Mudbug Madness Coming Memorial Day Weekend

The 31st annual Mudbug Madness Festival will be taking place Memorial Day Weekend, May 22-25. The annual event at Shreveport’s Festival Plaza will feature two stages of around-the-clock live music, as well as Louisiana crawfish served every imaginable way.

As tradition, the event will feature crawfish eating and calling contests for all ages, street performers, children’s activity areas, and a Louisiana arts marketplace featuring original paintings, carvings, jewelry and crafts.

For the kids, the Bayou Stage will open at 11 a.m. each day and will include clowns, kids’ karaoke, singers, storytellers, magic shows, hands-on art activities and more.

Admission to the festival is free until 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. After 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday, admission is $5 per person. Children younger than 12 and military with ID are free at all times.

The headliner’s on the MetroPCS Stage for 2014 include:

• Wayne Toups from 8:15 to 11 p.m. May 22,
• The Pine Leaf Boys from 9 to 11 p.m. May 23,
• Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys from 8:30 to 11 p.m. May 24,
• Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band from 8 to 11 p.m. May 25.

Live entertainment on the Swamp Stage are:

• Dirtfoot from 5 to 7:30 p.m. May 22;
• Earshot Graffiti from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 24;
• Cody Cooke and the Bayou Outlaws from 9 to 11 p.m. May 25

For more information on the festival, visit www.mudbugmadness.com.