Bayou Boogaloo Festival (English version)
Bayou Boogaloo Festival One of the standouts in the seemingly never-ending string of festivals New Orleans hosts all year round is Bayou Boogaloo , which grew from the post-Katrina scrappy little neighborhood festival to a four-stage, weekend-long extravaganza. Since its inception in 2006, Bayou Boogaloo now draws upwards of 35,000 people and has become as much a fixture on the festival calendar as its Mid-City neighbor, Jazz Fest, and the city’s street-party season opener, French Quarter Fest. Also a favorite of both the locals and the in-the-know visitors, this festival is taking place not in the French Quarter but on the sprawling, picturesque banks of Bayou St. John — between Dumaine Streets and Lafitte Avenue in the in Mid-City neighborhood. Its bucolic setting as a floating party, with its flotillas of inflatables, paddleboats and kayaks, gives the three-day festival its own unique character. This year, Bayou Boogaloo falls on Friday, May 17 – Sunday,...