Published on:
October 16th, 2023
Here are a few highlights from the 2023 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival, held in Lafayette Square October 13-15! Special thanks to our volunteer photographers Louis Crispino, Demian Roberts, and Michael White for sharing these.
We've got full sets from the entire weekend posted on our YouTube channel now! The radio broadcast of each performance is also available on our 2-week archive.
Blues & BBQ Fest 2023
Great crowd at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
Brice Nice spotted at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
Louis Dudoussat, Beth Arroyo Utterback, Murf Reeves, Jorge Fuentes, and Dee Lindsey at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Beth Arroyo Utterback.
Ghalia Volt at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
WWOZ video team at work for Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Putting the BBQ in Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Putting the BBQ in Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Food lines at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Food lines at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Putting the BBQ in Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Putting the BBQ in Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Putting the BBQ in Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
WWOZ shirt spotted in the wild at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Audience for John Mooney at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
John Mooney at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
John Mooney at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
WWOZ truck at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Selwyn Birchwood at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
WWOZ video team at work at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Selwyn Birchwood at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
A budding performer at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Lurrie Bell at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
June Yamagishi performs with Lurrie Bell at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Keiko Komaki performs with Lurrie Bell at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Lurrie Bell at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Craig Klein performs with Lurrie Bell at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Lurrie Bell at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Fess security at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Louis Dudoussat, Beth Arroyo Utterback, and Dave Ankers at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Murf Reeves at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Trudy Lynn at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Joe Krown at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Trudy Lynn at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Johnny Sansone enjoying Trudy Lynn at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Silent auctino guitar at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Silent auction at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Cedric Burnside at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
WWOZ Video hard at work at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Cedric Burnside at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Food demo at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Having a good time at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Audience at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Cedric Burnside at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
WWOZ Video hard at work at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Having a good time at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Having a good time at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Having a good time at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Demian Roberts photographing Little Freddie King at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Little Freddie King at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Wacko Wade drums with Little Freddie King at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Little Freddie King at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Little Freddie King at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Dee Lindsey, Murf Reeves, and Jorge Fuentes at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Shemekia Copeland at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Shemekia Copeland at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
Shemekia Copeland at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
WWOZ video at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Art market at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Louisiana Music Factory at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Ghalia Volt at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Honey Island Swamp Band at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Honey Island Swamp Band at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Crew hard at work at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
John Mooney at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
John Mooney at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Anders Osborne at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Anders Osborne and Johnny Sansone at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Anders Osborne and Johnny Sansone at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Keiko Komaki at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Lurrie Bell at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Selwyn Birchwood at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Selwyn Birchwood at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Selwyn Birchwood at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Selwyn Birchwood at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
The Lilli Lewis Project at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
The Lilli Lewis Project at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
The Lilli Lewis Project at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
The Lilli Lewis Project at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
The Lilli Lewis Project at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
The Lilli Lewis Project at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Cedric Burnside at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts.
Ernie Vincent at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts.
Ghalia Volt at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts.
Ironing Board Sam at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts.
John Mooney at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts.
John "Papa" Gros at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts.
Lurrie Bell at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts.
Les Getrex at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts.
Lilli Lewis at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Lilli Lewis at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts.
Little Freddie King at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts.
Lil Jimmy Reed at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts.
Lil Jimmy Reed at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts.
Mem Shannon at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Shemekia Copeland at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Tab Benoit at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts
Tomas Singleton at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Trudy Lynn at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Michael White.
Trudy Lynn at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts.
D.K. Harrell at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Demian Roberts.
Samantha Fish at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2023. Photo by Louis Crispino.
