The Soul Rebels along with Big Freedia, Tank and the Bangas, Ani DiFranco, Sweet Crude, Dee1, Flagboy Giz and Iceman Special are among more than 270 artists scheduled to perform at the French Quarter Festival from April 13-16.
French Quarter Festivals, Inc., announced the heavy lineup for New Orleans this morning for its 40th anniversary. The free festival features 20 stages across the French Quarter and the Riverfront. Look below for the full daily lineup.
The FQF will also feature over 60 local restaurants and food vendors operating throughout the festival, including Jacques-Imo’s, Southerns, Addis NOLA, Morrow’s, Ajun Cajun and Vaucresson’s Sausage Co.
The festival will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Thursday, April 13 from 10 a.m. with its annual second line kickoff on Bourbon Street to Jackson Square. And the day will end with a performance by Irma Thomas on the festival’s main Chevron stage and a fireworks display.
Along with returning artists like John Boutte, Robin Barnes and the Fiyabirds, Rockin’ Dopsie Jr., Erica Falls, Delfeayo Marsalis and James Andrews, more than 50 musicians and bands will debut this year, including LeTrainiump, Jason Neville Funky Soul Band and Los Guiros.
Music will run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. during the four-day event, and there will also be kids’ activities, free dance lessons and more.
The daily schedule is below.
Thursday April 13
Group of the Babineaux sisters
bag of donuts
Corey Ledet and his band Zydeco
Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra
Ernie Vincent
Gerard Delafose and the Zydeco Gators
Irma Thomas, queen of New Orleans soul
The New Orleans Sound of Joe Lastie
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes
Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers
Louisiana LeRoux
Mahogany marching band
Mem Shannon and the members
Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show
Goldfish
Conservation brass
Roderick Paulin (REV) and the Congregation
Slugger
Susan Cowsill
The Dirty Dozen Marching Band
Iguanas
The Lilli Lewis Project
Skinny Snorkel
friday april 14
Alex McMurray and his band
Amanda Shaw
Antoine Deil & New Orleans Misfit Power Band
Beau Bayou and the Sabine Connection
Big Frank & Lil Frank and the Dirty Old Men
Bon Bon Vivant
Bonerama
Debauchery
Dee 1
DeJan’s Olympia Brass Band
Duane Bortles Group
Ecirb Müller’s Twisted Dixie
Eric Johanson
Erica Falls
Flagboy Giz and the wild Tchoupitoulas
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Magazine
George Porter, Jr. & the Runnin’ Pardners
Giantfunk with Gerald French
Upper Heights Reggae Band
Ingrid Lucia
James Andrew
Jamey St Pierre and THC
Jeffery Broussard and the Creole Cowboys
Jean Boutte
brazen kings
LeTrainiump
Louis Ford and his New Orleans flairs
Mayumi Shara and New Orleans Jazz Letters
Ace from the middle of town
move it
Palmetto Bug Crushers
Panoramic Jazz Band
Rachel Fleetwood and Perfect Love Band
raw deal
Red Hot Marching Band
Robin Barnes and the Fiyabirds
Samantha Fish
Secret Six Jazz Band
Riders in slow motion
Solid Harmony – Tribute To Topsy Chapman
Sporty Marching Band
Sweet Crude
T Marie and Bayou Juju
The Jake Landry Band
The Catahoulas of New Orleans
The revealers
The Soul Rebels ft. BigFreedia
The Wolfe Johns Blues Band
Tom Saunders and the HOTCATS
Tommy McLain and CC Adcock
Treme Brass Band
Troy Sawyer and the Elementz
water seed
saturday april 15
gang 79rs
Anna Laura Quinn
Trio André Duhon
Astral Project
Audubon Charter Middle School Choir conducted by Davis Rogan
Banu Gibson
Barbara Short and Blue Jazz
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and the Golden Eagles
Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band
