re: #57 JordanRules

No doubt. They usually have a really great slate of artists. I’ve heard it can be hard to profit off music festivals so I understand them pursuing big headliner dollars. But I also understand folks reacting to it looking for the jazz theme to be especially highlighted by the headlining acts.
And music festivals evolve in funny ways too.

I have to admit, there’d be no way NO could put on the Jazz Fest as it currently is with only jazz (and R&B) acts; jazz, for many, is an acquired taste, while pop and rock is still more mainstream.

While they had the big headliners, the artists and bands everyone knows (Aerosmith, Steve Miller, Bonnie Raitt, Jimmy Buffett, Beck, Rod Stewart, Sting, Lionel Richie, and on and on), there were always jazz artists playing somewhere in the other venues, so I suppose the more famous non-jazz artists could serve as a gateway to people getting exposed to jazz.