2008 Schedule of Events

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We look forward to seeing you at the Gulf Coast Zydeco Music & Crawfish Festival!

Fun and acitivities for the Entire Family

No Cameras or Camcorders allowed.

Great Creole / Cajun dishes await you!

Don't Forget All outdoor Community Day & Flounder Parade Activities are FREE!

Times of all activities will be posted throughout the festival site.

Don't Forget to Bring Your Lawn Chairs

Sorry No Coolers or Pets Allowed

We will see you at the Gulf Coast Zydeco Music & Crawfish Festival

Have a Blast!


Friday, May 16, 2008 - $15 Ticket Required

Doors will open at 5:00 p.m.

Again this year Great Creole/Cajun dishes await you!

Since Daphne is the Jubilee City our Flounder parade Saturday morning will highlight critters from the Bay and more! (see Saturday schedule below) What's a Jubilee?? Click HERE to read all about it.

Back to the Schedule!

Friday May 16, 2008

The Swamp Stage (Inside Daphne Civic Center)

Doors will open at 5 p.m.
     

 

6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

Dance Instruction - see schedule

 

6:45 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

T-Broussard & the Zydeco Steppers

 

8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Lil Nathan & the Zydeco Big Timers

 

10:15 p.m. – 11:45 p.m.

Leon Chavis & The Zydeco Flames

Get some rest and be ready for breakfast, the Flounder Parade, and the "Zydeco Morning Dance" in front of City Hall on Main Street (the parade route is Main Street from City Hall to the Daphne Civic Center)

***Check the Jubilee Dance Hall schedule on site for more Zydeco, line dance instruction and more!

Ok…we are just warming up! Now on to . . .

 

Saturday, May 17, 2008, Daphne Community Day

A little Lagniappe for you!!!

It's “Community Day” at

“The Gulf Coast Zydeco Music & Crawfish Festival”

On the grounds of the Daphne Civic Center Complex

It's all about Community and the "Flounder Parade" will lead us to the Civic Center, where the order for the day is Great Family fun, music, great food, and dance! All outdoor music and dance events are free to the public!

To all our Zydeco Dancers: here is where we help our locals learn how much fun Zydeco music and dance is!!!!

Attention Dancers! Bring Your Second Line Umbrella's and Join the Bay City Brass Band "Kings of the Second Line" as They Take The Lead In the Flounder Parade and Open Daphne's Community Day at the Gulf Coast Zydeco Music & Crawfish Festival Saturday Morning!

Saturday, May 17, 2008 - Outside

Events are under tents, with wood dance floor and more!

  8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Purchase breakfast at Daphne City Hall from downtown restaurants & Parade Line-up
  10:00 a.m. Flounder Parade - Departs from Daphne City Hall on Main Street and continues to the Daphne Civic Center Complex

 

 

Dance Instruction see schedule

 

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Thomas ”Big Hat” Fields

 

1:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Curly Taylor & Zydeco Trouble

    Dance Instructionsee schedule

 

3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Pine Leaf Boys

 

5:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.

Ballroom dance takes the outside dance tent with Charles Freeman and Zydeco dance moves inside!

 

Saturday, May 17, 2008 - $15 Ticket Required

All Zydeco activities move inside the Daphne Civic Center. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m.

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Saturday - Moving Inside

    Dance Instruction see schedule

 

5:45 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

Cedryl Ballou & the Zydeco Trendsetters

 

7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Chris Ardoin & NuStep

 

9:45 p.m. – 11:45 p.m.

Geno Del a fose & French Rockin' Boogie

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you tired yet!!!

So you say you came to dance!

After Set

12:00 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble

Guaranteed to make you dance your head off!

And we still aren't finished. Check out Sunday's schedule!!!

Sunday, May 18, 2008 - AWESOME! And you thought we were finished. Not!

Outside: Free Entertainment & Activities

Sunday - Outside under tents Free Activities!

 

    Dance Instruction see schedule

 

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Same Ol' 2 Step

 

1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Geno Del a fose & French Rockin' Boogie

    Dance Instruction see schedule

 

3:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

The Fabulous “Tip Tops”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now that it is over make sure you email us to let us know how you liked the festival.

 

251-626-5300


For additional information contact the Daphne Civic Center.




 

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