Long Beach Bayou Festival Announces Lineup Celebrating its 29th Year!

LONG BEACH, Calif. - June 15, 2015 - PRLog -- The Long Beach Bayou Festival, a Zydeco, Blues Creole & Cajun festival announces its 2015 lineup and once again unites a Mardi Gras atmosphere, Cajun & Creole food delicacies and Blues, Cajun & Zydeco music at Rainbow Lagoon Park, Long Beach, CA for the 29th year on Saturday, June 20th and Sunday, June 21, 2015.  Hours are 11:00 am - 9:00 pm on Saturday and 11:00 am - 7:00pm on Sunday.  Info and tickets: 562-912-4451, www.longbeachbayou.com.

The festival features two stages of music featuring top notch Blues, Zydeco and Cajun music. On the Zydeco Stage, the most popular artists in the Cajun and Zydeco genre are all lined up for this year with Grammy nominated bands Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys and Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie; the powerhouse team of Grammy winner Joel Savoy and Cajun Hall of Famer, Jesse Legé with their band Cajun Country Revival, the swamp-funky Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band and West Coast favorites T Lou & His Hot Louisiana Zydeco Band, David Sousa & The Zydeco Mudbugs, Charlie Jene'.  With this lineup, the large covered wooden dance floor will be filled all weekend long and easy dance instruction for all ages will ensure no one is left out of the fun.

The Blues Stage has the multiple award-winning artist Zac Harmon , who had previously crafted songs for the likes of the O'Jays, The Whispers and Karyn Hill, before returning to his blues roots in 2002, along with the Stony B Blues Band, whose leader Stony B has played behind such legends as Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor and others. Corney Mims, famed bass player who has played with the likes of Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Natalie Cole, Snoop Dogg, George Michael & many more brings his band the Know-it-allZ to the stage and will feature Barbara Morrison & Rodz Kids from the Roderick D. Jones Foundation. Also on the blues lineup: Soulful Blues-Rock singer Tracy Niles, Seville ("it's not old school it's Proskool"), Blues and Jazz singer, Charlie Jené, and the finger-poppin' picking style of Blues guitarist, Bernie Pearl. Rounding out the Blues lineup of top talent is the award-winning Bill Magee Blues Band and the powerful vocals of Café R&B, which were described by HITS Magazine as, "Imagine Etta James riding a Harley out of an active volcano, and you'll have some vague inkling as to the vocal power..."

The festival also boasts a festive costumed Mardi Gras parade led each day by the New Orleans Traditional Jazz Band, and a colorful French Quarter marketplace with gumbo, crawfish étoufée, jambalaya, hush puppies and other Cajun and Creole delicacies, plus coffees and desserts such as sweet potato pie, beignets and an array of cobblers.

The popular crawfish and watermelon eating contests return plus a very active Kids' Corner with extensive children's activities which include making costumes, masks and umbrellas for the Mardi Gras Parade, arts and crafts, storytelling, magic, sing-a-longs, and kids' shows as well as games and activities for older kids.

Rainbow Lagoon Park is located on the North side of Shoreline Drive, between Shoreline Village Drive and Linden Avenue.  Parking is available on the Marina Green Lot across from Rainbow Lagoon Park.

Parking will be at the Long Beach Convention Center parking structure located off of Seaside Way and Pine Avenue. Parking is $10.00 per vehicle, per day.

The event is presented by Benoit Entertainment Group.  A portion of the profits will benefit LALA (Louisiana to Los Angeles), a non-profit organization which raises educational funds for local youth to attend college. The festival is sponsored by City National Bank, Shock Top, Waste Management, Benoit Entertainment Group,LLC, and Rainbow Promotions, LLC.

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