From parking to music cubes to everything that's allowed inside the gates, here's your guide to this year's fest, including what is new.

If you're heading to the festival this year, here are a few things to know—from the music and food lineups, to parking, what you can bring and more.

Members of the One Mind Brass Band with Lady Pigeon Town Steppers and Bad Boyz Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs perform during the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Thursday, April 24,