The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival have announced that a number of this weekend’s performances will be streamed live on YouTube. Following the release of the official schedule, we can see that fans unable to make the trek to The Big Easy will be able to watch sets from My Morning Jacket, Bon Iver, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Galactic, funky Meters, Preservation Hall and Friends, The Neville Brothers, Allen Toussaint, Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers and more. A selection of these performances will be pre-recorded highlights from Weekend 1, while others will be time-shifted to provide better coverage. You can view the webcast via the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage YouTube page.

Please see below for the JazzFest 2012 webcast trailer along with the full webcast schedule.

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(All times CDT)

Friday, May 4

14:00 Marcia Ball
14:05 Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers
15:00 Roddie Romero & the Hub-City Allstars *
15:15 Papa Grows Funk *
15:25 Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
15:45 Bonerama
16:35 Voice of the Wetlands Allstars *
16:55 Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes *
17:15 Zac Brown Band
17:30 Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A.
19:00 Glen Hansard *
19:00 GIVERS *
19:30 The Dirty Dozen Brass Band *
19:55 Bon Iver *
20:00 Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue *

Saturday, May 5

14:00 Allen Toussaint
14:05 Anders Osborne
14:55 The Dixie Cups *
15:05 Cowboy Mouth *
15:10 Irma Thomas
15:35 Better Than Ezra
16:45 George Porter, Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners *
17:25 Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone *
17:25 My Morning Jacket
17:55 Zebra *
18:55 Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk *
20:00 Janelle Monae *

Sunday, May 6

14:00 Galactic
14:00 funky METERS
15:15 Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers
15:45 Bonnie Raitt
17:10 Tribute to Alex Chilton feat. Dave Pirner, Alex McMurray, Susan Cowsill, Doug Garrison and René Coman *
17:10 Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys *
17:45 The Neville Brothers
18:10 The New Orleans Bingo! Show *
19:00 Creole String Beans
19:40 Preservation Hall and Friends
20:00 Jimmy Buffett, Acoustic – with Mac McAnally *

(*) = Exclusive pre-recorded highlights from Weekend 1