New Orleans Festival Fürth

25 Years of New Orleans in Fürth

The New Orleans Festival Fürth was founded in 2001 and celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2026. During this time, the festival has developed from a local initiative into a regionally known free festival with professional organization. The success is based on a stable curatorial line: Jazz and Blues with a focus on Louisiana roots (New Orleans Brass, Dixieland, Second Line), expanded to include Ska, Soul and related genres.

Fürther Freiheit as a Stage

The »Fürther Freiheit« is the central square in Fürth, located in front of the historic town hall. During the festival, several stages are set up, gastronomic stands are erected, and the square becomes a festival mile. The central location makes the festival easily accessible on foot from the train station and the city center.

Free Admission — Model with Sponsors

The festival is consistently free of charge and is financed by sponsoring (Sparda Bank, infra Fürth, Norma, among others) and stand fees. This model makes the New Orleans Festival one of the few major free events for jazz and blues in Germany and ensures its broad, socially mixed audience.

Program Profile

On both festival days, 13 or more acts perform: regional jazz and blues bands from Middle Franconia, German acts of standing, international artists. Brass bands typically dominate Sunday with a »Weißwurst-Frühschoppen« (traditional Bavarian sausage breakfast) at 11 am — a Bavarian nod. A children's program rounds off the family offering.

Fürth and the Region

Fürth is the northern sister city of Nuremberg and part of the Nuremberg-Fürth-Erlangen-Schwabach metropolitan region (»Franconian Metropolis«). With about 130,000 inhabitants, Fürth is an independent city in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. The New Orleans Festival is, alongside the Bardentreffen and Rock im Park, one of the region's most important music festival contributions to the Southern German summer.