Swamp Pop Music Festival

The Deep South Crane And Rigging Swamp Pop Music Festival is the first swamp pop event to grow from a grassroots concert to a "professional" festival.

"Swamp Pop" is its own unique genre of Louisiana music alongside Cajun, zydeco, and blues; imagine Cajun music with a rock-and-roll flair. In the 1950's, several swamp pop songs even reached the national charts. The Deep South Crane And Rigging Swamp Pop Music Festival features a number of these nationally known performers, along with Louisiana Music Hall of Fame inductees, South Louisiana Music Association award winners, and many more of the most popular swamp pop performers.

The Deep South Crane And Rigging Swamp Pop Music Festival started in 1998 when Cody Marchand, a local swamp pop entertainer, approached his good friend David Eastridge with the idea for a fundraising concert. David's beloved granddaughter, Sarah, had just been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF). David was devastated by the news that Sarah had a life-threatening illness, but did not want to simply wait and pray for a cure; he wanted to take matters into his own hands to find a cure for her by raising money for medical research.

Cody and David started the Deep South Crane And Rigging Swamp Pop Music Festival as a grassroots fundraising event in conjunction with the Baton Rouge office of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. It has increased tremendously in popularity each year, and our goal is for it to become THE major summer event for the state of Louisiana.

Because of David's tireless efforts on behalf of the Deep South Crane And Rigging Swamp Pop Music Festival and the CF Foundation, he was named "2003 Volunteer of the Year" by the Louisiana Association of Fairs and Festivals. This prestigious award was presented to him during the 2004 Deep South Crane And Rigging Swamp Pop Music Festival.

2009 Deep South Crane And Rigging Swamp Pop Music Festival

Friday, July 17th 2009 Gates Open 5 PM

Saturday, July 18th 2009 Gates Open 10 AM

RAIN OR SHINE come out and enjoy the fun in our fully air-conditioned indoor facility!

2009 BAND SCHEDULE

Friday July 17, 2009

5:00 PM-8:00 PM Cliff Nickens

8:00 PM-9:30 PM Wayne Foret

9:30 PM-11:00 PM Waylon Thibodeaux
"Louisiana's Rockin Fiddler"

11:00 PM-12:30AM Wayne Toups & ZyDeCajun

Saturday July 18, 2009

12:00 PM-2:00 PM Aaron Foret

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Kenny Fife

3:30 PM-5:00 PM Foret Tradition

5:00 PM-6:30 PM Kenny Cornett

6:30 PM-8:00 PM Kane Glaze

8:00 PM-10:00 PM David St. Romain

10:00 PM-1:00 AM Van Broussard

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All proceeds from the Deep South Crane And Rigging Swamp Pop Music Festival benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Images on site represent bands that have played in past Swamp Pop Music Festivals. Please see 2009 Band Schedule for this year's info!