NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Get ready for the 9th Annual New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, 400 Esplanade Ave., taking place Thursday, Jan. 16, through Saturday, Jan. 18. An array of talent from far and wide gathers to both perform and celebrate homemade-stringed instruments in the world’s most musical city. Tickets/info: (504) 568-6993 or visit NewOrleansCBG.com.
New Jersey roots trio April Mae and the June Bugs; energetic Florida rockers Memphis Lightning; and super-sensational one-woman band Ghalia Volt lead a lineup that includes popular New Orleans acts Cigar Box Serenaders, Mahmoud Chouki, Ed Wills and Blues 4 Sale, Rumsey Kadar, and Amzie Adams, along with Nashvillian Meg Williams and international CBG ambassador, Steve Arvey. European-based acts slated to perform: La Durance Blues Band (France), Captn Catfish (Germany), John Mary Go Round (Belgium), Riccardo Ferrini (Italy), and El Gordeaux (England). These entertainers are among the leaders of the Cigar Box Guitar Movement. They’ll provide 16-plus hours of homemade instrument fun over the course of the three-day event. A Thursday Night Symposium, and Builders’ Forums on Friday and Saturday afternoon, round out the schedule.
Only 150 all-inclusive tickets are being sold to this unique and intimate cultural experience. All aspects of the event will be held within the comfortable confines of the Jazz Museum.
