Enjoy a Taste of Gator
May 6, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - May 8, 2021 @ 9:30 pm
For those who love their live music in a fun and welcoming festival environment, the annual four-day Gator By the Bay Zydeco, Blues & Crawfish Festival is much anticipated must-do spring event. And, while the Covid pandemic has postponed the usual May celebration, all is not lost!
The favorite Gator By the Bay preview party will still be a go, when “TASTE OF GATOR – KEEPING THE LOVE ALIVE” takes place on Saturday MAY 8th.
The event will be held outdoors, 5 to 9:30pm, at Tio Leo’s, located at 5302 Napa Street in San Diego. In addition to an all-star lineup of some of San Diego’s best musical talent, Tio Leo’s will be serving food and drinks to add to the conviviality. Best of all: attendance is free, although donations are much appreciated as the money goes to pay the bands and expenses. This annual gig was put on hold last year due to Covid, so the 2021 party promises more fun than a barrel of rubboard players!
The lineup, includes many of the favorite bands who perform yearly at Gator By the Bay, including:
- The Bayou Brothers
- Michele Lundeen aka Madame LeRoux and her Mardi Gras Krewe
- Theo and the Zydeco Patrol
- Chris Fast Band
- Ass Pocket Whiskey Fellas
- Sue Palmer and her Motel Swing Orchestra
- Gator All Stars Jam Band
- and Emmcee “Sistah Judy”
Gator By the Bay was born 20 years ago, when a group of friends who shared a passion for the spicy Louisiana culture of music, dancing, food and joie de vivre, organized a one day event to showcase these elements to the San Diego community. The festival has grown to draw over 15,000 attendees annually from all over the country—as well as Europe and Asia— for four days to enjoy over 100 musical performances on seven stages. Musical genres and performers represented not only include Cajun and Zydeco from Louisiana, but legendary Blues artists, Americana, Roots, Latin, Rockabilly, and Swing. Food is a big part of the festival as well, with one of the highlights being the 10,000 pounds of live crawfish brought in fresh from the Louisiana bayou every year.
“TASTE OF GATOR – KEEPING THE LOVE ALIVE” is brought to you by the good folks at Gator By The Bay and Bayou Brothers Productions. All are welcome. Please wear masks (except eating and drinking of course) and please be Covid polite as we are still in the fight.