Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival
OCT 16 - 17, 2010 | HOTEL GUIDE
** Hours of the festival are 10:30 a.m - 8:15 p.m. Saturday and 9:30 a.m - 7 p.m. Sunday
 New Orleans is well known for many things, especially its music and food. Both are celebrated on the weekend of October 16-17 when the 5th Annual Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival returns to Lafayette Square in the heart of the city's Central Business District.
The festival is free of charge and open to the public.
Conveniently located between Camp Street and St. Charles Avenue one block from Poydras Street, Lafayette Square will host two stages for nearly two dozen blues artists, headlined by hitmakers Taj Mahal and Barbara Lynn. All around the square will be booths offering various types of crafts and some of the best barbecue in the South. The festival is one of several presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the same organization that produces the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival every year.
Here is a partial list of confirmed performers:
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010
Taj Mahal
Otis Taylor with Don Vappie
Corey Harris
Henry GrayLuther Kent & Trick Bag
Honey Island Swamp Band
Grandpa Elliot
Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010
Ruthie Foster
Li'l Ed & the Blues Imperials
Barbara Lynn
The Stanton Moore Band with Anders Osborne
Shannon McNally & Hot Sauce
The Joe Krown Trio featuring Walter "Wolfman" Washington and Russel Batiste
Mem Shannon
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