French Quarter Festivals, Inc (FQFI) has announced the official music lineup for the 37th Anniversary 2020 French Quarter Festival presented by Chevron. A complete music schedule will be released in March.
The French Quarter Festival takes place April 16-19, 2020. The festival, which features an abundance of New Orleans music, art, and food, is favorited by locals and tourists alike. The 2020 Festival will have more than 300 musical acts across 25 stages spread throughout the French Quarter. Featured performing acts include the legendary Little Freddie King and fan favorites Tank and the Bangas, John Boutté, and Amanda Shaw. Thirty-one artists will make their French Quarter Festival debut this year including Loose Cattle (led by Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris), Ricki Lee Jones, Givers, and many more.
The festival organizers have included more stages this year, debuting the Louisiana History and Culture Stage at Le Petit Theatre which will highlight local historians and culture icons on the Saturday and Sunday of the event. The debut of the stage is in partnership with the Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Mint, Backstreet Cultural Museum, and the New Orleans African-American Museum.
Part of what makes the French Quarter Festival attractive to both local and tourist audiences is its display of authentic New Orleans culture. The 1,700+ Louisiana musicians featured at the Festival )along with special events each day) ensure there is no lack of music or culture for attendees to experience. With regional cuisine from more than 60 local restaurants, there is enough food for everyone to devour to their hearts’ delight. “As a nonprofit committed to celebrating New Orleans’ musical heritage we’re proud to welcome our community and guests to the French Quarter,” says Emily Madero, President & CEO of FQFI. “Part of what makes French Quarter Fest so special is that there are no fences or fees — we produce this festival in a public neighborhood open for all to enjoy. There’s really no other festival like it, especially in a city full of celebrations.”
The full music lineup follows:
*Festival debuts
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Alex McMurray
Babineaux Sisters Band
Bag of Donuts
Bill Summers & Jazalsa
Dave Jordan & the NIA
Egg Yolk Jubilee
Elizabeth Lyons*
Ellis Marsalis Quintet
Eric Traub Legacy Band*
Givers*
Hot 8 Brass Band
Jamal Batiste Band
Joe Hall & The Cane Cutters*
John Lisi & Delta Funk!
Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers
Kim Carson & the Real Deal
Lena Prima
Lost Bayou Ramblers
Louisiana’s LeRoux
Margie Perez
New Birth Brass Band
Panorama Jazz Band
Preservation Brass
Rebirth Brass Band
Rechelle Cook and the Regeneration Band
Royal Teeth
Shannon Powell Traditional All-Star Band
Slugger*
Soul Creole*
Soul Remedy featuring Marla B Spirit*
T’Canaille
The Blues Masters featuring “Big Al” Carson
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The Nayo Jones Experience
Vegas Cola Band*
Friday, April 17, 2020
Alexey Marti
Amanda Shaw
Antoine Diel & New Orleans Misfits Power Band*
Banu Gibson
Benny Grunch & the Bunch
Big Chief Juan Pardo & The Golden Comanches*
Blackcat Zydeco featuring Dwight Carrier*
Chucky “C” & Band
Cole Williams Band
Da Truth Brass Band*
Erica Falls
French Follies Jazz Band*
George Porter, Jr. & the Runnin’ Pardners
Higher Heights Reggae Band
Honey Island Swamp Band
Irma Thomas, Soul Queen of New Orleans
J & the Causeways*
Jamie Lynn Vessels*
Joe Lastie’s New Orleans Sound
John “Papa” Gros
Johnny Sansone
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes
Juju Child & The Hypnotic Roots Band
Kumasi
Lisa Amos
Maggie Koerner
Magnetic Ear
Marc Stone
Mason Trail and Zydeco Rhythm*
Mykia Jovan
New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings
New Orleans Suspects
Original Hurricane Brass Band
Palmetto Bug Stompers
Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show
Rickie Lee Jones*
Robin Barnes & The Fiyabirds
Sam Price & the True Believers
Soul Rebels
Steve Pistorius & the Southern Syncopators
Storyville Stompers Brass Band
The Dukes of Dixieland
The Irene Sage Band
The Nation of Gumbollia
The Original Pinettes Brass Band
The Revealers
Tuba Skinny
Twisty River Band
Valerie Sassyfras
Waylon Thibodeaux Band
Wendell Brunious
Saturday, April 18, 2020
A2D2 Experience
Amigos do Samba*
Anaïs St. John
Andrew Duhon
Andrew Hall’s Memories of New Orleans
Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses
Bamboula 2000
Big 6 Brass Band
Big Chief Bo Dollis, Jr. & the Wild Magnolias
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and the Golden Eagles
