The New Orleans music and theater communities will recognize and celebrate their own on Monday, April 18 during the seventh annual Big Easy Awards.

Nominees Aaron Neville, James Hall, Beau Jocque &: the Zydeco Hi-Rollers, DJ Jubilee and Michael Ray are scheduled to perform at the ceremony. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival producer Quint Davis is this years music chairman, and fun-loving actor and unofficial New Orleans booster John Goodman will once again emcee the event.

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