UPDATE: The full lineup of WWOZ’s Festing in Place programs will remain archived on the radio station’s website for a limited time.

The schedule for the October 2021 edition of Jazz Festing In Place has been announced by WWOZ.  In lieu of Jazz Fest, which was canceled for this fall after being rescheduled from the spring following a surge of COVID-19 infections, WWOZ will present archival concert sets from thre past 50 years of the annual music extravaganza.  Over the weekends of October 7-10 and 14-17, listeners who tune in to the community radio station from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT  will hear more than 120 different classic performances.

The lineup includes Dr. John, Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint, the Neville Brothers, Trombone Shorty, and the 1974 Fire Benefit featuring Professor Longhair, Fats Domino, the Radiators, Kermit Ruffins, John Boutte, and Glen David Andrews. Rare sets from Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Richie Havens, B.B. King, Lyle Lovett, John Lee Hooker, Santana, the Dave Matthews Band, the Band, Van Morrison, John Mayer, Joe Cocker, Mahalia Jackson, Duke Ellington, Al Hirt, will also fill the airwaves. The schedule will be regularly updated at wwoz.org over the coming days.

Archival concerts include recordings from the first Jazz Fest in 1970, including The Meters, Pete Fountain and Mahalia Jackson.

WWOZ is requesting photos from listeners who set up a “Festing in Place” party or some other ritual. Send pictures to [email protected].

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