2008
 
Entertainment Schedule


 
 


Friday Night Dance with
Keith Frank & the
Soileau Zydeco Band
at The War Memorial Building
in Balboa Park


Saturday Night Dance with
Brian Jack &
the Zydeco Gamblers

at the Sheraton!




Gator By The Bay bands, dance lessons and happenings
will be situated at the four main stages:
The Mardi Gras Stage, The Festival Stage
Bon Temps Social Club Dance Pavilion, The Community Stage,
and the Bayou Grove Stage

SATURDAY — MAY 10, 2008
10:30 AM Kickoff with Welcome Party Band
The Bayou Brothers
at the Bon Temps Social Club Dance Pavilion   
KSDS Jazz 88
Mardi Gras Stage (West End)
11:00 AM
Tim Cook's
Steel-Bone Temps Band
(Louisiana R & B with
a Texas Twist)
12:00 AM
Basic Swing Dance Lesson
10 min -Mardi Gras dance floor
12:10 PM
Big Rig Deluxe
(Country Swing with soul like a Peter Built)
1:30 PM
Mardi Gras Parade Starts
Everyone meet at right of stage

1:40 PM
Theo and Zydeco Patrol
Zydeco & Creole Sounds with Downhome Louisaina Swamp Pop
3:00 PM
2 to Groove - Swing Jazz Cats
with Jim & Margie 10 min Demo
3:10 PM
Sue Palmer
& Her Motel Swing Orchestra with guest
Toni Price
Boogie Woogie Blues makes for
Serious Dance Music
4:30 PM
Basic Cajun Lesson
10 min - Festival Stage dance floor
4:40 PM
Lost Bayou Ramblers
GRAMMY Nominated!
Traditional Cajun with a sprinkle of 40's Swing & Juke Joint
dancehall tunes.
6:00 PM
Line Dance Lesson
20 min with Jody Kravitz
6.20PM
Working Cowboy Band
with Rick Robledo
Traditional Country
 
Bon Temps Social Club
Dance Pavilion
10:30 AM
Bayou Brothers
Welcome Party Band
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Bayou Grove Stage
CAJUN & CREOLE HERITAGE
AND MUSIC WORKSHOPS

All workshops are 40-45 min
11:10 AM
Scrubboard Bootcamp with
Theo Bellow

12:10 PM
The Bayou Squeeze Accordion Jam with
Guest Artists
1:10 PM
Cajun Fiddle Tune Swap
and Workshop with
Sandra Stram
2:10 PM

Zydeco Accordion Styling Workshop with
Keith Frank

3:10 PM
Cajun Story Teller
Louisiana History stories

4:10 PM
History and Sounds of the
National Steel slide Guitar

Robin Henkel
5:10 PM
The history and use of the jaw harp and body percussion styling with
Danny "Slapjazz" Barber
6:10 PM
Open Music Workshop
See the Marquee for
Guest Artist
Belly Up
Festival Stage (East End)
11:00 AM
Artwork Jamal &
Acid Blues
with Decon Jones on keyboard playing Beale St Standards with a taste of Hendrix
12:10 AM
Basic Cajun Dance Lesson
10 min - Festival Stage dance floor
12:20 PM
San Diego Cajun Playboys
Voted "The best Cajun band outside of Louisiana" by Cajun French Music Association in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Traditional Cajun French Music
1:30 PM
Sara Petite
(Roots Country, Bluegrass and Ballads with Heart)
2:50 PM
Basic Zydeco Dance Lesson
10 min - Festival Stage dance floor
3:00 PM
Brian Jack & the
Zydeco Gamblers
An American Zydeco Legend
Zydeco Houston, Texas Style
4:40 PM
Bill Magee Blues Band
(Soulful and stirring in the Chicago Blues STyle - A San Diego Icon)
6:10 PM
Keith Frank & the
Soileau Zydeco Band
The Best Zydeco Music in Louisiana!
 
