Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival 2010

Buckwheat Zydeco tops the list of performers at the fourth annual Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, June 11-13 at New Orleans' Old U.S. Mint, held in conjunction with the Louisiana Seafood Festival and the French Market's Creole Tomato Festival. Free admission. See details below.

The Fourth Annual Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival
June 11-13
The Old U.S. Mint (Map)
10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Free Admission

Grammy winner Buckwheat Zydeco will headline the fourth annual Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, which takes place June 11-13 at the Old U.S. Mint (map).

Additional performers include a who’s who of Cajun and zydeco artists: Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, the Lost Bayou Ramblers, Les Freres Michot, Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, Bruce Daigrepont, Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, Feufollet and many more.

Visit the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival web site for a complete schedule.

This free event is presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the nonprofit that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, and uses the proceeds from Jazz Fest for year-round programs in education, economic development and cultural events.

As in the past, the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival will be presented in conjunction with the Louisiana Seafood Festival and the French Market's Creole Tomato Festival.

With two stages of music, great food, beautiful, hand-made crafts and lots of dancing, the festival is a fitting tribute to the fun-loving culture of southwest Louisiana.

“Especially now, with the tragic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico threatening our sensitive wetlands and our entire seafood culture, we are proud to partner with the Louisiana Seafood Festival and the Creole Tomato Festival,” said Don Marshall, Executive Director of the Jazz & Heritage Foundation. “Local seafood, fresh Creole tomatoes and Cajun and zydeco music – who could ask for a better combination?”

Fresh local seafood – all certified as safe – will be plentiful at the event, which will feature top Louisiana chefs on a cooking demonstration stage.

Zydeco – the hard-driving dance music of Southwest Louisiana, with pumping rhythms and a strong R&B influence – will be heard at a stage located in front of the Mint on Esplanade Avenue. Cajun, the time-honored two-step and waltz sound that relies most often on acoustic instruments, will be the focus of a stage located within the Mint grounds at the corner of Barracks and Decatur streets.

2010 Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival Schedule of Performances

FRIDAY, JUNE 11
Barracks Street Stage:
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Bruce Daigrepont
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots

SATURDAY, JUNE 12
Esplanade Street Stage:
10:45 am to 12:45 pm Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Li'l Nathan and the Zydeco Big Tymers
3:15 pm to 5:15 pm Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers
5:30p.m. to 7:00 pm Buckwheat Zydeco

Barracks Street Stage:
12:15 pm to 2:15 pm Goldman Thibodeaux & the Lawtell Playboys
2:45 pm to 4:45 pm Les Freres Michot
5:15 pm to 7:15 pm Lost Bayou Ramblers

SUNDAY, JUNE 13
Esplanade Street Stage:
10:45 am to 12:45 pm Dikki Du & the Zydeco Krewe
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Li'l Malcolm & the House Rockers
3:15 pm to 5:15 pm Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience

Barracks Street Stage:
12:15 pm to 2:15 pm Feaufollet
2:45 pm to 4:45 pm Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys

The Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival is produced and presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, in collaboration with the Louisiana Seafood Festival and the French Market’s Creole Tomato Festival.

Co-sponsors of the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival include:

Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Louisiana State Museum
Louisiana Division of the Arts
Peoples Health
People Misters
DirecTV
WWOZ

For more information, please visit the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival online here.

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