Gambit previews all the music, food and culture during the second weekend at the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

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,

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