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A few selects from out on the road with Widespread Panic yesterday at All Good Music Festival in Maryland. Full photo galleries will be released soon!

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Noble Visions Widespread Panic New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival full gallery release!

There are shows that simply rise to meet the moment.

Widespread Panic’s return to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival came with threatening skies, a weather-shifted afternoon, and the unmistakable feeling that something special was about to unfold. Even with the set cut short by the threat of rain, the band wasted no time turning the Fair Grounds into a full-force celebration of sound, spirit, and Crescent City electricity.

Opening with “Ain’t Life Grand” and moving through a powerful festival set that included “Greta,” “Surprise Valley,” “One Arm Steve,” “Saint Ex,” “Travelin’ Light,” “Thought Sausage,” “King Baby,” “I’m So Glad,” “Bust It Big,” “Fishwater,” and “Arleen,” Panic delivered exactly what the moment called for: grit, fire, joy, and total command of the stage.

The afternoon became even more memorable with special guests adding true New Orleans flavor to the performance. CR Gruver joined on keyboards for “Bust It Big,” while Dirty Dozen Brass Band members Gregory Davis on trumpet and Roger Lewis on baritone saxophone helped turn the closing “Fishwater” > “Arleen” > “Fishwater” sequence into a horn-driven Jazz Fest moment for the books.

Rain may have been on the horizon, but Panic brought the storm.

The full Noble Visions photo gallery from Widespread Panic at the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is now live.

Step inside the moment. View the full gallery through Noble Visions.

04/30/26 - https://www.noblevisions.com/Music/Widespread-Panic-043026-New-Orleans-LA

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One of the best sets of music at RiverBeat Fest!! Ice Cube is the truth! It was an epic performance from this legend. Such the honor to work directly with this pioneer of hip hop culture and sound.

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A very Happy Birthday going out to the boss man John Bell of Widespread Panic! We celebrate in Birmingham soon!!

A few select images of JB from the past year or two.

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