Community Stage (Food Court)
11:10 AM
30 min
Louisiana Saturday
Night Band
Louisiana Dance Music
12:00 PM
40 min
Fontenot & Pappion
Traditional Creole Music
1:00 PM
40 min
Dennard Clendenin &
Brother Blood Blues Band
Blues with San Diego Soul
2:00 PM
45 min

Robin Henkel
Mississippi Delta Blues on the National Steel Guitar
& Always Something Extra

3:00 PM
45 min
Slapjazz & Spoonful with Jimmy Patton
Body percussion, spoons, jaw harp & smoking guitar

4:00 PM
45 min

Tim Cook's
Steel-Bone Temps Band

Heading to Cajun Country with
a Tex-Mex tailwind

5:00 PM
40 min
Billy Lee and the Swamp Critters
(Traditional Zydeco/Cajun
with a Taste of Swing & Boogie)
5:50 PM
80 min
BLUSD Blues Jam
Hosted by Will Jackson
Come join your favorite Blues artists mixing it up.

 


SUNDAY — MAY 11, 2008
10:30 AM Kickoff with Welcome Party Band
Tim Cook & The Steel Bontemps Band
at the Bon Temps Social Club Dance Pavilion  

KSDS Jazz 88
Mardi Gras Stage (West End)
10:40 AM
Basic Zydeco Lesson
on the Mardi Gras Stage dance floor
11:00 AM
San Diego Cajun Playboys
(Voted "The best Cajun band outside of Louisiana" by Cajun French Music Association in Lafayette, Louisiana)
12:20 AM

Tracy Lee Nelson
Native American Blues
Groundbreaking perspective of the blues with a Native American's point of view.

1:30 PM
Mardi Gras Parade Starts
Everyone meet at right of stage
1:50 PM
Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band
Make sure you ate something because you will need the energy!
4:00 PM
Cash'd Out
The premier Johnny Cash tribute band in the world!
A San Diego Phenomena

Bon Temps Social Club
Dance Pavilion
10:30 AM
Tim Cook and the
Steel Bontemps Band

Welcome Party Band
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Community Stage (Food Court)
11:00 AM
30 min
Louisiana Saturday
Night Band

Louisiana Dance Music
11:40 AM
40 min
Banda Braza
Brazilian Forro Music
(Brazilian Zydeco)
With Andy Villas-Boas
& Lou Fanucchi
12:40 PM
45 min
Theo & Zydeco Patrol
Backwoods down-home
Swamp Pop and Zydeco

1:40 PM
45 min
Slapjazz and Friends
Body percussion, spoons, jaw harp & Tap Dancing Friends!
2:40 PM
45 min
Three Chord Justice
Songs from a Real Country Girl.
Country as you love it!

3:40 PM
"BITS" Performance
Blues in the Schools

Presented by BLUSD
Hosted by
Michele Lundeen

& Rand De Mattei
4:40 PM
Three Legged Dog
An ecclectic mix of Americana Roots Rock
5:40 PM
BLUSD Blues Jam
Hosted by
Michele Lundeen

Come join your favorite Blues artists mixing it up.
Belly Up
Festival Stage (East End)
10:50 AM
Basic Cajun Lesson
on the Festival Stage dance floor
11:10 AM
Billy Lee and the Swamp Critters
(Traditional Zydeco/Cajun
with a Taste of Swing & Boogie)
12:30 PM
Lost Bayou Ramblers
Traditional Cajun with a sprinkle of 40's Swing & Juke Joint dancehall tunes.
1:50 PM
Basic West Coast Lesson
on the Festival Stage dance floor
2:00 PM
Laurie Morvan Blues
Plays a Mother's Day
Blues Tribute to all the
Working Mom's
Red Hot Blues Rock
3:40 PM
The Bayou Brothers
A Wild ZydeCajun
sound & dazzling showmanship makes a spicy musical jambalaya.
5:00 PM
Basic Zydeco Lesson
on the Festival Stage dance floor
5:10 PM
Brian Jack & the
Zydeco Gamblers

An American Legend
Zydeco Houston Texas Style

 

Bayou Grove Stage
CAJUN & CREOLE HERITAGE
AND MUSIC WORKSHOPS

All workshops are 40-45 min
11:10 AM

Accordion Basics with
Guest Artist

12:10 PM

Blues Harmonica Workshop
presented by BLUSD

1:10 PM
Zydeco Accordion Styling
Brian Jack
2:10 PM
San Diego Cajun Playboys
Introduction to Cajun Music
3:10 PM
Blues Music from a Native American Perspective
Tracy Lee Nelson
4:10 PM
Cajun Music Technique & Going to the Grammys with
Louie Michot &
Lost Bayou Ramblers

5:10 PM
Sonny Derin
Harp and Accordion
Similarities

(Line-up is subject to change)

NON-STOP DANCE LESSONS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY!
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