Elton John performed before a seemingly endless sea of people on the sixth day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The event, which also featured concurrent headlining sets from T.I. and Ed Sheeran, was as packed as it has ever been during yet another beautiful day at the Fair Grounds Race Course.

John led the crowd through a litany of his—and therefore pop music in general’s—greatest hits over the course of 2+ hour set, which saw him grace the stage in a sparkling blue suit that had the words “Captain Fantastic” embroidered on the back. The packed crowd sang along to almost every word of songs like “Benny and the Jets,” “Candle in the Wind,” “Your Song,” “The Bitch Is Back,” “Tiny Dancer” and “Crocodile Rock.” John and his band—including longtime drummer Nigel Olsson and guitarist Davey Johnstone—also jammed out tunes such as “All the Girls Love Alice” and the fan favorite “Rocket Man.” John’s set followed a 45-minute performance from a 79-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis, who delivered on classics like “Great Balls of Fire” and a cover of Roy Orbison’s “Go Go Go (Down The Line).”

Yesterday also featured midday performances by local favorites Aaron Neville, Big Freedia and Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers, while Terrence Blanchard and Preservation Hall headlined the Jazz and Blues Tents, respectively. Astral Project were also joined by a percussionist and a pair of horn players for their Jazz Tent set, and the Soul Rebels got some help from Lettuce’s Eric Krasno and Nigel Hall during their early slot on the Congo Square Stage. Over at the Jazz & Heritage Stage, Galactic drummer Stanton Moore invited Trombone Shorty to the stage during a set with his brass supergroup the Midnite Disturbers.

As the festival proper came to a close, attendees made their way to the numerous late-night events that took place in venues across the city, though many of them also looked for a place to watch the highly anticipated (and apparently disappointing) Mayweather-Pacquiao fight.

The day’s biggest late-night event was undoubtedly the epic Nevilles Forever show at the historic Saenger Theatre. The concert, which was billed as the legendary Neville Brothers’ final performance, featured an assortment of musicians over the course of two full sets of music. The show’s first set saw the Don Was-led house band—Ivan Neville, Tony Hall, Raymond Weber, Brian Stoltz, John Gros, Mark Mullins, Jason Mingledorff, Bobby Campo, Omari Neville and the McCrary Sisters—team up with guests like George Porter Jr. (“Mojo Hannah”), Anders Osborne (“Meet Da Boys on the Battlefront”), Irma Thomas (“Ain’t No Sunshine”), Dr. John (“Valence Street” and “Big Chief”), Allen Toussaint (“The Greatest Love”) and Trombone Shorty (“Hey Pocky Way”).

The house band wasn’t around for most of the second set, which opened with an appearance by Widespread Panic and the McCrary Sisters (“Hercules” and “Voodoo”). Next came Vintage Trouble (“My Brother’s Keeper”), Cyril Neville’s Royal Southern Brotherhood (“Big Chief Jolly”), Galactic with Cyrill Neville, Jason Neville and Aaron Neville Jr. (“River of Life”), Dumpstaphunk with Charles Neville (“Healing Chant” and “Junkman”) and Trombone Shorty (“Fire On The Bayou”). Finally, the Neville Brothers—Aaron, Art, Charles and Cyril—took the stage with their longtime drummer “Mean” Willie Green and a few members of the house band for “Yellow Moon,” “Indian Red,” “Brother John,” “Iko Iko,” “Brother Jake,” “Sister Rosa” and “Shake Your Tambourine.”

Elsewhere, fans of the Grateful Dead were once again treated to shows from Joe Russo’s Almost Dead and Bill Kreutzmann’s Voodoo Dead. Russo and company returned to the Joy Theater for another high energy show that included takes on “The Music Never Stopped,” “Crazy Fingers,” “Estimated Prophet” and the “Terrapin Suite” before The New Mastersounds took over of the venue for a 2am show with special guests Jennifer Hartswick, Mike Dillon, Natalie Cressman and The West Coast Horns. Over at the The Republic, Kreutzmann and Voodoo Dead—Steve Kimock, Dave Schools, Keller Williams and Jeff Chimenti—worked through tunes like Cold Rain & Snow,” ” “Shakedown Street,” “Come Together” and “Not Fade Away,” while Papa Mali joined the group for “Sugarland” and “Wharf Rat,” George Porter Jr. sat in for “Sugaree” and “Midnight Hour,” and moe. guitarist Al Schnier made an appearance for “Deal.”

Other early after shows included Toubab Krewe and Friends at Chickie Wah Wah, Primus at the Civic Theatre, the California Honeydrops and Pimps of Joytime at the House of Blues Parish, Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes, Fishhead Stew with Jen Durkin and Anders Osborne at the Howlin’ Wolf, The Meters Experience featuring Leo Nocentelli at the Little Gem Saloon, Rebirth Brass Band and Naughty Professor at the Maison, John Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen at the Maple Leaf, Robert Walter’s 20th Congress and TAUK at Publiq House, Zappa Plays Zappa at Tipitina’s and many more.

As the night went on, a number of venues hosted extra late night shows that kicked off around 2am. The Motet took the stage at The Maison for a funky set that featured sit ins from The Nth Power’s Nikki Glaspie, singer Paul Creighton and former Motet saxophonist Dominic Lalli, who had performed with his duo Big Gigantic at Champions Square earlier in the day. Meanwhile, Marco Benevento and his trio powered through a good bit of his solo material at the nearby Blue Nile. Down at the House of Blues, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe teamed up with hip-hop artist Vokab Kompany for a tribute to Run DMC. Other wee hours gigs included Particle at the Howlin’ Wolf, Jacon Fred Jazz Odyssey at the Howlin’ Wolf Den, Kung Fu at the House of Blues Parish, Electro Rage with Terrence Higgins, Doug Wimbish, Roosevelt Collier and DJ Logic at the Maple Leaf, among many others.

Jazz Fest will wrap up today with performances by Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Dr John, Lenny Kravitz, Steve Winwood, The Radiators, Buddy Guy, Kacey Musgraves, Maze featuring Franky Beverly, Tab Benit, Anders Osborne, The Blind Boys of Alabama and the The Meters with Cyril Neville.