Check out these photos from the first Saturday of New Orleans Jazz Fest 2025! Lead vocalist Tarriona "Tank" Ball of Tank and the Bangas during their Jazz Fest performance on Saturday, April 26, 2025. The crowd watching Tank and the Bangas in awe at Jazz Fest on Saturday, April 26, 2025.

A.J. Haynes, lead singer for The Seratones, performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) A person in the crow holds up a sign for Senegal as Senegalese artist Youssou N’Dour performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans,

Jazz Fest each year brings people from all over the world for amazing music and food, but for many, the real challenge is finding a parking spot.