Rock

Reggie Scanlan

Sun, 08/06/23
Bassist Reggie Scanlan is a fixture on the rock and funk scene in New Orleans, best known for his 45+years as a founding member of the New Orleans Radiators. Raised in New Orleans’ Irish Channel, Scanlan cut his teeth with local bands and R&B stars, including legendary pian... Read more

The Radiators

Sun, 08/06/23
The Radiators are a New Orleans-based rock band celebrating over 40 years of what they call, “fishhead music,” a funky, swampy sound drenched in R & B, deep blues, and classic rock, steeped into their own raunchy, rocking repertoire. Their national fan base, known as Fishhe... Read more

The Rumble

Sun, 08/06/23
The Rumble ft. Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. features six Grammy-nominated musicians and is led by Second Chief Joseph Boudreaux, Jr., son of the legendary Monk Boudreaux and heir to several layers of musical and Mardi Gras Indian traditions. With Boudreaux, of the Golden Eagl... Read more

Amanda Shaw

Sun, 08/06/23
Fiddler Amanda Shaw has grown from a child prodigy to a mature and enduring force in contemporary Cajun music. The festival favorite, born in 1991, grew up in Mandeville, Louisiana, took her first classical violin lesson at age four, and at age seven became the youngest sol... Read more

Alynda Segarra

Sun, 08/06/23
Alynda Segarra is a singer-songwriter best known as the founder and driving force behind the internationally-acclaimed folk-punk band Hurray for the Riff-Raff. National Public Radio describer their voice as a “morning-after alto,” and the talented artist writes songs that s... Read more

Stanton Moore

Sun, 08/06/23
Stanton Moore brings impeccable drumming, a collaborative spirit, and his jovial personality to every musical and educational endeavor he engages in. The Grammy-winning musician and educator is perhaps best known as one of the founding members of the funk-jazz band Galactic... Read more

Robert Mercurio

Sun, 08/06/23
Robert Mercurio holds down the bass end for the powerhouse neo-funk jam band Galactic, who have been touring the globe for over 25 years. Mercurio came to New Orleans to attend college, and absorbed the Crescent City’s uniquely funky percussive rhythms into his own border-d... Read more

Galactic

Sun, 08/06/23
Galactic is one of New Orleans’ highest profile funk-jazz bands, performing and recording with musicians from every musical realm as well as taking the helm of the venerable nightclub Tipitina’s. The band has evolved from its New Orleans roots to a more electronics, hip-hop... Read more

Yoshitaka "Z2" Tsuji

Sun, 08/06/23
Yoshitaka "Z2" Tsuji came to New Orleans from his native Osaka, Japan, and has impressed audiences since Day 1 with his huge talent as a pianist and composer. Tsuji, better known as Z2, gained fame as the pianist with Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers, but has also e... Read more

Water Seed

Sun, 08/06/23
Water Seed is a powerful funk fusion band that blends the melodic tones of classic R&B with the greasy grooves of Crescent City rhythms for a unique, masterful sound. The group was founded by drummer Lou Hill, who was raised on a sonic diet of hip hop and rock, and who put ... Read more

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