Widespread Panic and Phish in past years), other participants include String Cheese Incident and Gov't Mule, as well as two post-Grateful Dead projects: Phil Lesh & Friends and Bob Weir's Ratdog.

One new wrinkle is the debut of the Blues Tent, which will be devoted specifically to blues acts. The tent will be the largest of the festival's freestanding performance tents, with a capacity of over 3,000, according to the festival's website.

Friday, April 26

Rockin' Dopsie, Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters
Counting Crows
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
String Cheese Incident
Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band
The Funky Meters
David Murray's Creole II
Shemekia Copeland
Slim & the Supreme Angels
Legends of the Bandstand: David "Fathead" Newman
Curtis Fuller
Cedar Walton
Buster Williams and Louis Hayes
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
Sonny Landreth
Sergeant Garcia
C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band
Coco Robicheaux & Spiritland
Dukes of Dixieland
Willie Tee
1920's Jazz & Blues Review featuring Juanita Brooks, Topsy Chapman and Barbara Shorts
Basin Brothers
Iron Mountain Native Dancers
Olympia Brass Band
Oliver "Who Shot the La La" Morgan
Balfa Toujours with Bois Sec Ardoin
New Orleans Night Crawlers Brass Band
Bonerama
Bryan Lee & the Blues Power Band
Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
John Rankin
Tim Laughlin
Lady Charlotte's Jazz Band
Ed Petersen
Muskogee Nations Performers featuring Jonny Hawk
Robert "Barefootin" Parker
Los Vecinos
The Bucks
Casa Samba
Zulu Walking Warriors Social Aid and Pleasure Club (SAPC)
All That
Shondra & Great Jubilation
Brian "Breeze" Cayolle
Quintology
Jim McCormick
Sonny Bourg & the Bayou Blues Band
Creole Zydeco Farmers
Speakeasy String Quartet
Clyde Kerr, Jr.
LSU Jazz Ensemble
Tommy Wildcat
David & Roselyn
Hot Club of New Orleans
The Holy Name Gospel Singers
Crönk
Sugar Hill Gang & the Original C.T.C. Steppers SAPCs
Chops' Thunderstorm Brass Band
Morning 40 Federation
Dillard University Jazz Ensemble
Sweet Kathleen's No Cover Charge Band
Pilotland Rollers SAPC
Bamboula 2000
Bayou Healer Drums
Old Zion Missionary BC Choir
Proclaimers of Christ Gospel Singers
Laini Kuumba Ngoma Troupe
Imani Gonzales and Adella, Adella the Storyteller

Saturday, April 27

Irma Thomas
Lenny Kravitz
India.Arie
Galactic
Mahotella Queens of South Africa
Wayne Shorter Quartet featuring Brian Blade
John Patitucci and Danilo Perez
Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown with Gate's Express
Sam Butera & the Wildest
Ricky Dillard & New Generation
The Dixie Cups
Robert Mirabal: Music from a Painted Cave
George Porter, Jr. & Runnin' Pardners
Anders Osborne
Sunpie Barnes & the Louisiana Sunspots
The Bucks
Iguanas
Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble
Astral Project
Mem Shannon & the Membership
Jambalaya Cajun Band with guest Don Helms
Egg Yolk Jubilee
Young Tuxedo Brass Band
Peter Martin
Iron Mountain Native Dancers
Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indians
Arigon Star
Chosen Few Brass Band
The Batiste Brothers
Kenny Neal with Deborah Coleman
D.L. Menard & the Louisiana Aces
Jeremy Lyons & the Deltabilly Boys
James Burton with Kenny Bill Stinson & the ARK-LA-Mystics
Lil' Bryan Terry
Victor Goines
Muskogee Nation Performers featuring Jonny Hawk
The Magnolia Sisters
Lionel Ferbos with the Palm Court Jazz Band
Devastation
Devastating Ladies and Lady Sequence SAPCs
Paulin Brothers Brass Band
Heritage School of Music Jazz Ensemble
The Gospel Inspirationals
Matthew Savage Trio
Zulu Ensemble Male Chorus
White Eagles and Geronimo Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
Mahogany Brass Band
Single Men and Valley of the Silent Men SAPCs
Kim Prevost
Goldman Thibodeaux with Calvin Carrier
Joyful!
Garifuna
Rejubilation
Original Step-n-Style
Old & Nu Men and No Limit SAPCs
Matt Lemmler's Tribute to Stevie Wonder featuring Brian Blade, Leah Chase and George French
Julliard Jazz Ensemble
Michael Ward
Walter's Original Borderland Jazz Band of Germany
Tommy Yetta
Strawberry Jammers
Executive Steel Band
Carlos Sanchez "Amanecer Flamenco"
Tommy Wildcat
Trouble Nation
Golden Blades and Young Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
Mighty Chariots
New Orleans Free School Performers
Big Nine Highsteppers and Money Wasters SAPCs

