The Voice of the Wetlands Festival will return to Houma, LA on October 13-15 for another weekend of free fun for an important cause.

The 14th edition of the annual gathering will feature performances by Tab Benoit, The Trio (George Porter Jr., Johnny Vidacovich, Brian Stoltz), Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles, Honey Island Swamp Band, Louisiana’s Leroux feat. Jimmy Hall & Tab Benoit, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, John “Papa” Gros, Dash Rip Rock and many more. Additionally, the annual Friday Night Guitar Fight will bring Benoit, Josh Garret, Bolin Lake and Ed Willis to the stage on October 13.

For the third year in a row, Voice of the Wetlands Festival will take place at the Ponderosa, a cattle-farm-turned-festival-venue at 5403 West Park Ave. As usual, it will be free and open to the public.

Founded in 2004 by Cajun blues guitar master Tab Benoit, the Voice of the Wetlands Festival seeks to draw attention to Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands and the cultures that depend on them (we published a feature on Benoit’s important work in 2015). The event was named the Best Festival Outside of New Orleans at the 2016 Best of the Beat Awards.

Voice of the Wetlands 2017 Lineup:

Friday October 13

The Friday Night Guitar Fights feat Tab Benoit, Josh Garrett, Colin Lake, and Ed Wills

THE TRIO – George Porter Jr, Johnny Vidacovich, Brian Stoltz

The Fortifiers

Sam Price and the True Believers

Colin Lake

Josh Garrett

Wetlands Ramble Mid Night Till…

Saturday October 14

Tab Benoit

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles

Honey Island Swamp Band

Don Rich

Waylon Thibodeaux

Ed Wills Band

The Heath Ledet Band

The Mark Stone Band

The Jeff McCarty Band

Margie Perez

Nonc Nu and the Wild Matous

Johnny Stassi and the Wild Hares

Wetlands Ramble Mid Night Till….

Sunday October 15

Louisiana’s Leroux featuring Jimmy Hall & Tab Benoit

Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band

John “Papa” Gros

Dash Rip Rock

Waylon Thibodeaux Band

Dave Jordan and the Neighborhood

Improvement Association

Danny Alexander Band

The Colin Lake Band

Nonc Nu and the Wild Matous

The Heath Ledet Band

Roland Cheramie Cajun Band

Baton Rouge Music School Presents TOAST

Nonc Nu and the Wild Matous

Wetlands Ramble 10 pm Till….