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***OFFICIAL FRENCH QUARTER FEST THREAD***
Posted on 4/12/12 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 4/12/12 at 1:35 pm
The festival kicks off today so we might as well get a thread rolling for it.
Are you going? What days do you plan on attending?
Suggest things to check out for first timers.
What bands are you most excited for?
Things to do besides music?
Lineup For Today:
Thursday, April 12.
Jackson Square/ WWL-TV Stage
11:00-12:15 Preservation Hall-Stars
12:30-1:45 The Pfister Sisters
2:00-3:15 Charmaine Neville
3:30-4:45 Luther Kent and his Jazz Quartet
5:00-6:30 Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show
Woldenberg Riverfront Park / Abita Beer Stage
11:00-12:30 Cullen Landry and the Midnight Streetcar Band
12:45-2:00 Lil’ Red and Big Bad
2:15-3:45 John Autin and Ex-Treme
4:00-5:30 Grayson Capps and the Lost Cause Minstrels
5:45-7:00 Papa Grows Funk
Absolut Louis-Louis Pavilion Stage
11:00-12:15 Blues Masters featuring ‘Big Al’ Carson
12:30-1:45 John Ellis and Double-Wide
2:00-3:00 Gravy
3:15-4:15 Kipori Woods
4:30-5:30 The Revivalists
5:45-7:00 Bag of Donuts
Capital One Bank Riverside Legacy Stage
11:15-12:45 Spirit of New Orleans Brass Band
1:00-2:30 Lagniappe Brass Band
2:45-4:00 Bone Tone Brass Band
4:15-5:30 Kirk Joseph’s 504 Brass Band
5:45-7:00 Rebirth Brass Band
Harrah’s Cajun/Zydeco Showcase with OffBeat at the Aquarium Plaza
11:00-12:15 Brandon Moreau and his Cajungrass
12:30-1:45 Poche Vide Playboys
2:00-3:30 Dikki Du and the Zydeco Krewe
3:45-5:00 Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band
5:15-6:45 Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys
Friday's Lineup
Saturday's Lineup
Sunday's Lineup
Are you going? What days do you plan on attending?
Suggest things to check out for first timers.
What bands are you most excited for?
Things to do besides music?
Lineup For Today:
Thursday, April 12.
Jackson Square/ WWL-TV Stage
11:00-12:15 Preservation Hall-Stars
12:30-1:45 The Pfister Sisters
2:00-3:15 Charmaine Neville
3:30-4:45 Luther Kent and his Jazz Quartet
5:00-6:30 Paul Sanchez & the Rolling Road Show
Woldenberg Riverfront Park / Abita Beer Stage
11:00-12:30 Cullen Landry and the Midnight Streetcar Band
12:45-2:00 Lil’ Red and Big Bad
2:15-3:45 John Autin and Ex-Treme
4:00-5:30 Grayson Capps and the Lost Cause Minstrels
5:45-7:00 Papa Grows Funk
Absolut Louis-Louis Pavilion Stage
11:00-12:15 Blues Masters featuring ‘Big Al’ Carson
12:30-1:45 John Ellis and Double-Wide
2:00-3:00 Gravy
3:15-4:15 Kipori Woods
4:30-5:30 The Revivalists
5:45-7:00 Bag of Donuts
Capital One Bank Riverside Legacy Stage
11:15-12:45 Spirit of New Orleans Brass Band
1:00-2:30 Lagniappe Brass Band
2:45-4:00 Bone Tone Brass Band
4:15-5:30 Kirk Joseph’s 504 Brass Band
5:45-7:00 Rebirth Brass Band
Harrah’s Cajun/Zydeco Showcase with OffBeat at the Aquarium Plaza
11:00-12:15 Brandon Moreau and his Cajungrass
12:30-1:45 Poche Vide Playboys
2:00-3:30 Dikki Du and the Zydeco Krewe
3:45-5:00 Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band
5:15-6:45 Amanda Shaw & the Cute Guys
Friday's Lineup
Saturday's Lineup
Sunday's Lineup
This post was edited on 4/12/12 at 5:19 pm
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Posted on 4/12/12 at 2:20 pm to genxtiger
quote:
The festival kicks off today so we might as well get a thread rolling for it.