Sunday, April 28

Wynton Marsalis
Melissa Etheridge
Dr. John
Teddy Pendergrass
Cowboy Mouth
Cheikh Lô of Senegal
Elvin Bishop
Allen Toussaint
Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald with the Count Basie Orchestra and special guest Patti Austin
Robert Mirabal: Music from a Painted Cave
Banda Blanca of Honduras
The Heath Brothers featuring Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath and Albert "Tootie" Heath
Linda Hopkins
Potter's House Mass Choir
Rebirth Brass Band
Marva Wright & the BMWs
Ellis Marsalis Quartet
Eddie Bo
Nathan & the Zydeco ChaChas
The Bucks
Frankie Ford
New Orleans Klezmer Allstars
Continental Drifters
Lil' Buck Blues Band with Jerry McCain
Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
Marlon Jordan
Clive Wilson's New Orleans Serenaders with Butch Thompson revisiting Kid Ory
N.O.C.C.A Jazz Ensemble
Iron Mountain Native Dancers
Pinstripe Brass Band
Flaming Arrows Mardi Gras Indians
Jo "Cool" Davis
Val & the Love Alive Fellowship Choir
Hunter Hayes
Germaine Bazzle
Choppa
DJ Duck
Lil' Rascals Brass Band
Proud Marys
Little Freddie King Blues Band
Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys
Poor Clares
Jumpin' Johnny Sansone
Charivari
Bob French & the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band feat. Yolanda Windsay, Ellen Smith and Kiara Smith
Xavier University Jazz Ensemble
Furious Five, Avenue Steppers and Untouchables SAPCs
Paky Saavedra's Bandido
Young Cheyenne and Ninth Ward Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
Hot 8 Brass Band
Kid Simmons' Local International Allstar Jazz Band
René Netto & Sounds of New Orleans
Onward Brass Band
The Melody Clouds
UNO Jazz Ensemble
Beacon Light BC Choir
Tommy Wildcat
Muskogee Nation Performers featuring Jonny Hawk
Original Four and Olympia Aid SAPCs
Wild Apaches and Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indians
Dimensions of Faith
John Lehon
One A-Chord
Nathan Williams, Jr.
Calendar Girls
Uptown Hobo Clowns and Unknown Steppers SAPCs
Lil' Stooges Brass Band

Thursday, May 2

Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers
Blues Traveler
Delbert McClinton
Gov't Mule
The Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Clarence Fountain
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
80th Birthday Celebration: Charlie Mingus Big Band
Los Hombres Calientes
King Floyd
Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
Nation of Change
Banu Gibson with Fayard Nichols
Earl King
Charmaine Neville Band
James Andrews
John Boutte
Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers
Sherman Robertson
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Allison Collins
J. Monque'D Blues Band
Leah Chase
Walter Payton & Snapbeans
Horace Trahan & the New Ossun Express
Otter Trail Singers
The Revealers
Ya Ya Sol
Andrew Hall's Society Brass Band
St. Maria Goretti Gospel Choir
Panorama Jazz Band
Evening Star String Band
Kid Merv
Los Sagitarios
Irie Dawtas
Storyville Stompers Brass Band
Roderick Paulin & the Groovers
Clancy "Blues Boy" Lewis and Sheba Kimbrough
Hazel & the Delta Ramblers
007
Culu Childrens' Traditional African Dance Co.
Micaela y Fiesta Flamenca
Irene Sage
Southern Gospel Singers
Coolie Family
Kerry Grombacher
Lesa Cormier
August Broussard & the Sundown Playboys
Chris Clifton
M.Q. 20/20 featuring Maurice Brown & Quamon Fowler
Hawk Henries
Spencer Bohren
Bon Temp Roulez SAPC
Love Jones
Red Stick Ramblers
Louis Ford & his New Orleans Dixieland Flares
Ricky Sebastian
Lyle Henderson
New Orleans All City Jazz Outreach
Katherine Archer
Angela the Yarnspinner
The Golden Wings
Sylvia Yancy Davis

Friday, May 3

Marcia Ball
Bonnie Raitt
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Yellowjackets
Wayne Toups & the Zydecajuns
Lonnie Brooks
Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits of Zimbabwe
Liz McComb
Deacon John
Henry Butler
Cyril Neville & the Uptown Allstars
Irvin Mayfield
Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers
Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band with guest Thais Clark
Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band
Jean Knight
Nation of Change
Donald Harrison
Jr. Quintet
Leo Nocentelli
Charles Neville Jazz Ensemble
Jesse Davis
Tab Benoit
Bill Miller
Jude Taylor & his Burning Flames
Dash Rip Rock
Henry Gray & the Cats
Joe Krown Organ Combo
June Gardner & the Fellows
New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
Hawk Henries
New Orleans Gospel Soul Children
Praise Community Choir
Chucky C and Clearly Blue
Sean Ardoin n' Zydekool
Ed Perkins Group
Real Untouchables Brass Band
Rose Anne St. Romain
Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos
La Bande "Feufollet"
Sherman
Elaine Townsend
Mike Younger
Jon Seiger & the Allstars
Loyola University Jazz Band
Kim Carson & the Casualties
Otter Trail Singers
Zion
Kumbuka Drum & Dance Collective
Semolian Warriors Mardi Gras Indians
Millennium Steppers
Single Men Kids and Nandi Exclusive Gentlemen & Ladies SAPCs
New Wave Brass Band
Doc Paulin Dixieland Jazz Band
Patrice Fisher & Arpa with spec. guests Graciela Barretto & 4 Cuerdas of Venezuela
Delgado Jazz Ensemble
St. Leo the Great School Puppet Theater Troupe
Leviticus Gospel Singers
Young Men 2 Old Men Legends
Double Nine Highsteppers and Algiers Steppers SAPCs
Unstoppable Gospel Singers
Joe Wos
Johnette Downing