Big Frank & Lil Frank and the Dirty Old Men
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Bonerama
Brandon Moreau and His Cajungrass
Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band
Capt. John Royen and N.O. Rhythm
Carl LeBlanc
Chance Bushman & The Ibervillianaires
Charlie Halloran and the Tropicales
Charmaine Neville
Christian Serpas & Ghost Town
Claude Bryant and The Allstars
Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble
Dash Rip Rock
Deacon John and the Ivories with special guests Hot Rod Lincoln
Debbie Davis and Josh Paxton Duo
DeJan’s Olympia Brass Band
DinosAurchestra*
Donna Angelle &the Zydeco Posse
FERMÍN & Merengue 4-FOUR*
Garden District Jazz Band
Gumbeaux Juice Feat. Ray Wimley & the Harbinger Project, Erika Flowers, & DJ Nesby Phips + more
Harmonouche
James Andrews
James Martin Band
Jamil Sharif
Joy Clark*
Kipp Fredrick Douglas – Choir and Band*
Lawrence Cotton Legendary Experience
Leroy Jones & New Orleans’ Finest
Louis Ford & His New Orleans Flairs
Lulu and the Broadsides
MainLine
Make Music NOLA*
Mia Borders
Mike Doussan*
Mike Harvey’s Hot Club
Mikhala “Jazz Muffin” Iversen
Miss Sophie Lee
Naughty Professor
New Orleans Classic Jazz Orchestra
New Orleans Nightcrawlers
New Orleans Wildlife Band
Onward Brass Band
Ovi-G Froggies
Papo y Son Mandao
Pierre A. Capdau Charter School
Red Hot Brass Band
Sarah Quintana
Sasha Masakowski Jazz Quintet featuring Steve Masakowski
Sullivan Dabney’s Muzik Jazz Band
Susan Cowsill
Tank and the Bangas
Tender Moments with Harry Hardin & Andre Bohren*
Thais Clark & her JAZZsters
The Assunto Dukes – Tribuite to Frank & Feddie Assunto
The Dixie Cups
The Gary Negbaur Group*
The Iguanas
The Lilli Lewis Project*
The New Orleans Catahoulas
The Ronnie Kole Show featuring John Perkins
Seva Venet’s Storyville Stringband
Steamboat Wille *
Steve Robock *
The Smoking Time Jazz Club
The Song Dogs
Tim Laughlin
Tin Men
Tommy Sancton’s New Orleans Legacy Band
Trombone Shorty Foundation Brass Band*
Troy Sawyer and the Elementz
Walter “Wolfman” Washington and the Roadmasters
Water Seed
Wynton (aka Kevin Stylez)
Ygspliff*
Young Rollers Brass Band & Social & Pleasure Club*
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Alfred Banks w/Live Band
Astral Project
Beth Patterson
Blake Amos Band
Bon Bon Vivant
Bucktown All-Stars
Cha Wa
Chapel Hart Band*
Charlie Wooton’s Zydefunk
Christien Bold & SoulSwing
Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
Clive Wilson’s New Orleans Serenaders
Corey Henry & the Treme Funktet
Creole String Beans
Cullen Landry and the Midnight Streetcar Band featuring Al “Carnival Time” Johnson
Dancing at Dusk with Tom Saunders and the Tomcats
Dave Ferrato & Later, On Decatur
Davis Rogan
Don Jamison Heritage School of Music
Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders
Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers
Evan Christopher’s Clarinet Road
Flow Tribe
Fontainebleau High School Jazz Ensemble One
G and The New Orleans Swingin’ Gypsies
Ghalia*
Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras
Helen Gillet & Wazozo
Hot Club of New Orleans
James Rivers Movement
Jeremy Davenport
Joe Krown & Jason Ricci
John Boutté
John F Kennedy Senior High School-JDrum Section*
John Mahoney Little Band
Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
Jumbo Shrimp Jazz Band
Keith Burnstein’s Kettle Black
Kevin O’Day Band*
Kid Simmons Jazz Band
Little Freddie King
Loose Cattle*
Lynn Drury
Mahogany Brass Band
Mark Brooks
Mayumi Shara & New Orleans Jazz Letters
Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns
Mid-City Aces
Mikayla Braun*
Naydja CoJoe
New Orleans Swamp Donkeys
NOCCA Jazz Ensemble (Citywide)
NORUZ*
Notel Motel*
On the Levee Jazz Band
Papa Mali
Pat Casey & the New Sound
Paulin Brothers Jazz Band
Plink Flyod*
Red Wolf Brass Band
Rhodes Spedale & Live Jazz Group
Ricardo Pascal’s Crescent by Choice Band
Rick Trolsen’s New Orleans Po’ Boys
Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters
Shake Em’ Up Jazz Band
Soul Brass Band
Soul Project NOLA
Sporty’s Brass Band*
Sweet Crude
The Daiquiri Queens
The French Connection featuring George and Gerald French
The Garden of Joy
The Joe Cabral Thrio
The New Orleans Jazz Vipers
The New Orleans Jazz Vipers
The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
The Pfister Sisters
Tom McDermott and His Jazz Hellions
Tonya Boyd-Cannon
Topsy Chapman and Solid Harmony
Treme Brass Band
Wanda Rouzan and a Taste of New Orleans
Washboard Chaz Blues Trio
Zena Moses & Rue Fiya
Zulu Gospel Ensemble*
For more information on the 2020 French Quarter Festival, click here.
