French Quarter Festival 2023: Dates and full line-up of singers and bands
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA: New Orleans opens its spring festival season this weekend with the 40th Annual French Quarter Festival, featuring hundreds of acclaimed and Grammy Award-winning musicians. The festivities run April 13-16 and admission is completely free. The four-day musical extravaganza will run from 11.am until 8.pm each day.
French Quarter Festival is one of the largest free music festivals and is considered a celebration of food, music, art and people coming together, is celebrating a milestone as it enters its 40th year. This year fans will be able to see veteran music festival performers along with some new talent on the stage.
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French Quarter Festival 2023
The French Quarter Festival will begin on April 13 and end on April 16. The four-day festival will take place in the historic French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. With more than 20 stages and countless singers, the French Quarter Festival is packed with countless performances. This year, more than 50 new artists will debut and perform alongside many local legends, making this year's lineup one of the most incredible events yet. Although the music festival's official setlist has yet to be revealed, we take a look at the full lineup of singers and bands for French Quarter Fest 2023.
French Quarter Festival Lineup - Day 1
On Thursday, April 13, 2023, Irma Thomas, Soul Queen of New Orleans, Ani Difranco and Leroux from Louisiana are scheduled to perform. Irma Thomas is one of the veterans of the French Quarter Festival, and the New Orleans-born singer is preparing to kick off the festival's 40th anniversary. Ani Difranco will also perform on the first day. Difranco is known for her folk and alternative genres and has released 20 albums. The LeRoux Band, known for their iconic song 'Take a Ride On a Riverboat,' is expected to perform their hits.
Also performing on the first day are - Babineaux Sisters Band, Bag of Donuts, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, Caesar Brothers Funk Box, Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band, Defeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jass Orchestra, Ernie Vincent, Gerard Delafose and the Zydeco Gators, Joe Lastie's New Orleans Sound, Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes, Kermit Ruffins & The Barbecue Swingers, Kid Chocolate, Mahogany Brass Band, Mem Shanon & The Membership, New Orleans Suspects, Poisson Rogue, Paul Sanches and The Rolling Road Show, Preservation Brass, Roderick Paulini (Rev) And The Congregation Slugger, Susan Cowsill, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Iguanas, The Lillu Lewis Project, The New Orleans Catahoulas and Tuba Skinny.
French Quarter Festival Lineup - Day 2
For the second day, Friday, April 14, 2023, musical guests are scheduled to be Samantha Fish, The Soul Rebels Ft Big Freedia and Erica Falls. Kansas City native and vocalist Samantha Fish is known for her performances in a variety of genres, from rock to ballads. Hailing from New Orleans, hit duo The Soul Rebels Ft Big Freedia, who produced the song 'Good Time,' will once again take the stage together. Representing the heart and soul of New Orleans is Erica Falls, known for her ethereal live performance.
Other performs include, Alex McMurray and His Band, Amanda Shaw, Amigos Do Samba, Anais St John, Antoine Diel & New Orleans Misfit Power Band, Big Chief Bo Dollis, Jr & The Wild Magnolias, Beau Bayou and the Dabine Connection, Big Frank & Lil Frank And The Dirty Ild Men, Bon Bon Vivant, Bonerama, Debauche, Dee 1, Dejan's Olympia Brasa Band, Duane Bartels Band, Ecirb Muller's Twisted Dixie, Eric Johanson, Flagboy Giz and The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Gal Holiday and The Honky Tonk Revue, George Porter, Jr & The Runnin' Pardners, Giantfunk W/GeraldFrench Higher Heights Reggae Band, Ingrid Lucia, John Broussard And The Creole Cowboys, Kings of Brass Letrainiump, Louis Ford & His New Orleans Flairs, Mayumi Shara & New Orleans Jass Letters, Mid City Aces, Muevelo, Noruz, Palmetto Bug Stompers, Panorama Jazz Band, Red Hot Brass Band, Robin Barns & Tehe Fiyabirds, Raw Deal, Rachel Fleetwood & Perfect Loveband, Secret Six Jazz Band, Slow Motion Riders, Sporty's Brass Band, Solid Harmony - Tribute To Topsy Chapman, Sweet Crude, T Marie And Bayou JuJu, The Revealers, The Jake Landry Band, The Wolfe JoHns Blues Band, Treme Brass Band, Tom Saunders And The Holcats, Tommy Mclain And CC Adcock, Treces Del Sur, New Orleans Latin Music Band, Tricia Boutte & The Bootleg Operation, Troy Sawyer And The Elementz, Water Seed and Wendell Brunious.
French Quarter Festival Lineup - Day 3
On Day 3, Saturday, April 15, 2023, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux And The Golden Eagles, Rebirth Brass Band and Flow Tribe will be the main acts. Grammy-nominated Monk Boudreaux, best known as the Big Chief of the Golden Eagles Band, will perform. Also performing on the third day will be Rebirth Brass Band from New Orleans, which has been in business since 1983. Flow Tribe, a funk-rock band also from New Orleans, Louisiana, will also headline the third day of the music festival.
