--- title: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell - Louisiana Marketplace 2027 description: Juried craft fair call for Louisiana artists to exhibit and sell work at Jazz Fest's Louisiana Marketplace, New Orleans, April 2027. url: https://www.artsume.com/programs/b877387b-b50f-49db-a869-30125dbc6263 type: program status: open createdAt: "2026-10-24" updatedAt: "2026-10-24" programType: Festival/fair organization: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc. organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/new-orleans-jazz-heritage-festival-and-foundation deadline: "2026-12-01" entryFee: 35 USD location: Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, LA, United States isOnline: false disciplines: - mixed media - graphics/printmaking - painting - photography - digital art - fiber - jewelry - glass - wood --- # New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell - Louisiana Marketplace 2027 **Hosted by:** New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc. **Type:** Festival/fair | **Location:** Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, LA, United States | **Deadline:** December 1, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $35 ## About This Program ### Summary The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell is a joyous and spirited celebration showcasing the authentic music and heritage of Louisiana and New Orleans. It began in 1970 when 350 musicians entertained a crowd half that number in New Orleans' Congo Square. The Festival is one of the most prestigious and well-attended in the nation, attracting hundreds of thousands of people annually. The Festival is owned by The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc., a Louisiana non-profit corporation organized to preserve and promote the music, arts, culture and heritage indigenous to Louisiana and the New Orleans area. A two-weekend event featuring fourteen stages of music, plus art and traditional food, this outdoor daytime celebration is held on the park-like infield and in the grandstand area of the historic Fair Grounds Race Course. The Craft Fairs present works by Louisiana, national, and international artisans participating in three tented areas – Contemporary Crafts, Louisiana Marketplace, and Congo Square African Marketplace. The highly competitive juried Louisiana Marketplace, located adjacent to the Louisiana Folklife Village, will feature twelve different artists each weekend. Louisiana artists will exhibit work incorporating indigenous materials and/or imagery reflective of the state's unique cultural or natural landscape. ### General information FESTIVAL DATE & HOURS First Weekend: April 22, 23, 24, 25 Second Weekend: April 29, 30, May 1, 2 Hours of Operation: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Daily (There are no substitute rain dates.) ### REQUIREMENTS Images: Five (5) (4 of artwork – 1 of booth display) Application Fee $35.00 All artists must be full time residents of Louisiana (living here at least 9 months annually). Artwork must be reflective of the state's culture, heritage and/or landscape. If the work is not culturally relevant, consider applying to a different crafts area. Before applying, be sure to read all ELIGIBILITY, GUIDELINES FOR SPECIFIC MEDIA and RULES. Unless Festival criteria is met, the application will not be processed for jury. Application fees are non-refundable. For clarification or questions, please contact us before applying. A separate application is required for each medium/category for which an artist wishes consideration. No advantage is gained by submitting multiple applications for the same body of work. No more than three (3) applications can be made per each Crafts area. APPLICATION FEES Each application must be accompanied by the $35 application fee payment. Through ZAPPlication, applicants may choose to pay online with VISA or MASTERCARD. No money orders, cashier checks, personal or business checks accepted. ### Rules and regulations ### ELIGIBILITY All Louisiana Marketplace artists must be full-time residents of Louisiana (living here at least 9 months annually). Artwork must be reflective of the state's unique culture, heritage and/or landscape. Work must be original handmade art created by the applicant artist. Artwork must be one-of-a-kind and/or limited edition. GUIDELINES FOR SPECIFIC MEDIA - Mixed Media: Original work where the primary intent is the union of two or more media categories. No prints on canvas or any type of stretched fabric materials. - Graphics/Printmaking: Handpulled original prints produced from hand manipulated screens, plates, or stones by the applicant printmaker. Prints must be in limited editions of 250 or less, signed and numbered on archival quality materials. No commercial or mechanical reproductions of any kind are allowed. - Painting: Original oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc. Reproductions of all kinds will be prohibited. - Photography: Photographers may submit photographs only from their own original images and must do their own printing or directly supervise this process. Photographs must be in limited editions of 250 or less, signed and numbered on archival quality materials. - Digital Art: Wall mounted original work for which the original image, or the manipulation of other source material, is executed by the artist using a computer. Work generated by or with assistance of Artificial Intelligence is prohibited. - Fiber: No factory produced wearable items, regardless of additional modification or enhancement by the artist. No upcycled or recycled work. - Jewelry: Artists wishing to sell any jewelry must submit an application in the jewelry category. No strung beads or assembled work. - Glass: Handblown, cast or lampworked. No painted, decorated or embellished manufactured glass. - Wood: Original free-standing works in wood that are hand-tooled, machine-worked, turned or carved are accepted in the wood category. RULES 1. Artists are required to complete the Cultural Relevance Statement describing how the artwork they intend to sell is representative of Louisiana. The Cultural Relevance Statement will be read to the jurors. 2. Artists may display and sell only the type of work represented in the four (4) artwork images submitted with the online application. 3. Application images may not contain identifiable signatures, signage or photos of the applicant artist. 4. The majority of each piece must consist of handmade components. No upcycled or recycled work. 5. No 3D printed or AI related work is allowed. 