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Music Lineup Announcement for the Louisiana 2025 Cajun-Zydeco Festival
The Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival returns to the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center May 31 – June 1, 2025
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NEW ORLEANS (May 14, 2025) – The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation presents the 2025 Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, celebrating the rich musical traditions of Southwestern Louisiana with two afternoons of soulful music. This year, the Foundation is featuring Louisiana’s indigenous sounds at the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center, 1225 N. Rampart Street in New Orleans on Saturday, May 31, and Sunday, June 1. Admission is free and open to the public.
The Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival will be held outside in the parking lot of the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center. Doors open at 2:00pm with live music beginning at 3:00pm. Food and cold treats will be available onsite for purchase.
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live Music schedule
Saturday, May 31
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Waylon Thibodeaux
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. – Prends Courage
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. – Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. & the Legendary Il Sont Partis Band
7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers
Sunday, June 1
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – T’Monde
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. – Horace Trahan & Ossun Express
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. – T Broussard & the Zydeco Steppers with special guest Mary Broussard
7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – Corey Ledet & Black Magic
The 2025 Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival is proudly sponsored by Cathead Vodka, ChillZone, Louisiana Division of the Arts, WWNO 89.9, Louisiana Lottery, Goldfarb Financial, Big Easy Cruise, Maverick Entertainment Group and Urban South Brewery.
About the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation:
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation invests proceeds from Jazz Fest and additional funds that we raise for year-round programming in education, economic development and cultural enrichment. Education programs include the Don “Moose” Jamison Heritage School of Music, the Tom Dent Congo Square Lectures, the Class Got Brass competition presented by the Gia Maione Prima Foundation for school brass bands, a youth audio workshop program, youth vocal workshops, and more! Economic Development initiatives include the Community Partnership Grants, the Catapult Fund accelerator program and Sync Up entertainment industry workshops. Cultural enrichment programs include the Jazz & Heritage Concert Series and annual Foundation Festivals: the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival, the Congo Square Rhythms Festival, the Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival and the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival. Importantly, these are free programs that the Jazz and Heritage Foundation has developed over many years to ensure that we give back to Louisiana. The Jazz & Heritage Foundation also owns radio station WWOZ 90.7-FM and the Jazz & Heritage Archive. In late 2014, the Foundation opened the George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center – an education and community facility named for the late Jazz Fest founder George Wein and his wife Joyce. In March of 2020, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation established the Jazz & Heritage Music Relief Fund – a statewide relief fund to support Louisiana musicians who were affected by the pandemic. In the last two years the Jazz & Heritage Foundation has been able to provide relief funds of more than $2 million dollars supporting musicians, music industry gig workers, Black Masking Indians and other indigenous cultural practitioners. To learn more about the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, please visit us online at www.jazzandheritage.org
MEDIA CONTACT
Mariah C. Forde, Assistant Director of Marketing
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation
240-506-7789