New NOLA Crawfish Festival Expands Lineup

The inaugural NOLA Crawfish Festival has added some new names to its lineup. Live For Live Music reports thats the event will now feature Neville Jacobs–a new project from Ivan Neville, Cris Jacobs, Tony Hall and Brady Blade–as well as the Honey Island Swamp Band.

Unfortunately, Eric Lindell will no longer be able to appear due to family-related concerns.

Slated for Monday, April 25 to Wednesday, April 27 at the NOLA Brewing Tap Room, the mini-fest will also include George Porter, Jr., Jon Cleary, Nigel Hall, John “Papa” Gros, Billy Iuso & The Restless Natives, Papa Mali, June Yamagishi, Raymond Weber, Tony Hall, Derwin “Big D” Perkins, Terrence Higgins, Dave Malone, Johnny Sansone, Mike Zito & The Wheel, Colin Lake, and special guest Anders Osborne. e

As previously reported, there will also be 5,000 pounds of hot, boiled crawfish from Chris “Shaggy” Davis–aka the NOLA Crawfish King. Additionally, the festival will play host the The Ultimate Crawfish Cook-Off, where twenty teams will compete for the best crawfish boil. The competition will be judged by a yet-to-be-announced panel of New Orleans celebrities.

The festival will take place from 3pm to 10pm each day.

General admission tickets to the event are now on sale, and will include one beer and a guaranteed minimum of two pounds of crawfish. Single-day and three-day passes will be available. A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will go to the Brett Thomas Doussan Foundation, a local non-profit that raises awareness about mental health issues.