Day three also includes music from 79RS Gang, Anna Laura Quinn, Andrew Duhon Trio, Astral Project, Audubon Charter Middle School Choir Led By Davis Rogan, Barbara Shorts And Blue Jazz, Banu Gibson, Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band, Charmaine Neville, Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, Chucky C & Band, Dinosaurchestra, Don Vappie & Banjo A La Creole, Fritzel's All Star Band, Ghaila Volt, Helen Gillet & Wazozo, Jason Neville Funkysoul Band, Joe Krown, John "papa" Gros, Joy Clark, Julian Primeaux, Khris Royal, Kid Simmons Jazz Band, Kristen Diable, Lawrence Cotton Legendary Experience, Leroy Jones' Original Hurricane Brass Band, Leslie Cooper And Music Street, Lisa Amos, Little Freddie King, Lynn Drury, Marc Stone, Mark Braud's New Orleans Jazz Giants, Marty Peters And The party Meters, Mark Brooks, Meschiya Lake And The Little Big Horns, Michael Doucet & Lacher Prise, Miss Sophie Lee Mizik Minokan: A Tribute To Damas "fanfan" Louis, New Orleans Classic Jazz Orchestra, New Orleans Nightcrawelers, NPS African Drum & Dance Program FT Woeo Souakoli & Sidiki Conde, NPS Arrowhead Jazz Band, Onward Brass Band, Papo Y Son Mandao, Patrice Fisher And Arpa, Quiana Lynell, R Project Brass Band, Rosie Ledit & The Zydeco Playboys, Seguenon Kone Featuring Ivorie Spectacle, Shake Em' Up Jazz Band, Shannon Powell Traditional All-Star Band, Shamarr Allen, Shawan Rice, Slangston Huges And The Rimeless Bentley, Songs For Jr Rangers With Richard Scott, Sullivan Dabney's Muzik Jazz Band, Sunpie And The Louisiana Sunspots, The Dixie Cups, The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, The original Pinettes Brass Band, The Rumble Featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr, Tim Laughlin, Tommy Sancton's New Orleans Legacy Band, Viva La Musica Kids, Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, Waylon Thibodeaux Band and Zita.
French Quarter Festival Lineup - Day 4
The fourth and final day of the French Quarter Festival, Sunday, April 16, 2023, musical guests to headline the show include Tank And The Bangas, Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentleman, and Rockin' Dopsie Jr & The Zydeco Twisters. Tank And The Bangas is a Grammy-nominated musical group from New Orleans, Louisiana that will headline the final day of the festival. Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, the popular New Orleans music group, will set the stage on fire once again on the final day of the festival. Last but not least, Rockin' Dopsie Jr, son of the famous Rockin' Dopsie Jr, one of the most popular folk bands, continues his father's legacy by playing with the band Rockin' Dopsie Jr & The Zydeco Twisters.
The music for the final day also includes performances from 21st Century Brass, ACE [Anderson, Chute, Easley], And Then Came Humans, Andy J Forest Band, Andrew Hall's Memories Of New Orleans, Bamboula 2000, Bucktown All-Stars, Cha Wa, Charlie Gabriel, Cary Hudson Featuring Katrina Miller & Anna Hudson, Creole String Beans, Clive Wilson's New Orleans Serenaders, Cullen Landry And The Midnight Streetcar Band Featuring Al 'Carnival Time' Johnson, Cupid & The Dance Party Express Band, Dr Sick And The Late Greats, David Bandrowski & The Rhumba Defense, Dwayne Dopsie And The Zydeco Hellraisers, Edna Karr, Ever More Nest, Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras, Gumbeaux Juice, Halloran & The Tropicales, Happy Talk Band, Honey Island Swamp Band, Hot Club Of New Orleans, Iceman Special, Jeremy Davenport, JohnMooney, James River Movement, Jena Mcswain Jazz Band, Jamil Sharif, Johnette Downing, Louisiana Roots Music For Children, Jourdan Thibodeaux Et Les Rodailleurs, Kelly Loves Jones, La Petite Mort, Lena Prima, Los Guiros, Los Ninos Garinagu: Manteniendo Nuestras Raices / / Garinagu Children: Preserving Our Roots And Culture, Leroy Jones & New Orleans' Finest, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Maggie Koerner, Marina Orchestra, Maude Caillat, Minds The Saint, Mikhala 'Jazz Muffin' Iversen, Nana Sula & Asase Yaa's Songs, On the Levee Jazz Band, Preston Frank & The Frank Family Band, Paulin Brothers Jazz Band, Songs For Jr Rangers With Sam Kuslan, Steve Pistorius & The Southern Syncopators, Sierra Green, Storyville Stompers Brass Band, The New Orleans Swinging Gypsies, The Nocca Jazz Ensemble, The Original, Tuxedo Jazz Band, The Pfister Sisters, The Song Dogs, Tiffany Pollack & Co, Tiny Dinosaur, Tonya Boyd, Canon, Tyron Benoit Band, Wanda Rouzan And A Taste Of New Orleans and We Are Trained Professionals.