2024 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival Announcement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

NEW ORLEANS (July 16, 2024) – The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival returns to Lafayette Square Park (602 St. Charles Ave.) in New Orleans for its 17th edition on October 11-13, 2024. 

Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials and Irma Thomas & the Professionals will headline the festival, which is presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the nonprofit that owns Jazz Fest. Admission to the festival is free and open to the public.

The festival will be held on Friday, October 11 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm, and again on Saturday, October 12 and Sunday, October 13 from 11:00am to 8:30pm.

​​The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival is an award-winning event, featuring two stages of music, a large selection of the best barbecue vendors in the region and a local arts market.

Performers at the 2024 edition include Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials, Irma Thomas & the Professionals, Kenny Neal, Marcia Ball, Leyla McCalla, Sue Foley, Nikki Hill, James Cotton Tribute with Mark Hummel & Steve Freund, Chris Thomas King, Eric Lindell, Little Freddie King, James Rivers Movement, Joe Krown +1 featuring Papa Mali, Sierra Green & the Giants, Mitch Woods & his Rocket 88s, Billy Iuso, Les Getrex & Creole Cookin, Sunpie Barnes & the Louisiana Sunspots.

More performers will be announced soon, along with daily schedules. 

After being on hiatus for several years, the oral history stage at Gallier Hall returns to the 2024 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival! Featuring artist interviews in an intimate setting, interviews will be held indoors on the afternoons of Saturday, October 12 and Sunday, October 13. Get to know the festival performers, up close and personal!

The Jazz & Heritage Foundation will again auction off a customized guitar by Painted Axe that will have the signatures of the festival’s performers from all three days. Funds from this auction will benefit the programs of the Jazz & Heritage Foundation including the music education initiatives in New Orleans.

For more information, visit crescentcitybluesfest.com

The festival is free, but VIP Experience Passes are available to those looking for a premium festival experience, which includes a private lounge in Gallier Hall, festival seating, two complimentary bars, indoor bathrooms, and air conditioning. Those are good for the entire weekend and available here.

Media outlets and journalists interested in covering the 2024 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival may fill out the media request form here.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is grateful for the support provided by the sponsors of the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival including Urban South Brewery, ChillZone, Big Easy Cruise, National Endowment for the Arts, and Louisiana Division of the Arts.

The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival is a presentation of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. The official festival broadcast partner is WWOZ New Orleans 90.7 FM. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is the nonprofit organization that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell. The Foundation uses the proceeds from Jazz Fest, and other funds, for year-round programs in the areas of education, economic development and cultural events. For more about the Foundation and what we do, visit us online at jazzandheritage.org.

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