The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation will award free Jazz Fest tickets to Louisiana social service nonprofits who apply through the Community Outreach Ticket program. Applications are currently being accepted until Monday, March 20 at 11 p.m. for the 2023 Jazz & Heritage Festival.
The Community Outreach Ticket program was created by the Foundation to distribute thousands of free Jazz Fest tickets. In the past, the foundation has awarded tickets to high schools, religious organizations, government agencies that provide services to the needy. The intent is to provide access to Jazz Fest for people who otherwise would not be able to attend because of economic or physical hardship.
To be eligible for Community Outreach Tickets, the organization must provide benefits or subsidies such as education, food, healthcare or housing directly to individuals regularly.
The Community Outreach Tickets Program guidelines:
- Community Outreach tickets are weekend specific. Tickets must be chosen for either Weekend 1 or Weekend 2 of Jazz Fest and cannot be exchanged for a different weekend. See the full schedule for each weekend here.
- The tickets are valid only on the dates printed on the tickets, so be sure to check the tickets carefully. If you need assistance for any of your clients with disabilities, call festival productions at (504) 410-4100 and ask for the access department.
- Your tickets are valid for entry through the Gentilly and Sauvage gates.
- All Festival prohibitions must be honored (no chairs, outside food, etc.).
- Community Outreach Tickets may be distributed ONLY to the people who receive your organization’s services and designated chaperons.
- Community Outreach Tickets are NOT to be used by your organization’s staff, volunteers, donors, board members, contractors, or business clients.
- Community Outreach Tickets may NOT be sold or used for fundraising purposes.
- Community Outreach Tickets are non-transferable.
- Community Outreach Tickets are not valid on either Saturday.
- If an organization violates the intent of the Community Outreach Ticket Program and its guidelines, the violating organization will be barred from receiving Community Outreach Tickets in the future.
