The inaugural NOLA Crawfish Festival taking place April 25-27 in New Orleans, LA has added some special artists to an already funk-heavy lineup. Neville Jacobs, the exciting new project from Ivan Neville, Cris Jacobs, Tony Hall, and Brady Blade, will perform as well as NOLA’s premier Bayou/Americana outfit, Honey Island Swamp Band. Due to family-related concerns, Eric Lindell will no longer be able to perform at this year’s NOLA Crawfish Festival.

The festival, presented by NOLA Crawfish King, Live For Live Music and NOLA Brewing Company, will bring together a trifecta of Southeast Louisiana perfection – the absolute best crawfish, live music, and beer the city has to offer. The three-day event will take place at NOLA Brewery & Tap Room and feature a gumbo of New Orleans’ finest musicians, including George Porter, Jr., Jon Cleary, Nigel Hall, John “Papa” Gros, Billy Iuso & Restless Natives, Papa Mali, June Yamagishi, Raymond Weber, Tony Hall, Derwin “Big D” Perkins, Terence Higgins, Dave Malone, Johnny Sansone, Mike Zito & The Wheel, Colin Lake, and special guest Anders Osborne. Anticipate various superjams, exciting collaborations and surprise sit-ins, all in true New Orleans fashion.

The festival will feature 5,000 lbs of hot boiled crawfish prepared on-site by Chris “Shaggy” Davis and his NOLA Crawfish King staff. The brewery will offer 20+ ice cold brews on tap, plus a specialty blend created just for the event. The festival will also host The Ultimate Crawfish Cook-Off, where twenty teams will compete for the best crawfish boil and a panel of NOLA celebrity judges will be on hand to select the winners.

A portion of all ticket proceeds will go to The Brett Thomas Doussan Foundation, a local nonprofit whose mission is to raise mental health awareness through advocacy, education, and music.

A limited number of early bird tickets are still available. All information and tickets are available at www.nolacrawfishfest.com.

ARTIST SCHEDULE

4/25: Neville Jacobs (Ivan Neville, Cris Jacobs, Tony Hall, Brady Blade), Honey Island Swamp Band, Mike Zito & The Wheel, Colin Lake, Johnny Sansone

4/26: John “Papa” Gros Band (Brian Stoltz, Eric Vogel, Russ Broussard + special guest June Yamagishi), Papa Mali & Friends, Billy Iuso & The Restless Natives, George Porter Trio w/ special guest June Yamagishi

4/27: The MVP (Jon Cleary, Nigel Hall, Tony Hall, Raymond Weber, & Derwin “Big D” Perkins) + The 2016 NOLA Crawfish Cook-Off with NOLA Celebrity Judges + The Crawfish All-Stars (George Porter, Jr., Terrence Higgins, Billy Iuso, Dave Malone w/ special guest Anders Osborne)