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2025 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival Food Menu and Craft Vendor Announcement
2025 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival Food Menu and Craft Vendor Announcement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW ORLEANS (September 30, 2025) – Food menus and craft vendors have just been announced for the 2025 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival will be held in Lafayette Aquare Park on Friday, October 10, Saturday, October 11, and Sunday, October 12, featuring two performance stages and large food and arts markets starring a variety of local vendors.
Admission to the festival is free and open to the public. A limited number of VIP Passes are available for purchase. VIP Pass holders receive access to up-front seating, a private hospitality lounge with complimentary food and drinks, festival swag, and more. Passes can be here.
Food vendors at the 2025 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival include Brocato’s, Café Dauphine, Central City BBQ/Las Cruces Tex Mex, Cochon King BBQ, Cocoa & Cream Catering, Divine Cuisine, LaDelyo’s Creole Catering, Magasin Vietnamese Café, Numada, Que Pasta Nola, and Steakman Catering. Dessert vendors include KD’s Nola Treats, Keyala’s, Quintin’s Natural Ice Cream, and TellTale Coffee & Creams.
Craft vendors featured in the arts markets at the festival are Adam K. Hall Art, Bayou Soap Company, Cathy’s Creations, Darrin Butler, Elemental Designs, Epaul Julien, Erica Lee Art, Fit to be Tied, Jose Fernandes Photo, Joshua Lee Studio, Karen Ocker Art, Kina B. Handcrafted, Lasalle & Jackson™️, Mosaic Bayou, Nurhan Gokturk Studio, Passion Lilie, Pollack Glass, Ridgewalker Glass, Sabine Chadborn Jewelry, Shaun Aleman Art & Design, String Heroes, and Studio NO, LLC.
live Music schedule
Friday, October 10
St. Charles Avenue Stage
5:30 pm to 6:45 pm Sierra Green & the Giants
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Tab Benoit
Saturday, october 11
Camp Street Stage
11:00 am to 12:00 pm Wolfe Johns
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Mem Shannon & the Membership
3:15 pm to 4:30 pm Ed Wills & Blues 4 $ale
5:45 pm to 7:00 pm Leo Nocentelli of the Meters
St. Charles Avenue Stage
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Eric Johanson
2:00 pm to 3:15 pm Jontavious Willis
4:30 pm to 5:45 pm Carolyn Wonderland
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Devon Allman’s Blues Summit featuring The Devon Allman Project, Larry McCray, Jimmy Hall, and Sierra Green
Sunday, october 12
Camp Street Stage
11:00 am to 12:00 pm Tyron Benoit Band
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Joy Clark
3:15 pm to 4:30 pm Hubby Jenkins
5:45 pm to 7:00 pm Vasti Jackson
St. Charles Avenue Stage
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Mia Borders
2:00 pm to 3:15 pm The Top Notes featuring Ernie Vincent
4:30 pm to 5:45 pm Cindy Cashdollar, Brian Mitchell, and the Woodstock All-Stars w/ special guest Sonny Landreth
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Bobby Rush
No recording. Please, no audio or video recording of any performances at the festival.
The 2025 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival is proudly sponsored by Cathead Vodka, Urban South Brewery, ChillZone, Louisiana Division of the Arts, Louisiana Lottery, Maverick Entertainment, Delta Utilities, Goldfarb Financial, and The Big Easy Cruise.
About the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation:
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation uses proceeds generated by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell and additional funds for year-round programs in education, economic development, and cultural enrichment, including initiatives like the Don “Moose” Jamison Heritage School of Music, Congo Square Lecture Series, Class Got Brass, youth workshops, grants, music industry workshops, and festivals such as the Crescent City Blues & BBQ, Tremé Creole Gumbo, Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco and Congo Square Rhythms. These free programs aim to support Louisiana’s cultural community and are complemented by assets like Jazz & Heritage radio station WWOZ 90.7FM, the Jazz & Heritage Archive, and the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center. For more information, visit www.jazzandheritage.org.
MEDIA CONTACT
Mariah C. Forde, Assistant Director of Marketing
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation
504-766-0671