Are you going? What days do you plan on attending?
Suggest things to check out for first timers.
What bands are you most excited for?
Things to do besides music?
As a first timer, any information will be valuable. TIA
I won't be going this year, but I did go last year, and it was a great time. I went Friday and Saturday, and Friday was far less crowded and a much better time, IMO. Make sure to make your way down to the Old Mint. There's great music, food, and plenty of shade down there...plus fewer people get all the way down there, so it's less of a clusterfrick. also, the market is down there, so lots of shopping to do.
eat as much food as possible, check out the local shops, catch the acts on side streets (they have a few smaller, acoustic shows in places off the beaten map). if i were going, i'd go tomorrow to catch MyNameIsJohnMichael at the mint at like 345ish, i think. they're a great local band. other than that, just go wander around and have a great time.
Posted on 4/12/12 at 2:23 pm to quail man
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i'd go tomorrow to catch MyNameIsJohnMichael at the mint at like 345ish
I think I'm going to try to make that. I've heard good things about their music. Hopefully I can get my work done early.
Posted on 4/12/12 at 2:25 pm to ProjectP2294
quote:
I think I'm going to try to make that. I've heard good things about their music. Hopefully I can get my work done early.
if you make it out there, let us know how it was. i haven't seen them since they played on new year's eve.
Posted on 4/12/12 at 2:32 pm to genxtiger
ill be down saturday. its a toss up for me which is better, the food or the music. i plan on catching :
kermitt
russell batiste (his set kicked arse last year and usually includes some indians)
george porter
hot 8
tony green
tom mcdermott
kermitt
russell batiste (his set kicked arse last year and usually includes some indians)
george porter
hot 8
tony green
tom mcdermott
Posted on 4/12/12 at 2:32 pm to genxtiger
I am so sad. I really wanted to go this year.
Posted on 4/12/12 at 2:59 pm to genxtiger
I am going after work on Friday, and Saturday afternoon. I would go all day Saturday and Sunday if other plans wouldn’t have gotten in the way.
It has become increasingly popular, and as such, it has gotten so packed that certain stages when the “headliners” are playing take away from your enjoyment.(IMO) So my tip would be to stay clear of the bigger acts unless you really wanted to see them. Roam around Bourbon and Royal and enjoy all the shops and pop up stages. Also the stages by the US Mint are not as crowded. Last year we sat on Esplanade under the trees and just enjoyed the bands.
Thursday: The Revivalists
Friday: Bonerama, Joe Krown and Wolfman Washington, Johnny Sketch
Saturday: Jeremy Davenport, Kermit Ruffins, Honey Island Swamp Band, Glen Andrews, Russell Batiste
Sunday: Theresa Andersson
There of a lot of bands I couldn’t tell you about they may be great, and some I left off because it will be too crowded to enjoy.
Food: I haven’t had all of these (but most) and am just listing what I have had, and what intrigues me:
• Boucherie – Po Boy
• Crescent Pie and Sausage – Jambalaya
• Grand Isle – Shrimp and grits
• GW Fins – fish taco
• Love at First Bite – po boy
• NOLA – Chicken Wings
• K-Paul’s – butterbeans
• Muriel’s – The Dual Entrée
• The Joint – anything
• Amy’s Vietnamese
• One of the places that serve meat pies (Lasyone’s is new so I am intrigued)
• Blue Dot – Thai pulled pork
And of course cool off with a plum street snowball.
Where are you staying, and is most of your weekend going to be devoted to FQF?