Charmaine Neville
Christian Serpas and ghost town
Chucky C & Band
Dinosaurchestra
Don Vappie & Banjo a la Creole
flow tribe
Fritzel’s All Star Band
There was Ghaïla
Helen Gillet & Wazozo
Jason Neville Group FunkySoul
Joe Kron
John “Dad” Big
Johnny J and the Hitmen
Joy Clark
Julien Primeaux
chris royal
Kid Simmons jazz band
christian devil
Lawrence Cotton’s Legendary Experience
Leroy Jones’ Original Hurricane Marching Band
Leslie Cooper and Music Street
Lisa Amos
Little Freddie King
Lynn Drury
Peter Mark
Mark Braud’s New Orleans Jazz Giants
Mark Brooks
Marty Peters and the Party Meters
Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns
Michael Doucet & Letting Go
Miss Sophie Lee
Minoan Music: Tribute to Damas “Fanfan” Louis
New Orleans Classical Jazz Orchestra
New Orleans Nightcrawlers
NPS African Drum & Dance Program ft Wowo Souakoli & Sidiki Conde
NPS Arrowhead Jazz Band
marching band forward
Papo and Son Mandao
Patrice Fisher and Arpa
Quiana Lynel
Project R Marching Band
Renaissance marching band
Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys
Seguenon Koné with Ivorie Show
Shake Em’ Up Jazz Band
Shamar Allen
Shannon Powell All-Star Traditional Band
Shawana rice
Slangston Hughes and the Rimless Bentley
Songs for Jr Rangers with Richard Scott
Sullivan Dabney’s Muzik Jazz Band
Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots
Dixie mugs
The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
The Pinettes Original Fanfare
The Rumble with Chef Joseph Boudreaux Jr
Tim Laughlin
Tommy Sancton’s Legacy Band in New Orleans
Long live music for children
Chaz Blues Trio Washboard
Waylon Thibodeaux Band
Zita
sunday april 16
21st century brass
ACE (Anderson, Chute, Easley)
And then came the humans
Andy J Forest Band
Bambola 2000
Bucktown All Stars
Cary Hudson with Katrina Miller and Anna Hudson
Cha Wa
charlie gabriel
New Orleans Serenaders by Clive Wilson
Creole green beans
Cullen Landry and the Midnight Streetcar Band with Al “Carnival Time” Johnson
Cupid and the band Dance Party Express
David Bandrowski and the Rhumba Defense
Dr Sick and the latest big names
Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers
Edna Karr
Always more nest
George W. Carver
Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras
Gumbeaux juice
Halloran and the Tropicals
happy talk tape
Honey Island Swamp Strip
New Orleans Hot Club
Ice Man Special
James Rivers Movement
Jamil Sharif
Jena McSwain jazz band
Jeremy Davenport
John Mooney
Johnette Downing – Louisiana Roots Music for Children
Jon Cleary and the Absolute Gentlemen Monsters
Jourdan Thibodeaux and the Rangers
Kelly Love Jones
The little death
Lena Cousin
Leroy Jones and the Best of New Orleans
The Guiros
Garínagu children: preserving our roots // Garínagu children: preserving our roots
and cultural
The Lost Hikers of the Bayou
Maggie Koerner
Marina Orchestra
Maude Caillat
Mikhala “Jazz Muffin” Iversen
Minus the Saint
Songs by Nana Sula and Asase Yaa
On the Levee Jazz Band
Paulin Brothers Jazz Band
Preston Frank and the Frank Family Band
Red Wolf Marching Band
Rhodes Spedale Tribute ft. live jazz band
Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. and the Zydeco Twisters
Rory Danger and the dangers of dangers
Sierra Green
Songs for Jr Rangers with Sam Kuslan
Steve Pistorius and the Southern Syncopators
Storyville Stompers Marching Band
Tank and the Bangas
New Orleans Swinger Gypsies
NOCCA Jazz Ensemble
The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band
The Pfister sisters
The singing dogs
Tiffany Pollack & Co.
tiny dinosaur
Tonya Boyd Canon
Tyron Benoit Group
Wanda Rouzan and a taste of New Orleans
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