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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20
10 a.m.
Entertainment, second lines, food, crafts and kids activities along the riverfront. Beginning at 11 a.m., brass band processions with krewe float characters and other Zulus will make their way between the Liberty Bank Stage (Aquarium Plaza) and the Frito Lay Stage (Woldenberg Park), handing out coconuts and other souvenirs along the way. Shortly before 5 p.m., a brass band will bring all of the Zulu characters to the riverfront near Aquarium Plaza to for the arrival, via Coast Guard cutter, of King Elroy James and and Queen Tanyanika Phillips, M.D, along with their entourage, who will be welcomed and toasted in a ceremony with Zulu officials and Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
Performance lineup as follows:
Liberty Bank Stage
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Ed Perkins Jazz Band
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Battle of the Brass Bands
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. The Real Jakarpa Band
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Claude Bryant & the All-Stars
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Battle of the Brass Bands
6:45 p.m. – 8 p.m. Big Al Carson
Frito Lay Stage
11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Monteco Turner
11:25 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Me Me Monk
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. Charmaine Neville with R. Houston & Amasa Miller Band
1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Taem Kozmo
2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Mrs. Crowley Band
4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Ronnie Bell
5:25 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Buzy
5:45 p.m. – 8 p.m. Heat N-dex Band
