The 2015 Abita Springs Busker Festival
Sunday, APRIL 19 11:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
THIS IS A FREE FESTIVAL
Smokin’ Time Jazz Club
A New Orleans jazz group that brings their own dancers.
This group is as much fun to watch as hear
The Deslondes
Their name is taken from a street in the lower ninth ward in New Orleans where these guys first got together. The street is in the Holy Cross Neighborhood that is inhabited by many of the buskers. They perform a music that fuses Traditional Country music with New Orleans R&B.
The Long Time Goners
If you like country music, you will love these guys. They put out a great "honky tonk" country sound with energy and drive.
Tuba Skinny featuring Erika Lewis
Erika belts them out in a style reminiscent of Bessie Smith. The band includes very accomplished musicians playing New Orleans Jazz.
The Good Gollies
The Wasted Lives
Shotgun Jazz Band
Grifters and Shills
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FOOD ARTS CRAFTS DANCING
Sponsored by Abita Springs Trailhead Museum with Music
Provided by the Abita Springs Opry in partnership with
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation