2004 Lundi Gras Festival

The Greatest Free Show on Earth - The 2004 Zulu Lundi Gras Festival in New Orleans will surely live up to it's name and reputation for the eleventh consecutive year, when the, now 450 members of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club host a Full day of Fun and excitement along the banks of the Mississippi River.

The Twelfth Annual Zulu Lundi Gras Festival will take place on Monday, February 23, 2004 in Woldenberg Park at the foot of Canal Street, along the Mississippi River in the French Quarter from 10 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Festival event will feature local and world renown entertainers performing on two stages. The Entertainment Line-up is as follows:

Zulu Lundi Gras Festival

February 23, 2004

Woldenberg Park

Entertainment Line Up for 2004

 

Pavilion (Stage I )    Master of Ceremony    Nick Harris - Stage I

Pin Stripe Jazz Band ------------------------------------------ 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers --------------- 11:25 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.

James Rivers Movement--------------------------------------- 12:35 p.m. - 1:35 a.m.

Marva Wright---------------------------------------------------- 1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Kermit Ruffin and the Barbecue Swingers------------------ 2:55 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.

The Original Low Riders w/Lee Oskar, Howard Scott, --- 4:05 p.m. - 5:25 p.m.

Harold Brown & BB Dickerson

Big Al Carson and the Rare Connection --------------------- 5:35 p.m. - 6:35 p.m.

Aquarium of the Americas Plaza  ( Stage II )  Master of CeremonyLarry McKinley - Stage II

Ed Perkins & Group---------------------------------------------- 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Big Chief Donald Harrison and the Congo Nation----------- 12:10 p.m. - 1:10 p.m.

Rebirth Brass Band------------------------------------------------ 1:20 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.

Los Hombres Calientes w/Bill Sommers & Irvin Mayfield -- 2:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.

Charmaine Neville w/Reggie Houston & Amasa Miller ----- 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Kids Stage  ( The Frito - Lay Children's Village ) Master of Ceremony - Henri Smith - Kids Stage

Junior Zulus--------------------------------------------------------- 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

B. W. Copper African American Dancers and Drummers---- 11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.

Khristopher Royal Jazz Quartet----------------------------------- 12:20 p.m.- 1:20 p.m.

Adella Adella the Storyteller--------------------------------------- 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Charmaine Neville w/Reggie Houston & Amasa Miller-------- 2:40 p.m.- 3:40 p.m.

1+ Production & Jones Elementary Performing Arts Group---- 3:40 p.m.- 4:50 p.m.

Amanda Shaw and the Cute Guys Cajun Band------------------- 5:00 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.

Kids Activities

Aquarium of the Americas             Audubon Zoo - Bug Mobile

Face Painting          NOPS JROTC Living History Re-enactors (Free Men of Color)

Character Appearance Schedule

Second - Line Bands

Pin Stripe Brass Band (Zulu Character appearances & Grand Secondline)

Algiers Brass Band (Zulu Character appearances & Grand Secondline)

 

The Twelfth Annual Zulu Lundi Gras Festival is sponsored by:

    City of New Orleans Economic Development Fund

Audubon Institute 

Anheuser - Busch  

Offbeat Publications  

Captain Morgan  

 

 Frito - Lay Brand

 

Food will be provided by:

Rainey's Restaurant and Catering                               Sheik's Three Catering

Catering Unlimited                                             Courtney's Deli & Catering

Palmer's Jamaican Restaurant                                                 Vision Catering

Marie's Sugar Dumpling's                                            Original Danny's Seafood

  Prestige Room Catering                                              Landry's  Seafood House

Love that first Bite

 

  Witness the Arrival of King & Queen Zulu at 5:00 p.m.

 King Zulu 2004

Jerold M. Johnson

&

Queen Zulu 2004

Lisa A. Crinel

 

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