Discounted $50 tickets for the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival's opening-day Locals Thursday can be purchased online starting Saturday, April 20 at 10 a.m.

The discounted tickets for Louisiana residents will be available, with no additional fees, at www.nojazzfest.com.

The 2024 Locals Thursday is April 25. That day's headliners include Widespread Panic, the Beach Boys and Stephen Marley.

Buyers participating in the presale must have a Louisiana billing zip code attached to the credit card used to make the purchase. There is a two-ticket limit.

These pre-sale Locals Thursday tickets are mobile only and nontransferable. Buyers must enter the Fair Grounds with the guest using the second ticket. 

The presale ends at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24.

Locals Thursday tickets can also be purchased at the Fair Grounds gate on Thursday, April 25. 

The festival's producers started making Locals Thursday tickets available for pre-purchase after long lines formed at ticket booths ahead of country star Luke Combs' Locals Thursday performance on May 5, 2022.

Email Keith Spera at kspera@theadvocate.com.