6. Festival expressly prohibits commercial kits, t-shirts, night lights, magnets, edibles/consumables, CDs, DVDs, audio/video tapes, books, catalogs, poster graphics, postcards/note cards, imports, mass-distributed products or manufactured goods, 3D Printed objects or AI related work, buy/sell, factory-sewn work, strung beads/assembled work, commercially-cast plaster or clay objects, or pre-manufactured or commercially-made clothing. 7. Artists wishing to sell any jewelry must submit an application in the jewelry category. 8. The Festival logo and related trademarked names cannot be used on merchandise or advertisement without license. 9. Joint applicants must both contribute to the creation of the work and be listed on the application. 10. Any artist applying to more than one crafts area must submit a separate application and set of five (5) images for each. 11. No galleries, cooperatives or groups may apply. Only individual artists may apply. 12. Each artist must be present in the assigned booth and keep it open throughout the official hours of the Festival. 13. Artists may not transfer, share or otherwise reassign booth spaces. 14. All exhibiting artists are required to display an Artist's Statement in a prominent place within their booth. 15. Each artist will be required to submit a daily total of all sales on the last event day (Sunday). 16. Each exhibitor must comply with all Festival rules and regulations as well as city, state, and federal laws. 17. Applicants must be minimum age of 18. APPLICATIONS NOT MEETING THE REQUIRED CRITERIA WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. APPLICATION FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. APPLICATION IMAGES 1. Each applicant must submit four (4) digital artwork images that best represent current work along with one (1) digital image of booth display. This is a blind jury process; there should be NO images with identifiable signatures, signage or photo of the artist. 2. If artist intends to exhibit both production and one-of-a-kind or high end work, the four (4) artwork images must illustrate each type proportionally. 3. The booth image represents a full view of the booth display and should not be empty but filled with artwork. 4. Any work outside of the medium, context, scale and/or price point of the four (4) artwork images that may appear in the booth shot would not be considered accepted by the jury. 5. All images must be in 1920 pixel horizontal x 1920 pixel vertical format. JURY PROCESS An outside panel consisting of peers and art professionals review all submissions and selects exhibitors. A new panel is seated each year. 1. A code number is assigned for each application, so that jurying is anonymous. 2. Selection criteria include Cultural Relevance, creativity, uniqueness, concept and craftsmanship, as well as the need to achieve a balance of media categories. 3. The Artist Information Statement is read to the jury. 4. The Cultural Relevance statement is read to the jury. 5. Applications not selected by the jury will not be further considered. THIS IS A JURIED SHOW AND AS SUCH, PREVIOUS PARTICIPATION IN THIS FESTIVAL DOES NOT GUARANTEE ACCEPTANCE. ### Booth information and fees BOOTH FEES Include PRODUCT LIABILITY and AMENITIES. FIRST WEEKEND Standard/One Artist: $1390 Corner/One Artist: $1505 Corner/Two Artists - Share: $870/each SECOND WEEKEND Standard/One Artist: $1390 Corner/One Artist: $1505 Corner/Two Artists - Share: $870/each Only two (2) artists may share a booth and it must be a corner. Artists may rent a booth for only one weekend of the event. BOOTH DISPLAY 1. Booth spaces measure approximately 10' x 10' and are housed within 20' x 30' tents. The front opening of each booth is approximately 8' high. 2. No signage or décor is permitted outside the booth. 3. Artist must provide BACK AND SIDE WALLS for the booth. 4. Corner booths must remain open on both sides. 5. Festival does not provide tables, chairs, or electricity. 6. All booth displays must comply with the American for Disabilities Act (ADA). ### AWARDS Louisiana Marketplace will present one Best of Show award each weekend. ### Refund and cancellation policy No application fee refunds for any applications not meeting the Festival's criteria eligibility requirements. Booth fee refunds are available until the final refund deadline date of March 16, 2027. No refunds for late cancellations after that date, or in case of rain or other events beyond the producer's reasonable control. ### Jury details Average number of applications submitted each year: 110 Average number of artists selected from the jury to participate in the event: 24 Average number of exempt from jury artists who are invited to participate in the event: 2 How returning artists are selected: Received an award (Two (2) Best of Show winners from previous event). Vendors that are excluded/ineligible: No Vendors. No buy/sell. Only handmade one-of-a-kind &/or limited edition work produced by the artist applicant. Jurors score applications using a 1–7 scale. Number of jurors scoring applications: 3. A single jury panel scores applications for all medium categories, convened as a group in one room. The jury process is closed to observation. ## Eligibility & Requirements - **Geographic Eligibility:** Regional - **Disciplines:** mixed media, graphics/printmaking, painting, photography, digital art, fiber, jewelry, glass, wood - **Age Requirements:** 18+ years old - **Note:** All Louisiana Marketplace artists must be full-time residents of Louisiana (living here at least 9 months annually). Artwork must be reflective of the state's unique culture, heritage and/or landscape. Work must be original handmade art created by the applicant artist, one-of-a-kind and/or limited edition. No galleries, cooperatives or groups may apply; only individual artists may apply. Joint applicants must both contribute to the creation of the work and be listed on the application. Applicants must be a minimum age of 18. ### Additional Requirements - 4 digital artwork images - 1 digital booth display image (images must be in 1920x1920 pixel format) - $35.00 non-refundable application fee - Up to 3 applications allowed per artist for this Crafts area - Artist Information Statement (read to jurors) - Cultural Relevance Statement describing how the artwork is representative of Louisiana (read to jurors) ## Timeline - **Opens:** October 23, 2026 - **Deadline:** December 1, 2026 - **Program Start:** April 22, 2027 - **Program End:** May 2, 2027 ## Contact **Email:** craftsadmin@nojazzfest.com **Phone:** (504) 410-6103 ## How to Apply Apply at: https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=14762