Listen to this articleThe Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo has announced its 2025 lineup. Headliners will include Big Freedia’s Gospel Revival, the Honey Island Swamp Band’s Dark Side of the Bayou, and a 4:20 p.m. set on Sunday from the 420 Funk Mob featuring members of Parliament/Funkadelic.
Bayou Boogaloo will run May 16, 17 and 18, this will be its 18th year. The festival will also include comedy, cabaret, an arts market, and various food and beverage vendors.
The festival and arts market will have a smaller footprint than in years past, being held on the banks of Bayou St. John between Lafitte Street and Orleans Avenue. The festival is unique in that festivalgoers can enjoy music from land or water.
The complete 2025 music line-up includes Big Freedia’s Gospel Revival, 420 Funk Mob feat. Members of Parliament Funkadelic, Jagged Little Pill: An Alanis Morissette Tribute feat. Alexis Marceaux, Leo Nocentelli, LSD Clownsystem, Honey Island Swamp Band presents Dark Side of the Bayou, GLBL WRMNG, Crowe Boys, Jelly Joseph, Desert Nudes, Billy Iuso, Alexis & The Sanity, Ghalia Volt, James Andrews & The Crescent City Allstars, Bo Dollis Jr & The Wild Magnolias, Asylum Chorus and Kirkland Green.
Early bird weekend passes are on sale now for $34.50 at www.thebayouboogaloo.com. Proceeds from the festival will go to Friends of Bayou St. John, a “nonprofit organization dedicated to the stewardship and protection of Bayou St. John,” according to a news release.
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