This weekend, the Fried Chicken Festival, this year rechristened a national event–with food vendors to prove it–returns for second year in its new riverfront home at Woldenberg Park. Now a two-day event, the Fest takes place on Saturday, September 23 and Sunday, September 24 from 11a.m.-9p.m. and 11a.m.-8p.m., respectively.

Free to enter, the Fest does have VIP tickets available for purchase. This year, it will also include a Pay It Forward tent where visitors can make donations towards Hurricane Harvey and Irma relief.

The pièce de résistance is of course the fried bird, and with a goal of feeding 100,000 people, the Fest is offering a vast selection of chicken and other items. The following vendors will be on site to serve up the goodies (full menus can be seen here):

Bayou Hot Wings
Belle’s Diner (New Orleans)
Heard Dat Kitchen
Old School Eats
Crepes a la Cart
Dat Dog
Dunbar’s Creole Cuisine
Frazier’s Connection
Frenchmen Grocery & Deli
Gus’s Fried Chicken
Hattie’s Restaurant
Jazz City Cafe
Koz’s
Lamar’s Creole Wings
McHardy’s Chicken & Fixin’
Ma Momma’s House of Cornbread
NOLA Chef Table
Oceana Grill
Poppin’ Mamas
Porter & Lukes
Rouses Markets
Roux Bistro
Salt House Catering
Sweet Legacy
The Original Fiorella’s Cafe
The Swamp Kitchen
Tiger’s Creole Cuisine
We Dat
Willie Mae’s
Willie’s Chicken Shack
Bonafried Food Truck
Boxcar Betty
Diva Dog
Frencheeze Food Truck
Orleagian Sno Balls
Pollo
Chicken Box Delicious

Foodies will be well taken care of, and music fans have something to look forward to. There will be two stages with live entertainment:

MAIN STAGE MUSIC LINEUP

Saturday, September 23
11 a.m. — Casa Samba Kick-Off Parade
11:30 a.m. — Chicken on the Bone
1 p.m. — Los Po-Boy-Citos
3 p.m. — Kristin Diable & the City
4:30 p.m. — Sean Ardoin and ZydeKool
6 p.m. — Shamarr Allen & The Underdawgs
7:30 p.m. — Naughty Professor

Sunday, September 24
11 a.m. — Casa Samba Kids on Stilts with Tipitina’s Youth Band
11:30 a.m. — Spirit of New Orleans Gospel Choir
1 p.m. — Papo y son Mandao
3 p.m. — Motel Radio
5:30 p.m. — Big Sam’s Funky Nation
An Ode to NOLA BOUNCE, featuring Denisia
6:30 p.m. — PNC & The Big Easy Band
7:15 p.m. — Big Freedia

DJ STAGE LINEUP
Saturday, September  23
11 a.m.  — DJ Raj Smoove
4 p.m. — DJ T-Roy

Sunday, September  24
11 a.m. — DJ Captain Charles
4 p.m. — DJ Quickie Mart

For more information, visit the Fest’s website. Bon appétit!