Festival Policies

PARKING & POLICIES

PARKING

Parking on site is available for pre-purchase ONLY with the Big Chief, Grand Marshal and Krewe of Jazz Fest VIP packages. A limited number of Accessible spaces for people with disabilities will be for sale at the gate — first-come, first-served — at $50 per day. No parking or unloading on-site for oversized vehicles, such as RVs and charter buses. Limited parking for bicycles is available free of charge at the Gentilly Boulevard and Sauvage Street pedestrian gates. Note: Parking in the surrounding neighborhood is restricted to residents only. Patrons are encouraged to use alternative modes of travel, such as Jazz Fest Express, public transportation, carpools and bicycles.

FESTIVAL POLICIES

All bags will be searched, and persons and vehicles will be subject to search. Prohibitions will be strictly enforced. Small bags and backpacks (17” x 12” x 10”) only and 12-pack nonrolling soft coolers are permitted. Absolutely no large or hard coolers, including thermoses, whether carried or in vehicles. No tailgating. Wagons, pull-carts or rolling bags, pets, glass, personal tents, metal poles, shade canopies/ shelters, beach or pole-style umbrellas and athletic games are not allowed.

Wheelchairs/medical scooters are permitted. Push-strollers for children are permitted. Blankets and ground tarps may not exceed 6’ x 8’. Single, collapsible chairs are permitted — large chairs with rockers, foot rests, side tables are not permitted. Setting up of chairs, ground tarps or blankets is not permitted in Standing Room Only areas at any time. Inserting stakes, poles or any other objects into the ground is prohibited. Video and audio recording equipment is strictly prohibited. No unauthorized vending. Weapons, illicit drugs and other contraband are strictly prohibited. No outside beverages whether carried or in vehicles except factory sealed water for personal consumption. Festival reserves the right to deny entry or remove from the grounds anyone in violation of these policies. Please see all prohibitions posted at www.nojazzfest.com and at the Festival.

SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Services include accessible parking, shuttle buses and toilets. The Festival also provides reserved wheelchair seating, reinforced pathways across the dirt track and American Sign Language Interpreter services (please give us as much advance notice as possible). The Access Center is located in front of the Grandstand and has Assistive Listening Devices for the Festival and Gentilly Stages; codes and maps to the accessible portable toilets; a text telephone (TTY); and Festival information in braille, large print and in audible format. A limited number of manual wheelchairs are available for loan. For further information, visit the Access Center during the Fest, call (504) 410-6104, email access@nojazzfest.com, or go to our website www.nojazzfest.com and click on “patrons with disabilities” under “Info.”