Even before taking the music into account, we will note that the annual Crawfest at Tulane University last year had an audience of 12,000, and offered 19,000 pounds of free boiled crawfish. Those are pretty good odds in our book. And now, the music: the legendary Funky Meters (Art Neville, Brian Stoltz, George Porter Jr. and Russell Batiste) will headline, and there will also be a “superjam” with Porter, “Papa” John Gros, and two members of Soulive. Also appearing will be the Main Squeeze, Honey Island Swamp Band, the Stooges Brass Band, Kristin Diable, Mia Borders, the Wild Magnolias, Mississippi Rail Company, Mission South, and Gold & the Rush. And in case some really big guy gets all the crawfish before you, there will be plenty of food vendors including Hubig’s Pies, Dat Dog Express, and NOLA Smokehouse.

The event runs from 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm on Tulane University’s Uptown Campus located at 31 McAlister Drive (between Willow and Freret). And it’s free.