Crawfish Fest Revs It Back Up Again
Rockin' Dopsie & The Zydeco Twisters play Crawfish Fest May 31 at 3:00 p.m.
We’re so glad Michael Arnone will be bringing a lot of Louisiana back to New Jersey at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta May 30, 31 and June 1. Starting in 1989, it continued every year until the pandemic knocked it off-course in 2020 and 2021 but it returned in 2022, and there hasn’t been one since. Crawfish Fests are always a joyous occasion with Cajun music, blues, jazz, folk and food. Oh that food! It’s the real deal. I won’t soon forget chomping on some gumbo, crawfish etouffee, jambalaya, red beans and rice, those sweet beignets (best eaten with café au lait) and, best of all, those po-boys. And that was just on Day #1!
MAY 30
PAVILION STAGE
6:30 p.m.: Amis du Teche (for campers/King Crawfish Krewe)
8:30 p.m.: Uncle Shoehorn’s Big Easy (for campers/King Crawfish Krewe)
10:30 p.m.: Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes (for campers/King Crawfish Krewe)
MAY 31
MAIN STAGE
11:30 a.m.: Maggie Koerner
1 p.m.: Stanton Moore
2:45 p.m.: Bonerama
5 p.m.: Galactic featuring Jelly Joseph
PAVILION STAGE
11:30 a.m.: Cold Hill
1 p.m.: Amis du Teche
3 p.m.: Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters
5:15 p.m.: Eddie 9V
8:30 p.m.: Carolyn Wonderland (for campers/King Crawfish Krewe)
10:30 p.m.: Corey Harris (for campers/King Crawfish Krewe)
JUNE 1
MAIN STAGE
11:30 a.m.: Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
1 p.m.: Marcia Ball
3 p.m.: George Porter Jr. & the Runnin’ Pardners
5 p.m.: Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
PAVILION STAGE
11:30 a.m.: United by Music USA
1 p.m.: Ocean Avenue Stompers
3:15 p.m.: Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
5:15 p.m.: Southern Avenue
For more information, visit crawfishfest.com
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