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The Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo will have a smaller footprint when it takes place on Bayou St. John Friday, May 16, through Sunday, May 18. Over the years, the festival had grown to reach from Lafitte Avenue at the bottom of the historic waterway to Dumaine Street at the top, but Bayou Boogaloo this year will be between Lafitte and Orleans avenues.
The main stage at Orleans Avenue will host music each day while a tent on the south-end of the festival will have a variety stage featuring comedy, story-telling events and singer-songwriters. There also is a kids’ area with activities, a crawfish-eating competition and information booths from environmental and conservation groups.
The Americana group Honey Island Swamp Band headlines the Orleans Stage on Friday with their Pink Floyd tribute show, “Dark Side of the Bayou.” The first day’s music starts up at 5 p.m., and the lineup also includes Leo Nocentelli, vocalist Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph and rock guitarist-vocalist Billy Iuso.
The Variety Tent on Friday will have a performance by Inferno Burlesque, the Happy Time Healing Sheaux — which features Nick Rutherford, Karl Hess and the You’re Invited improv troupe — and a set by singer-songwriter Renee Gros.
Bayou Boogaloo expands to a full day of music and events on Saturday. Big Freedia will headline the Orleans Stage. The bounce artist has been working on a gospel record — which should be out this year — and will be presenting her “Gospel Revival” during her Boogaloo show.
The day’s lineup also includes New Orleans hip-hop collective glbl wrmng, alt-country band the Crowe Boys, pop duo Alexis & The Sanity, blues rocker Ghalia Volt, trumpeter James Andrews & The Crescent City Allstars and alternative R&B singer-songwriter Kirkland Green.
Singer-songwriters Joy Clark and Shawan Rice also will perform Saturday in the Variety Tent, and that stage will be headlined by the Asylum Variety Show, with Dori Dimplez, Trombone Squirty, Samantha Bednarz and more. There also will be a comedy show hosted by Greetings, from Queer Mountain and a round of the NOLA Roast Battle League.
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On Sunday, the 420 Funk Mob will perform with members of Parliament Funkadelic, and Alexis Marceaux (of Sweet Crude and Alexis & The Sanity) will be the vocalist for Jagged Little Pill, a tribute to Alanis Morissette. LSD Clownsystem, The Desert Nudes, The Asylum Choir and Bo Dollis Jr. & The Wild Magnolias — who have a new album coming in June — also perform.
Keyboardist John “Papa” Gros will have a solo performance to headline the Variety Tent on Sunday, and there also will be a set by Mikayla Braun. Performer and podcaster JQ Palms will host the Banks St. Comedy Brunch to kick off the day’s lineup, and there is drag bingo with Katrina Waters, Comedy Gumbeaux featuring Red Bean, Carey B and more, and the interactive comedy show Work the Crowd, hosted by Ryan Rogers and Marcus Bond.
Kayaks, canoes, homemade rafts and innertubes are a common sight on the bayou during the Boogaloo, and all tickets for the event include water access. The festival, though, does say you have to have a flotation device designed for outdoor water activities, and leave the trolling motor at home. There are some rules if you want to launch a homemade raft, like registering the barge with the festival and making sure it’s removed from the area. More info is on the festival’s website.
The festival is cashless, and attendees are encouraged to use bikes and public transportation to get to and from the fest. The Lafitte Greenway runs along the south-end of the festival.
Bayou Boogaloo opens at 4:30 p.m. Friday and at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $29.80 per day or $45.25 for the weekend, and there are VIP options available, which offer access to a VIP area, private bathrooms and food and drinks.
Find tickets and information at thebayouboogaloo.com.
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