Saturday, May 4

Better Than Ezra
Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band
Bobby Womack
Gilberto Santa Rosa of Puerto Rico
Lloyd Price
Morgan Heritage Family
Snooks Eaglin
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
Lil' Band o' Gold with special guests John Fred and Johnnie Allan
Joe Lovano Nonet
Huey "Piano" Smith
Terrance Simien
Evangelist Bertha Jackson & the Annointed Jackson Sisters
Luther Kent & Trickbag
James Rivers Movement
New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra
Terence Blanchard
Zigaboo Modeliste
Liz McComb:The Spirit of New Orleans
Reggie Hall & the Twilighters
Theresa Andersson
Hackberry Ramblers
Medicine Tail
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews
Big Chief Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias
Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers
Earl Turbinton
Rocks of Harmony
Alvin Batiste & Jazztronauts
Jamal Batiste & the Jam-Allstars
Raful Neal, Jr. with Oscar "Harpo" Davis
Sharon Martin
Algiers Brass Band
Crown Seekers
Watson Memorial Teaching Ministries
Treme Brass Band
Sonny LaRosa and America's Youngest Jazz Band
Amanda Shaw avec Amis
Tricia "Sista Teedy" Boutte
NewBirth Brass Band
Souljah Slim
MYSELF
Humphrey Davis & Nightlife
Willis Prudhomme & Zydeco Express
Ritmo Caribeno
Gregory Boyd & VOS
Golden Star Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
Bill Miller
Hawk Henries
Lil' Malcolm
Nation of Change
Bluerunners
Dumaine St. Ladies
Pigeon Town Steppers and Original Seven SAPCs
Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers
John Lee & the Heralds of Christ
White Cloud Hunters
Cherokee Hunters and Black Eagles Mardi Gras Indians
Second Line Jammers and Dumaine Gang SAPCs
Rebecca Barry and Bill Huntington
Rudy & his Caribbean Funk Band
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Joseph Torregano
SUBR Jazz Ensemble
Pinettes Brass Band
Divine Ladies
Happy House and Black Men of Labor SAPCs
Indians of the Nation
Bayou Renegades and New Orleans Rhythm Mardi Gras Indians

Sunday, May 5

The Neville Brothers
Phil Lesh & Friends
Teena Marie
Papa Wemba of The Congo
Ratdog
Abbey Lincoln
Nicholas Payton Quintet
Radiators
Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer of Choir
Buckwheat Zydeco
David Sanchez
Pete Fountain
Baha Men
John Mooney & Bluesiana
Corey Harris
The Dudes
Casper Lomayesva "Reggae inna Hopiland"
Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers
Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys
Medicine Tail
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Nation of Change
Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians
Aaron Neville
Sherman Washington & the Zion Harmonizers
Gregg Stafford's Jazz Hounds
Walter "Wolfman" Washington & the Roadmasters
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
Fredy Omar con su Banda
Wanda Rouzan & A Taste of New Orleans
Woodenhead
Al Belletto Big Jazz Band
Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders
Papa Grows Funk
Chris Ardoin & Double Clutchin'
Johnson Extension
Tyrone Foster & the Arc Singers
Percussion, Inc.
Los Babies
Allen Fontenot & the Country Cajuns
Javier Gutierrez & Acoustic Swiftness
Kidd Jordan
Butch Mudbone
Soprano Meets Clarinet of Sweden
Coolbone
Paulette Wright Davis
B.B. Major
Jesse Lege
Herman Jackson
Po' Henry & Tookie
Hawk Henries
Chevere
Placide Adams
Curtis Pierre with Samba Children
SUNO Jazz Ensemble
Highsteppers Brass Band
Carrollton Hunters and Mohawk Hunters Mardi Gras Indians
New Orleans Spiritualettes
Pat "Mother Blues" Cohen
Richwell Ison
Original Men and Lady Buckjumpers, Popular Ladies and Distinguished Gentlemen SAPCs
Azikwa Children's Percussion Ensemble
Antioch Gospel Singers
N'Kafu African Dance Ensemble
Tornado Brass Band
Yellow Jackets and Golden Arrows Mardi Gras Indians
Nine Times
West Bank Steppers and Jetsetter Ladies SAPCs


Harrah's Evening Concert Series

Friday, April 26

Lenny Kravitz
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
Morris F.X. Jeff Municipal Auditorium, 9pm

Saturday, April 27

Melissa Etheridge
Taj Mahal
Morris F.X. Jeff Municipal Auditorium, 9pm

Saturday, May 4

Phil Lesh & Friends
Gov't Mule (Warren Haynes, Dave Schools, Matt Abts and Rob Barraco)
Morris F.X. Jeff Municipal Auditorium, 9pm