The Voice of the Wetlands Festival will return to Houma, LA on October 13-15 for another weekend of free fun for an important cause.
The 14th edition of the annual gathering will feature performances by Tab Benoit, The Trio (George Porter Jr., Johnny Vidacovich, Brian Stoltz), Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles, Honey Island Swamp Band, Louisiana’s Leroux feat. Jimmy Hall & Tab Benoit, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, John “Papa” Gros, Dash Rip Rock and many more. Additionally, the annual Friday Night Guitar Fight will bring Benoit, Josh Garret, Bolin Lake and Ed Willis to the stage on October 13.
For the third year in a row, Voice of the Wetlands Festival will take place at the Ponderosa, a cattle-farm-turned-festival-venue at 5403 West Park Ave. As usual, it will be free and open to the public.
Founded in 2004 by Cajun blues guitar master Tab Benoit, the Voice of the Wetlands Festival seeks to draw attention to Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands and the cultures that depend on them (we published a feature on Benoit’s important work in 2015). The event was named the Best Festival Outside of New Orleans at the 2016 Best of the Beat Awards.
Voice of the Wetlands 2017 Lineup:
Friday October 13
The Friday Night Guitar Fights feat Tab Benoit, Josh Garrett, Colin Lake, and Ed Wills
THE TRIO – George Porter Jr, Johnny Vidacovich, Brian Stoltz
The Fortifiers
Sam Price and the True Believers
Colin Lake
Josh Garrett
Wetlands Ramble Mid Night Till…
Saturday October 14
Tab Benoit
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles
Honey Island Swamp Band
Don Rich
Waylon Thibodeaux
Ed Wills Band
The Heath Ledet Band
The Mark Stone Band
The Jeff McCarty Band
Margie Perez
Nonc Nu and the Wild Matous
Johnny Stassi and the Wild Hares
Wetlands Ramble Mid Night Till….
Sunday October 15
Louisiana’s Leroux featuring Jimmy Hall & Tab Benoit
Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band
John “Papa” Gros
Dash Rip Rock
Waylon Thibodeaux Band
Dave Jordan and the Neighborhood
Improvement Association
Danny Alexander Band
The Colin Lake Band
Nonc Nu and the Wild Matous
The Heath Ledet Band
Roland Cheramie Cajun Band
Baton Rouge Music School Presents TOAST
Nonc Nu and the Wild Matous
Wetlands Ramble 10 pm Till….
