Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival
Grills 'n' Guitars
Lafayette Square Park 540 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Powered by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival celebrates Southern soul with legendary local and international blues and R&B talent, plus the greatest assemblage of home-style barbecue to be found within the city limits. Come for performances by Sierra Green & the Giants, Tab Benoit, Pennsylvania Wolfe Johns, Mem Shannon & the Membership, Ed Wills & Blues 4 $ale, Leo Nocentelli of the Meters, Eric Johanson, Jontavious Willis, Carolyn Wonderland, Tyron Benoit Band, Joy Clark, Little Freddie King, and more. What's even more ridiculous than getting all these folks in one place is that it's free to watch. At Lafayette Square Park. 5:30 pm–8:30 pm Friday; 11 am–8:30 pm Saturday and Sunday. Free. crescentcitybluesfest.com.
