Down the stretch they come on the 2012 edition of New Orleans Jazz Fest, but there's still plenty of adventures in music in store to close things out. Today, blue-eyed soul gets a proper update in the Blues Tent, Bounce gets a shining moment at Congo Square, and a group of locals bring the rock to the Acura Stage. Make sure to hang onto this handful, because it's the last one for this year:

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

5:30 p.m., Blues Tent

While the Nevilles and Preservation Hall's 50th Anniversary jam hold some tantalizing local prospects, it's worth passing by the Blues Tent during your last lap around the Fair Grounds for this year's Fest. Sharon Jones has a huge soul voice, and she's backed by a formidable band that's capable of stretching out into big vamps or fading into the woodwork to back Jones when the time is right. Now about 15 years into their career, this act is one of the shining examples of those that are trying to keep soul-funk alive without using songs that have already been recorded as a sample. JazzFest seems like a natural home for them to play a soaring set.

Lynn Drury

11:15 a.m., Lagniappe Stage

One of a number of up-and-coming New Orleans singer-songwriters that always seems to be on a local bill, Lynn Drury is finding her way up through the ranks. Drury has an earthy vocal delivery, which she unleashes over good-time grooves. This is unpretensious, good-time music as only New Orleans knows how to do it. Recently, NOLA Defender contributor Aura Fedora spoke with Drury about her latest work. Read and listen to the interview here.

The Bounce Shakedown

2:35 p.m., Congo Square

This isn't Bounce music's first appearance at the Fair Grounds, In fact, it had an entire exhibit in the Grandstand just a couple of years ago. But as Big Freedia, Katey Red (who are both on the bill today) have worked to put it in the limelight, it's become impossible to ignore not only in New Orleans, but in the rest of the country as well. We've heard all the backstory and sociological implications of Freedia and Katey Red's success, and we know how far they've come in the past year, from professional music videos to Jimmy Kimmel Live. So when "Azz Everywhere" or "Where Da Melph At" is blaring from the huge speaker stacks at Congo Square, it'll be wrapped less in statement and more in celebration. And we all know New Orleans knows how to do the latter pretty well.

Supagroup 

12:15 p.m., Acura Stage

This straight-ahead rock quartet may not display out-of-this-world jazz chops or a place in the pantheon of music history, but they know how to deliver ear-pleasing songs that's perfect for a bright sunny day, huge speakers and a big field of people looking to have a good time. That makes their appearance on the Acura Stage this afternoon particularly tantalizing. With the release of last year's "Hail! Hail!" Supagroup proved they were still able to knock audiences back on their ass with the power of rock. And they will summon that power at the noon hour today.

Gregory Agid

12:50 p.m., Jazz Tent

New Orleans jazz is unthinkable without the flutter of a clarinet over all those horns. But to keep it alive, every generation has to inherit it from the last. Gregory Agid is one such local practitioner who is bringing the clarinet beyond the aughts. Currently working with Delfeayo Marsalis' Jazz Orchestra and a frequenter of Frenchmen Street clubs, Agid is a prime example of a working New Orleans musician who gets time to shine in the spotlight of Jazz Fest. Stop into the Jazz Tent for this mid-afternoon set, and you're unlikely to leave unsatisfied.