The Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival will return to New Orleans’ Lafayette Square Park this Friday, October 14 through Sunday, October 16.

2016 Blues & BBQ poster. Designed by John Bukaty.

This year’s event will feature sets from Taj Mahal, Tab Benoit, Tucka, Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, The Suffers, Little Freddie King and many more. Last year’s event saw the Funky Meters team up with Irma Thomas and Allen Toussaint. Sadly, Toussaint passed away less than a month later, and the show ended up being his final performance in New Orleans.

In addition to the music, there will also be BBQ dishes from a variety of local vendors, including Blue Oak BBQ, The Joint, Vaucresson Sausage Company, Saucy’s, Bratz Y’all and Peck’s Seafood Restaurant. A full list of vendors and their menus can be found here.

As usual, Crescent City Blues & BBQ  will be free and open to the public.

2016 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Schedule:

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14
5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. The Suffers
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tab Benoit

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15

St Charles Stage
12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Colin Lake
2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Nikki Hill
4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Taj Mahal

Camp Street Stage
11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Jontavious Willis
3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Walter “Wolfman” Washington & the Roadmasters
5:45 p.m. to 7 p.m. Alvin Youngblood Hart & Muscle Theory

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16

St. Charles Stage
12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Smoky Greenwell
2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Little Freddie King
4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Tyree Neal
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tucka

Camp Street Stage
11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Lil Poochie & Hezekiah Early
1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Benny Turner
3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Johnny Sansone
5:45 p.m. to 7 p.m. Cedric Burnside Project