Shreveport's Mudbug Madness is Here!

Tomorrow, Thursday, May 21st is the beginning of a weekend of good food, good music, and great fun as Shreveport’s favorite spring festival, Mudbug Madness, gets under way.

Mudbug Madness is back for its 26th year! Begun in 1984 as a two-day street festival in downtown Shreveport, it's now one of Louisiana’s largest and most popular Cajun festivals, featuring reknown Cajun, Zydeco, Blues and Jazz artists, mouth-watering Cajun cuisine, raucous contests, and fun for all ages. Now a four-day festival held each Memorial Day weekend, Mudbug Madness has created renewed interest in Louisiana’s cultural heritage and has brought a little bit of south Louisiana fun north to Shreveport.

Performers at this year's festival include:

On the Madness Stage

• Fricasse Cajun Band
• Leon Chavis & the Zydeco Flames
• Wayne Toups & ZydeCajun
• Chris Miller & Bayou Roots
• Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
• Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band
• Bayou Crossing
• T-Richard & the Zydeco Stingrays
• Cajun Nation
• Rockin' Dopsie, Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters
• Don Fontenot & Friends
• Red River Playboys
• Trent LeJeune & Doubletime
• Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience

On the Swamp Stage

• The Gnarley Brothers
• LA Outlaws
• Earshot Graffiti
• Dirtfoot
• Sterling Bryant & Rockhouse
• The Blues Brokers
• Boomerang
• Crossroads
• Louisiana's LeRoux
• Black Water
• Border Line
• Chant
• Monte Montgomery
• Professor Porkchop & the Dirty Dishes

And there will be contests! Crawfish eating contests for all ages and a crawfish calling contest.

But I guess most of the people come for the food. Besides all the crawfish you would ever care to eat, there’s will be all kinds of mouth-watering delights of the Cajun variety and otherwise.

Check out the website for ticket details and a schedule of performers.

See ya there, cher!