For its sixth year, the Danny Barker Banjo and Guitar Festival will present five days of clinics, workshops, panels, live interviews and performances in New Orleans.

Running from January 15 through 19, the 2020 festival takes place at a variety of venues including the New Orleans Jazz Museum, Snug Harbor, Xavier University, NOCCA, UNO and the George and Joyce Wein Center. This year’s central theme will be “The Life and Legacy of Danny Barker: Great Music and Talk,” which will come to life through Grammy-nominated vocalist Maria Muldaur, Haitian guitarist and educator Claude Carre, and Senegalese master of the kora, Morikeba Kouyate — just to name a few. “Pickin’, Pluckin’ and Strummin'” will be an all-star banjo and guitar concert on January 15. For a full schedule of events, click here.

According to organizers, the festival’s mission is to “showcase and highlight the many contributions and accomplishments of NEA Jazz Master Danny Barker:  musician, singer, songwriter, raconteur extraordinaire and author – who played guitar and banjo with many top jazz artists over the course of his 70 year plus career – and served as a mentor to numerous young New Orleans artists who have since come to prominence, including Wynton Marsalis, Herlin Riley, Leroy Jones, Gregg Stafford, Dr. Michael White and Lucien Barbarin.”

Musicians listed on the website as participants in the 2020 festival include Ellis Marsalis, Steve Masakowski, Joe Dyson, Donald Harrison, Leroy Jones, Hot 8 Brass Band and many more.

For more information on the Danny Barker Banjo and Guitar Festival, including tickets, click here.