Let The Madness Begin – Mudbug Madness!

Mudbug Madness gates open at 11 am today at Festival Plaza for the 28th annual celebration of the crawfish boil! From the fabulous food list, the entertainment schedule, the free admission days and times, to the places you can easily hop a shuttle to join the celebration: I have all your Mudbug Madness information here!

The Music!

There are three entertainment stages at Mudbug Madness this year. Here are the acts playing this evening. (For a full and I mean PACKED FULL schedule of performers, click here)

11am-2pm                 Cedryl Ballo and the Zydeco Trendsetters

4:30pm-7pm           Lil Nate and the Zydeco Bigtimers

8:15pm-11pm          Wayne Toups & ZyDeCajun

Admission

Free till 5 Thursday and Friday
Thursday- Free from 11am until 5pm; $5.00 per person after 5pm
Friday- Free from 11am until 5pm; $5.00 per person after 5pm
Saturday & Sunday- 11am until closing $5.00 per person

Children under 12 are free at all times
Show your Military ID and get in free at all times

Getting to Festival Plaza

From I-20 West:Take Spring Street exit. Festival Plaza is located underneath Spring Street Bridge at Crockett Street (approximately 2 blocks from the interstate).

From I-20 East:Take Spring Street exit. Festival Plaza is located underneath the Spring Street Bridge at Crockett Street (approximately 2 blocks from the interstate).

From I-49: Take I-49 north to I-20 east. Follow directions from I-20 east.

Free Shuttle From Area Malls

The Mudbug Madness Festival offers free shuttle service  from Pierre-Bossier Mall (pick-up in front of old Service Merchandise) and Mall St. Vincent (pick-up at the Piccadilly Restaurant entrance).  THERE IS NO SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM THE LOUISIANA BOARDWALK.  The shuttles run at the following times:

• Thursday and Friday 5pm until 11:3opm
• Saturday and Sunday 10:30am till 11:30pm

Shuttles leave from the malls on the hour and half hour; shuttles leave from Festival Plaza at 15 minutes after the hour and 15 minutes before the hour.

Stuff You Can Not Take In

• No food or beverages may be brought onto the site.
• No backpacks.
• No pets, except for assistance animals.
• No silly string.
• No ice chests.
• No solicitation.
• No political activity.
• All items brought into the festival site are subject to search.

The Fabulous List of Food and Vendors

Johnny’s Pizza HousePizza
Southern Concessions Southern fried chicken tenders, French fries, Southern fried catfish, chili-cheeseburgers, grilled Italian sausage with peppers & onions, curly fries, bloomin’ onions
Lila Davis Catering Creole crawfish etouffee, Creole dirty rice, red beans & rice, chicken & sausage gumbo, boudin, cupcakes
Taste of New Orleans Louisiana lobster puffs with cheese Alexandria, crawfish Jeanerette, Voodoo salad w/fried crawfish
Texas Custom Catering Sirloin on a stick, ribeye steak sandwich, brisket sandwich, pulled pork sandwich, nachos, sausage on a stick
J & J Concessions Fried alligator, chicken or shrimp on a stick
East Texas Corn Roasters Roasted corn, baked potatoes with toppings, gumbo or etouffee; chocolate dipped cheesecake; chocolate dipped strawberries, deep fried pork skins
Natchitoches Meat Pies Natchitoches meat pies, crawfish pies, mini meat and crawfish pies, chocolate covered bacon
Cajun Fried Crawfish Fried crawfish tails, crawfish po-boys, fried shrimp po-boys; fried shrimp basket
Hull Concessions Corn dogs, funnel cakes, turkey legs, Lemon Chill
Counter Culture on the Go Humphrey Yogarts, yogurt dishes
Sugar Blossoms Cinnamon roasted pecans & almonds, hot & spicy peanuts, fudge, chocolate chip cookies
Geauxsicles Various flavored gourmet ice pops

Crawfish Vendors

C. E. Byrd Booster Club
Shreveport Police Department – Mounted Patrol Support Group
Evangel Christian Academy Booster Club

Swamp Site Menu
Bayou Boyz Philly cheesesteak sandwich; Philly cheesesteak potatoes, chili-cheese nachos, B&T burger combo, chili-cheese dogs, hot dogs w/seasoned onions
Diamond J Concessions Funnel cakes, corn dogs, deep fried Twinkies, fried green tomatoes or pickles, fried candy bars

Bees Fine Boods Gyros, chicken pitas, cheese fries, sausage on a bun
Southern Secialties of Shreveport Fried alligator bites, fried crab cakes, crawfish Ava
Geauxsicles Various flavored gourmet ice pops
Uncle Ray’s Cajun Kitchen Grilled bacon wrapped shrimp, stuffed peppers wrapped in cheese, chicken and bacon, grilled regular or seafood boudin, chopped beef sandwich
Dippin Dots Dippin Dots ice cream & yogurt