Let’s Get Festive!
Crabfest Lacombe 2015 Organizers Kenny Kehoe and Don Bordelon have announced they are bringing the Crabfest Lacombe festival back to its roots by focusing on Louisiana music, gourmet crab and seafood dishes, and local arts and culture. Crabfest Lacombe 2015 is scheduled for June 26-28 at John Davis Park in Lacombe. This is the 39th year that a crab festival has been held under the giant oak trees. Festival attendees will be entertained by an impressive line-up of Louisiana musicians including Tab Benoit, SuperCharger, Waylon Thibodeaux, Benny Turner, Cyril Neville, Witness, Christian Serpas, Benny Grunch & the Bunch, Chubby Carrier, and the Shotgun Jazz Band. A Dixieland Brass Band will open the festival on Saturday and Sunday by marching from US Highway 190 and N. 12th Street into the park. A collector’s edition Crabfest Lacombe 2015 poster will be available for purchase in limited quantities. The poster is from an original work of art created by Mandeville artist Dianne Parks. Parks’ art work captures south Louisiana streets, food, swamps and bayous. “Throughout the painting process, in addition to accurately
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rendering the scene, my mind is filled with the sounds, smells and vibrations of the scene in my painting. I attempt to convey these emotions through my painting. My hope is that as you look at the painting through the years, you still ‘feel’ the scene before you,” Parks said. Kehoe has a long history of producing trade shows; he produced the first tradeshow open to the public in the New Orleans Mercedes Benz Superdome in 1975. Bordelon is well-known on the northshore because of his cooking. With his extensive experience in the seafood industry and event food production, he will be working with the professional chef and catering vendors to ensure attendees have a wide selection of crab and seafood dishes.
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Promoters say their formula for Crabfest Lacombe 2015 is simple: “A blockbuster music lineup and memorable food. Festival goers will also be treated to a few surprises along the way.” The festival hours are Friday, June 26 from 5–10 p.m.; Saturday, June 27 from noon-10 p.m.; and Sunday, June 28 from noon- 8 p.m. Admission is $5 on Friday and $10 on Saturday and Sunday. Children under 12, when accompanied by their parents or guardians, are admitted free. For more information, visit www.crabfestlacombe.com.
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