The 25th annual Simi Valley Cajun & Blues
Festival will rock once again at Memorial Day weekend, May 24-25, at
Rancho Santa Susanna Community Park, 5005 Los Angeles Ave., in Simi Valley. The
event features two full stages for each of its musical genres. Music will
proceed non-stop each day from 12 noon until 7:30 p.m. Tickets, $22 adults 13+
($20 online until May 1) and $15 children 7-12, are available online at http://www.simicajun.org or at the gate. Parking is ample and
free. Fast-moving California Hwy. 118 (Ronald Reagan Freeway) can be taken to
the Stearns Street exit; the festival is four blocks south.
The blues stage presents its strongest bill ever featuring
Robert Randolph & the Family Band, the American funk and
soul ensemble led by pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph; Los Angeles-based
Southern soul and blues legend Swamp Dogg; British blues
patriarch John Mayall; blues revival pioneers Canned
Heat; Texas-born bluesman Guitar Shorty; and Blues
Music Award-winning singer and guitarist Tommy Castro. The
blues stage will also feature Flattop Tom & His Jump Cats,
Nancy & the Nightcrawlers, Dennis Jones
and Andy Walo.
Meanwhile, on the Cajun-Zydeco stage, C.J.
Cheneir brings the Red Hot Louisiana Band, assembled
by his father, Zydeco king, Grammy Lifetime Achievement winner Clifton
Chenier. Veteran Zydeco accordionist Nathan Williams Sr. will appear,
as will Nathan Williams Jr. & His Zydeco Big Timers.
Dwayne Dopsie, hailing from one of the top Zydeco families in
the world, will front the Zydeco Hellraisers.
Feufollet presents their indie-rock-influenced Cajun music.
Southern California’s own Lisa Haley & the Zydecats, a
popular attraction at the festival for many years, will return, as will
Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic and the Bayou
Brothers.
The annual Mardi Gras Parade will take place both
days at 4 p.m.
Tickets are available at the festival box office
during the event.|
Kids (under 7 years old) FREE!
Local ticket
outlets will be announced soon
(On line ticket sales do
have small service fees)
| General Admission (Adults 13+) |
$20 On-line
until May
1st
then $22 |
| Kids (7 – 12 years old) |
$15.00 |
| Kids (under 7 years old) FREE |
FREE |
Rancho Santa Susana Community Park
5005 Los Angeles
Avenue
Simi Valley, California 93063
www.cajun-blues.com |