It has become increasingly popular, and as such, it has gotten so packed that certain stages when the “headliners” are playing take away from your enjoyment.(IMO) So my tip would be to stay clear of the bigger acts unless you really wanted to see them. Roam around Bourbon and Royal and enjoy all the shops and pop up stages. Also the stages by the US Mint are not as crowded. Last year we sat on Esplanade under the trees and just enjoyed the bands.
Thursday: The Revivalists
Friday: Bonerama, Joe Krown and Wolfman Washington, Johnny Sketch
Saturday: Jeremy Davenport, Kermit Ruffins, Honey Island Swamp Band, Glen Andrews, Russell Batiste
Sunday: Theresa Andersson
There of a lot of bands I couldn’t tell you about they may be great, and some I left off because it will be too crowded to enjoy.
Food: I haven’t had all of these (but most) and am just listing what I have had, and what intrigues me:
• Boucherie – Po Boy
• Crescent Pie and Sausage – Jambalaya
• Grand Isle – Shrimp and grits
• GW Fins – fish taco
• Love at First Bite – po boy
• NOLA – Chicken Wings
• K-Paul’s – butterbeans
• Muriel’s – The Dual Entrée
• The Joint – anything
• Amy’s Vietnamese
• One of the places that serve meat pies (Lasyone’s is new so I am intrigued)
• Blue Dot – Thai pulled pork
And of course cool off with a plum street snowball.
Where are you staying, and is most of your weekend going to be devoted to FQF?
Posted on 4/12/12 at 3:08 pm to JMTIGER85
I live uptown (moved here in August). I'll be wandering around the FQ for most of the weekend
Posted on 4/12/12 at 3:20 pm to genxtiger
Don't drive down. Street car it, or ride your bike.
Posted on 4/12/12 at 3:24 pm to JMTIGER85
quote:
It has become increasingly popular, and as such, it has gotten so packed that certain stages when the “headliners” are playing take away from your enjoyment.(IMO) So my tip would be to stay clear of the bigger acts unless you really wanted to see them. Roam around Bourbon and Royal and enjoy all the shops and pop up stages. Also the stages by the US Mint are not as crowded. Last year we sat on Esplanade under the trees and just enjoyed the bands.
exactly what i was trying to say, but in a much better, more articulate way
Posted on 4/12/12 at 3:50 pm to quail man
Haha. Didn't see your post, we basicly said the same thing.
Posted on 4/12/12 at 4:09 pm to JMTIGER85
quote:
Street car
it's like my personal dd. love that shite
Posted on 4/12/12 at 4:12 pm to genxtiger
I'll be down all day Saturday and Sunday, no real music schedule yet for me but I have my food already planned out.
Posted on 4/12/12 at 4:26 pm to TigerWise
If I had to eat, say, 3 things, what should they be?
Posted on 4/12/12 at 4:35 pm to genxtiger
Check out the thread on the F&D B
Posted on 4/12/12 at 4:37 pm to TigerWise
Cool, thanks.
Posted on 4/12/12 at 4:40 pm to genxtiger
A list of all the food and the costs
I didn't eat a ton out there last year, but I had some crawfish egg rolls that were delish out at the mint from amy's vietnamese
then Chicken & Andouille Jambalaya from Barreca's was pretty solid too.
i had mona's, too, if you are into greek. love their gyros.
I didn't eat a ton out there last year, but I had some crawfish egg rolls that were delish out at the mint from amy's vietnamese
then Chicken & Andouille Jambalaya from Barreca's was pretty solid too.
i had mona's, too, if you are into greek. love their gyros.
Posted on 4/12/12 at 4:42 pm to quail man
I'll probably be sticking to the traditional's or hunting for traditional's with a twist.
Posted on 4/12/12 at 5:03 pm to genxtiger
you might want to edit your thread to actually have the lineup if it is sooo "official." 
Posted on 4/12/12 at 5:13 pm to Burt Reynolds
what are you talking about Burt
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