It’s that time of year again! One of my favorite times of the year is near — it’s festival season!! When festivals start being announced, you know what time it is: It’s time for good weather, good music, and GOOD FOOD! Who doesn’t love that?!
The 33rd annual French Quarter Festival will be jammed packed with 23 stages and over 65 food tents. But, before enjoying the festival, join in the April 7th FQF second line parade starting at the 100 block of Bourbon St., marching to Jackson Square.
Aside from the music, THE best thing about FQF is the food. This year, I can’t wait to savor the tastings of Vaucresson Sausage, Desire Oyster Bar, Muriel’s, Praline Connection, Dickie Brennan’s, Restaurant R’evolution, House of Blues, Jacques-Imo’s, and Ruth’s Chris Steak House, to name a few.
But enough of the fat talk, here’s the lineup:
April 7 – 10, 2016
Thursday, April 7
Bag of Donuts,
Blues Masters featuring “Big Al” Carson,
Brandon Moreau & His Cajungrass,
Cowboy Mouth (debut performance),
Deacon John,
Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra,
The Dixie Cups,
Ellis Marsalis,
The Joe Krown Trio with Walter Wolfman Washington & Russell Batiste Jr., John Boutte,
Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers,
The New Orleans Suspects,
Panorama Jazz Band,
PresHall Brass,
The Revelers…
See full lineup
Friday, April 8
Andre Bouvier and the Royal Bohemians,
Audacity Brass Band,
Davell Crawford,
Dex Daley & Jam-X (new in 2016),
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band,
The Dukes Of Dixieland,
Hot 8 Brass Band,
The Irene Sage Band,
Soul Queen of New Orleans Irma Thomas, James Andrews,
Johnny J. and the Hitmen,
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes,
Kid Merv & All That Jazz,
Kim Carson and the Real Deal,
Mia Borders,
New Birth Brass Band,
New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings,
New Orleans Nightcrawlers,
Otra,
Red Wolf Brass Band,
Robin Barnes,
Shamarr Allen and the Underdawgs, Soul Project NOLA,
Sweet Crude,
Walter “Wolfman” Washington and the Roadmasters…
See full lineup
Saturday, April 9
Amy Nicole & Zydeco Soul (debut performance),
Anaïs St. John,
Bamboula 2015,
Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. & the Wild Magnolias,
Big Sam’s Funky Nation,
Bonerama,
Charmaine Neville, Daria & The Hip Drops,
Dash Rip Rock,
Flow Tribe,
Funk Monkey,
Mahogany Brass Band,
Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns,
Michael “Soulman” Batiste (new in 2016),
Miss Sophie Lee, Naughty Professor,
New Breed Brass Band,
New Orleans Classic Jazz Orchestra,
Partners-N-Crime & the Big EZ Band featuring DJ Jubilee
, Paulin Brothers Jazz Band,
Smoke N Bones (debut performance),
Some Like it Hot Traditional Jazz Band,
Stooges Brass Band,
Storyville Stompers Brass Band, Tank and The Bangas,
T-Ray The Violinist and D2R (Dreams2Reality), Wes Raymond & The SOUL Factory…
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Sunday, April 10
Alexandra Scott,
Amanda Shaw,
Brass-A-Holics,
Bucktown All-Stars, Carl LeBlanc,
Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet,
Erica Falls, Fritzel’s New Orleans Jazz Band,
Guitar Slim, Jr.,
Hot Stuff featuring Becky Allen,
Ingrid Lucia, Jean Knight and Her Band (debut performance), Jeremy Davenport, Johnny J. and the Hitmen,
Lagniappe Brass Band,
The Original Pinettes Brass Band,
Palmetto Bug Stompers,
The Pfister Sisters,
Raw Oyster Cult, Rockin’ Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters, St. Louis Cathedral Artist in Residence Pierre Querol,
Sweet Cecilia,
Treme Brass Band,
Wanda Rouzan and A Taste of New Orleans.
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Thursday, April 7 @ 10A
100 block of Bourbon St.
April 7 – 10, 2016
Downtown NOLA
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