The 38th Annual SWEPCO Mudbug Madness Festival returns to the riverfront this Memorial Day weekend with music, food and fun for everyone. The festival, to be held May 27-29, will run from 11 am to 11 pm each day. Friday there is no charge until 5 pm. After 5 pm on Friday, admission is $6.00 through the remaining of the festival. Children under seven are free, and anyone with a Military ID will receive free admission as well.
Mudbug Madness will feature two performing stages, Kids on the Bayou Stage and activities, artisan booths, food vendors, crawfish eating contests, festival souvenirs, a Cornhole Tournament and Challenge and plenty of cold beverages and boiled crawfish.
The NBC 6 Madness Stage will feature headline performers The Revelers, The Chee Weez and Grammy award winning Shenandoah. Other Madness Stage performers include: Amanda Shaw, After Midtown, Bayou Gypsy, Dwayne Dopsie and many more. The Louisiana Downs FOX 33 Swamp Stage will feature headline performers Parish County Line, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, and Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience. Other Swamp Stage performers include Cypress Knees, T Broussard & the Zydeco Steppers, Blue Crab Redemption and Ole Whiskey Revival.
Kids on the Bayou will feature magicians, dancers, karate demonstrations and youth bands. There will also be a Rock Wall, hands-on art activities in grab and go bags, food and artist vendors, Bricks for Kids Lego experience, and a Video Game Truck.
