Bands to see at Jazz Fest and Festival International

It’s a big weekend for music and festival lovers in Louisiana. Both the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Lafayette’s Festival International are now underway. Both are jam-packed with good times, tunes and food. To celebrate both festivals, I’ve compiled a list of acts you won’t want to miss below. And be sure to check out 225‘s complete coverage of both events.

At Festival International
Friday
Cat Head Biscuit Boys at 6:45 p.m. at the LUS Biergarten.
The Pine Leaf Boys at 7:45 p.m. at the Scčne Chevron Heritage stage.
Debauche at 9:15 p.m. at the Scčne TV5MONDE Lafayette stage.
Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band at 9:30 p.m. at the Scčne Chevron Heritage stage.
Tinariwen at 9:45 p.m. at the Scčne Stabil Drill International stage.

Saturday
Julie Williams at 4:30 p.m. at the Popeyes Pavillon de Cuisine stage.
BeauSoliel avec Michael Doucet at 5 p.m. at the Scčne Stabil Drill International stage.
Blayze and Saddles at 6 p.m. at the LUS Biergarten.
Sweet Crude at 6:15 p.m. at the Scčne TV5MONDE Lafayette stage.
Tandem at 8 p.m. at the LUS Biergarten.
Vagabond Swing at 8 p.m. at the Scčne TV5MONDE Lafayette stage.
Black Joe Lewis at 9:30 p.m. at the Scčne Lafayette General Fais Do Do stage.
Bombino at 10:15 p.m. at the Scčne Stabil Drill International stage.

Sunday
The Revelers at 12:15 p.m. at the Scčne Chevron Heritage stage.
Radio Radio at 3:30 p.m. at the Scčne Lafayette General Fais Do Do stage.
Brass Mimosa at 4 p.m. at the LUS Biergarten.
The Duhks at 5 p.m. at the Scčne Chevron Heritage stage.
Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole at 5:15 p.m. at the Scčne TV5MONDE Lafayette stage.
The Funky Meters at 5:30 p.m. at the Scčne Stabil Drill International stage.

At Jazz Fest
Friday
Chris Thomas King at 1:30 p.m. at the Blues Tent.
Honey Island Swamp Band at 2:05 p.m. at the Samsung Galaxy Stage.
Lil’ Buck Sinegal Blues Band at 2:40 p.m. at the Blues Tent.
Jason Isbell at 3:35 p.m. at the Samsung Galaxy Stage.
Vox and the Hound at 3:55 p.m. at the Lagniappe Stage.
Dee-1 at 4:15 p.m. at the Congo Square Stage.
Santana at 5:10 p.m. at the Acura Stage.
The Avett Brothers at 5:30 p.m. at the Samsung Galaxy Stage.
Public Enemy at 5:45 p.m. at the Congo Square Stage.
Gregory Porter at 5:45 p.m. at the Zatarain’s/WWOZ Jazz Tent.

Saturday
Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys at 12:20 p.m. at the Sheraton New Orleans Fais Do-Do Stage.
Anders Osborne at 2 p.m. at the Acura Stage.
Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers at 2:15 p.m. at the Congo Square Stage.
Sonny Landreth at 2:45 p.m. at the Blues Tent.
Big Freedia at 3:45 p.m. at the Congo Square Stage.
Kristin Diable & The City at 3:55 p.m. at the Lagniappe Stage.
Phish at 4 p.m. at the Acura Stage.
Keb’ Mo’ at 4:25 p.m. at the New Orleans Fais Do-Do Stage.
Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters at 5:30 p.m. at the Samsung Galaxy Stage.
Branford Marsalis at 5:45 p.m. at the Zatarain’s/WWOZ Jazz Tent.

Sunday
Henry Gray at 11:10 a.m. at the Blues Tent.
North Mississippi Allstars at 12:35 p.m. at the Acura Stage.
Royal Teeth at 12:45 p.m. at the Samsung Galaxy Stage.
Rebirth Brass Band at 1:55 p.m. at the Congo Square Stage.
Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters at 2:45 p.m. at the Blues Tent.
Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band at 3 p.m. at the Sheraton New Orleans Fais Do-Do Stage.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band at 4:05 p.m. at the Blues Tent.
Vampire Weekend at 5:20 p.m. at the Samsung Galaxy Stage.
Dirty Bourbon River Show at 5:25 p.m. at the Lagniappe Stage.
Eric Clapton at 5:25 p.m. at the Acura Stage.
C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band at 6:05 p.m. at the Sheraton New Orleans Fais Do-Do Stage.

Next weekend at Jazzfest
Lyle Lovett at 5:40 p.m. at the Samsung Galaxy Stage Thursday.
Solange at 6:10 p.m. at the Congo Square Stage Thursday.
Hurray for the Riff Raff at 2:05 p.m. at the Samsung Galaxy Stage Friday.
Alabama Shakes at 5:30 p.m at the Samsung Galaxy Stage Friday.
Lost Bayou Ramblers at 6 p.m. at the Sheraton New Orleans Fais Do-Do Stage Friday.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at 4:15 p.m. at the Acura Stage Saturday.
Feufollet at 12:25 p.m. at the Sheraton New Orleans Fais Do-Do Stage Sunday.
Arcade Fire at 3:45 p.m. at the Acura Stage Sunday.