Tipitina’s Announces 2012 Fess Jazztival, Instruments A Comin’ Details

2012 Fess Jazztival Lineup

Tipitina’s announced their 11-night Fess Jazztival lineup this morning, and the annual late night-during-Jazz Fest run starts on Thursday, April 26th this year and runs ’til Sunday, May 6th. Dirty Dozen Brass Band will kick it off on the 26th and Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk will close it down once again on May 6th following the final day at the Fairgrounds. Also, the annual Instruments A Comin’ details are out and the annual charity blowout will go down starting at 6 p.m. Details for IAC 2012 are below. For individual show dates and details, go here.

When: Monday, April 30th
Show: 6 p.m. (Outdoors) / 8:30 p.m. (Indoors)
Tickets: $40 (General) / $200 (V.I.P.)
Music Lineup: GALACTIC, TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVE., BIGI (IVAN NEVILLE, GEORGE PORTER JR, IAN NEVILLE, AND RUSSELL BATISTE), HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND, JOHNNY SKETCH & THE DIRTY NOTES SHAMAR ALLEN & THE UNDERDAWGS, BIG SAM’S FUNKY NATION, ANDERS OSBORNE, BRASS-A-HOLICS, JOHNNY VIDACOVICH, AL “CARNIVAL TIME” JOHNSON, MIA BORDERS, WALTER “WOLFMAN” WASHINGTON, DONALD HARRISON & THE T.I.P. INTERNS, AND MORE!

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