2017

Six of Saturns is our annual festival celebration of music, visions and the collaborative spirit of New Orleans. For two weeks each spring, we gather to revel in the beats of the bayou, its musical legacy and commune with stage legends, big band street performers, activists and artists of every feather.

The name Six of Saturns is a mystical tarot to honor Sun Ra's Trip to Saturn, our numerical place in the universe (600 Carondelet) and the many cosmic connections of Jazz to this land. It's a fortune that always ends with "yes."

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Spyboy Dondrell Anderson of the 7th Ward Creole Hunters

Photo by Jeremy Tauriac

2017

Artists

Top: Amp Fiddler. From left to right: DJ Funmi, Dr. Ike of Ponderosa Stomp, Jack Freeman, Jeremy Ellis.

Top: Jimetta Rose. From left to right: Lil Buck Sinegal, Mark De Clive-Lowe and Nia Andrews, Nigel Hall, PJ Morton and a Wayne Doc Matthews of CoolNasty.

Events

Electric Dawn with Gilles Peterson & Friends on Worldwide FM

Ben Jaffe of Preservation Hall stopped by to share Sister Gertrude stories and talk about life in the hall

Christian Scott talking shop and trumpets with Gilles on Worldwide FM

Dayme Arocena was live on WWFM NOLA with guest host Mark De-Clive Lowe. She has the best laugh of all time, turns out

A coffee talk with Questlove and Gilles Peterson

Ms. Charm Taylor of Sinking City Records sang us some songs live on Worldwide FM

Local selector, Brice Nice, hosted the final live broadcast May 11 on Worldwide FM.

Top: Ben Jaffe of Preservation Hall. From left to right: Gilles Peterson and Christian Scott, Dayme Arocena, Gilles Peterson and Quest Love, Ms. Charm Taylor of Sinking City Records and DJ Brice Nice of WWOZ New Orleans.