The daily schedule for French Quarter Fest 2015 has been released, and it includes dozens of artists who have never played the 32 year old festival before.
Photo by Stephen Maloney
Allen Toussaint, who hasn’t appeared at French Quarter Fest since 1998, will kick things off on “locals day,” Thursday, April 9.
Familiar faces like the Dixie Cups and Bonerama will appear alongside festival first timers the Doghill Stompers and Neisha Ruffins on one of the 23 French Quarter Fest stages on Friday, April 10.
Little Freddie King, who is featured on this year’s poster, will perform on Saturday, April 11, along with Charmaine Neville, Colin Lake, Paul Sanchez, the Tin Men, and many more.
The festival will go out with a bang with Kristin Diable, Raw Oyster Cult, Robin Barnes, and a host of other performers on Sunday, April 12.
Stage assignments and performance times will be released in March. Here is the daily lineup for French Quarter Fest 2015.
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Allen Toussaint
Benny Grunch and the Bunch
Big Chief Smiley Ricks and the One Nation Band*
Blues Masters featuring “Big Al” Carson
Chris Owens
Ellis Marsalis
George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners
Irvin Mayfield and NOJO: the music of Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, and The Grateful Dead
James Andrews
Jimmy Thibodeaux
The Joe Krown Trio with Walter “Wolfman” Washington & Russell Batiste Jr.
Panorama Jazz Band
Partners N Crime & The Big Easy Band featuring DJ Jubilee*
Preservation Hall Brass
Rebirth Brass Band
The Speakeasy Quartet and the NOLA Jitterbugs*
Susan Cowsill
Travis Black and the Heart Attacks*
Friday, April 10, 2015
Adam Crochet*
Audacity Brass Band
Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses
Bag of Donuts
Bonerama
Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band
Chris Ardoin*
Connie Jones and the FQF All Stars
Davis Rogan
The Dixie Cups
The Doghill Stompers*
The Dukes of Dixieland
Eric Lindell
Fredy Omar con su Banda
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Review
The Idlewild String Confederation
Irma Thomas, Soul Queen of New Orleans
Irvin Mayfield and NOJO: the music of Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, and Queen
John Boutte
John Mooney and Bluesiana
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes
Jump, Jive and Wail*
Kid Merv & All That Jazz
Leroy Jones’ Original Hurricane Brass Band
Marc Stone
Neshia Ruffins & the Young Franchise Band*
New Breed Brass Band*
New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and Special Guests
The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars*
New Orleans Nightcrawlers
Norbert Slama Trio
The Original Pinettes Brass Band
Roddy Romero and the Hub City All Stars
Steve Pistorius & the Southern Syncopators
Tank and the Bangas
Waylon Thibodeaux Band
The Write Brothers*
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Alexandra Scott
Amanda Shaw
Andrew Duhon
Bamboula 2015
Banu Gibson & the New Orleans Hot Jazz
Big Chief Bo Dollis, Jr. & the Wild Magnolias
Brass-A-Holics
Charmaine Neville
Christian Serpas & Ghost Town
Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders
Colin Lake
Daria and the Hip Drops
Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra
Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers
Flow Tribe
Garden District Trio
Gina Brown & Anutha Level
Guitar Slim, Jr.*
The Honorable South*
Hot Rod Lincoln
The Iguanas
Ingrid Lucia
Irvin Mayfield and NOJO: Children’s Songs
Jerry Embree’s Jazzman Band
Jimmy LaRocca’s Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Guitarist John Rankin
Karen Waldrup
Kim Carson and the Real Deal
Lagniappe Brass Band
Lena Prima and Band
Little Freddie King
LosOtras*
Lost Bayou Ramblers
New Orleans Classic Jazz Orchestra
New Orleans Moonshiners
New Orleans Swamp Donkeys
Onward Brass Band
Orange Kellin’s New Orleans Deluxe Orchestra
Orleans Brass Band
Paul Sanchez
Paulin Brothers Jazz Band
Revealers
Rhodes Spedale & Live Jazz Group
Robin Barnes
The Ronnie Kole Show featuring John Perkins
Sean Bruce
Shannon Powell & his Traditional All-Stars
The Smoking Time Jazz Club
Storyville Stompers Brass Band
Tim Laughlin
The Tin Men
Travis Meadows
Tricia Boutté & the Bootleg Operation
Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington and the Roadmasters
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Alexis and the Samurai
Amy Trail
Andrew Hall’s Society Brass Band
Astral Project
The Bottoms Up Blues Gang
Brother Tyrone & The Mindbenders
Bucktown All-Stars
Cardinal Sons
Carl LeBlanc
Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet
Cori Walters and the Universe Jazz Band
Creole String Beans
Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
Dash Rip Rock
Duke Heitger’s Steamboat Stompers
Erin Miley
The Friendly Travelers
Fritzel’s New Orleans Jazz Band
Funk Monkey*
Glen David Andrews
Hanna Krieger-Benson
Higher Heights Band
Honey Island Swamp Band
The Irene Sage Band
Jeremy Davenport
Jo-el Sonnier
Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers
Kid Simmons Jazz Band
Kristin Diable
The Last Straws
Leroy Jones & New Orleans’ Finest
Los Po-Boy-Citos
New Birth Brass Band
The New Orleans Songbook: Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield, and NOJO
Palmetto Bug Stompers
Peter Novelli
The Pfister Sisters
Harpist Rachel Van Voorhees
Raw Oyster Cult
Red Hot Brass Band
Robin Barnes
Rockin’ Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters
Rory Danger & the Danger Dangers*
St. Cecilia’s Asylum Chorus
St. Louis Cathedral’s Young Organist in Residence Karol Mossakowski
Tom McDermott and His Jazz Hellions
Tommy Sancton’s New Orleans Legacy Band
Treme Brass Band
Tribute to Al Belletto featuring Leif Pedersen’s 1944 Big Band
Tuba Skinny
Wanda Rouzan and A Taste of New Orleans
