the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival June 12, 2010

A three-day festival celebrating Cajun and zydeco music. It's part of the New Orleans Vieux To Do, a partnership with the Creole Tomato Festival and the Louisiana Seafood Festival (see related boxes). Two stages will feature headliners Buckwheat Zydeco, Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, the Lost Bayou Ramblers, Les Freres Michot, Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, Bruce Daigrepont, Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole and Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers. The festival will kick off with a second-line led by the Treme Brass Band today at 10:30 a.m., starting across from Jackson Square and ending at the French Market.
When: Today, noon to 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Where: Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave.
Information: jazzandheritage.org/cajun-zydeco.
Parking: Officials expect several thousand in the French Quarter this weekend, so organizers recommend that festival-goers park closer to Canal Street and ride the French Quarter streetcars toward Esplanade Avenue.