Headliners among the dozens of acts that played throughout the day on any of nearly a dozen stages included the rock band Widespread Panic and the country and bluegrass band Alison Krauss and Union Station.
Fiddler and vocalist Krauss and her band closed the day on the festival’s Gentilly Stage, which took on a country vibe for much of Thursday: She was preceded by another fiddler and singer, Louisiana’s Amanda Shaw and her band The Cute Guys, who gave way to country singer Sturgill Simson.
Friday highlights included the enduring pop-rock band Chicago; the New Orleans funk band Galactic, and another local favorite, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
And, another of the funeral processions, this time for John Dalls “JT” Tamberella, the longtime supervisor of the Jazz Fest plumbing crew.