Jon Cleary will perform at The Crawfish Fest, June 1.
Though there are still two co-headliners yet to be announced, the 2025 Crawfish Fest, featuring Louisiana music and food, has announced more acts, as well as its schedule.
The event will take place May 30-31 and June 1 at The Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta. On the nights of May 29 and May 30, live music will be offered for campers and VIPs only.
Louisiana native Michael Arnone began presenting annual New Jersey Crawfish Fests in 1989. Because of the pandemic, there was no Crawfish Fest in 2020 or 2021, but it returned in 2022, with Tab Benoit, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Samantha Fish and others. There were no Crawfish Fests last year, or this year.
Tickets for 2025 are now on sale at crawfishfest.com.
Here is the schedule, including the slots whose acts have not been announced yet.
MAY 29
PAVILION STAGE
5-6 p.m.: Free jambalaya with a camping ticket
6:30 p.m.: Amis du Teche (for campers and VIPs only)
8:30 p.m.: Uncle Shoehorn’s Big Easy (for campers and VIPs only)
10:30 p.m.: Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes (for campers and VIPs only)
MAY 30
MAIN STAGE
11:30 a.m.: Maggie Koerner
1 p.m.: TBA
2:45 p.m.: Bonerama
5 p.m.: TBA
PAVILION STAGE
11:30 a.m.: Cold Hill
1 p.m.: Amis du Teche
3 p.m.: Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. & the Zydeco Twisters
5:15 p.m.: Eddie 9V
8:30 p.m.: Carolyn Wonderland (for campers and VIPs only)
10:30 p.m.: Corey Harris (for campers and VIPs only)
ROCKIN’ DOPSIE JR.
JUNE 1
MAIN STAGE
11:30 a.m.: Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
1 p.m.: Marcia Ball
3 p.m.: TBA
5 p.m.: Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
PAVILION STAGE
11:30 a.m.: United by Music
1 p.m.: Ocean Avenue Stompers
3:15 p.m.: Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
5:15 p.m.: Southern Avenue
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