Sure, the annual Creole Tomato Festival is famous for celebrating the red, ripe queen of southeast Louisiana’s summertime growing season. But this being New Orleans, spectacular live music is an equally vital ingredient.
Right alongside the booths selling fresh, ripe tomatoes, the cooking demos, the food booths and second lines and the Bloody Mary bars presented by local bars and restaurants, the live music lineup for this year's Creole Tomato Festival features a who’s-who of top local and regional talent, playing genres ranging from Jazz and brass band, to Cajun, Zydeco, R&B and soul from stages set up in the French Market, in Dutch Alley, and at New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park.
The official festival music line-up goes like this:
Creole Tomato Festival Second Line
MARKET STAGE
Saturday, June 10
• 11am: Fully Dressed Po-Boys
• 12:15pm: NPS Arrowhead Jazz Band feat Steve Masakowski & Aurora Nealand
• 1:30pm: Bamboula 2000
• 3pm: Lost Bayou Ramblers
Sunday, June 11
• 11am: Smoky Greenwall
• 12:15pm: Alexey Marti
• 1:30pm: Sunpie & the LA Sunspots
• 3pm: Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra
DUTCH ALLEY STAGE
Saturday, June 10
• 10am: Julio & Cesar Trio
• 11am: Alicia “Blue” Smith
• 12pm: YUSA Duo
• 1:30pm: Bo Dollis Jr & the Wild Magnolias
Sunday, June 11
• 10am: Josh Starkman Duo
• 11am: Tonya Boyd Cannon
• 12:15pm: Javier Olondo & AsheSon
• 1:30pm: Muevelo
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK at 916 N. Peters St.
Saturday, June 10
• 10am: KAMAU & Spirit of the Drums
• 11:15am: Bamzy Baby Productions
• 12:30pm: Ravee Quintet
• 1:45: Davis Rogan Band
Sunday, June 11
• 10am: Move Ya Brass Jazz Yoga w/Jenna McSwain
• 11:15am: Mestre Curtis Pierre Presents Drumming Afro-Brazilian program
• 12:30pm: Richard Scott’s Songs for Jr Rangers
• 1:45pm: Doyle Cooper’s Music for All Ages
For more information on bands, schedules, and stages, visit frenchmarket.org/creoletomatofest/stages
