I’m as big a fan of Cajun and zydeco music as the next Louisianian, but what typically attracts me to Mudbug Madness – downtown Shreveport’s enormous annual Memorial Day Weekend festival – is the food. Mudbug Madness 36, set for May 24-26, 2019 in Festival Plaza, has made some improvements …
Flying Heart Brewing & Pub, the craft brewery and pizza joint located at the heart of Bossier City’s new East Bank District and Plaza, is joining forces with the Bossier Arts Council to host the Kegs & Corks Craft Beer and Wine Festival on Saturday, May 4, 1-9 p.m. The …
Featured photograph used courtesy of the Ark-La-Tex Craft Beer and Barbecue Festival Facebook page. Here at 20×49.com, the official destination blog of Shreveport-Bossier, nothing makes us happier than giving cool stuff away. We’ve just secured a couple of promotional general admission passes to the Ark-La-Tex Craft Beer and Barbecue Festival, …
If there’s one Shreveport-Bossier food event that surprises and delights me, year after year, it’s Wine Country Bistro’s Wine & Swine. Tickets are now on sale for the 2018 event, which will take place, 3-6 p.m., on Sunday, Apr. 22. The 2018 event will feature 60 wines, live music from …
Featured Photo: Terrance Simien performs at Mudbug Madness Festival in 2013. Photo by Jim Noetzel. The complete live music lineup for the 35th annual Mudbug Madness Festival has been posted to the festival website, and – as always – it includes many of the biggest names in Cajun and Zydeco …
Featured image: Wine bottles are photographed following an epic dinner at Lucky Palace in Bossier City. If you’re a food and wine enthusiast in the Shreveport-Bossier region, chances are good that you already know and love Kuan Lim. Lim is the friendly, welcoming proprietor of Lucky Palace, a gourmet Chinese …
Let’s cut to the chase: You’re here for the list of food vendors for the 2017 Mudbug Madness Festival, which is schedule to take place, May 25-28, in downtown Shreveport’s Festival Plaza. You can download the food vendor list here. The list was kindly provided by festival organizers Downtown Shreveport …
Know an aspiring young cook, or any young person who has expressed an interest in cooking? Consider signing ’em up for the 2017 Grillin’ for Grads Kids Cook-Off, which has just opened registration. The cook-off is open to kids ages 6-17, and will take place on the morning of Saturday, …
Featured photo: Creole sauce piquant purchased from a vendor at Mudbug Madness in 2012. Each year around this time, I start planning what I’m going to be eating at Mudbug Madness. The annual crawfish and zydeco festival will return to Festival Plaza in downtown Shreveport for its 33rd year, May …
Featured Photo: Amanda Shaw performs at Mudbug Madness in 2013. Photo by Jim Noetzel. Mudbug Madness, the annual crawfish and live music festival held in Shreveport’s Festival Plaza each Memorial Day Weekend, has posted the music lineup for their 2016 festival. Headliners include some of the biggest names in Zydeco …
Featured photo: A giant, inflatable pig soars at Grillin’ for Grads in 2015. Photo by Casey Habich. Here’s the deal: I love barbecue as much as anyone you’ll ever meet. I could eat brisket and smoked sausage three meals a day and live a happy, brief life. If you love …
Featured photo: A “sample” of pulled pork from a team at the second annual Ark-La-Tex Ambassadors BBQ Cook-Off. Organizers of the Ark-La-Tex Ambassadors BBQ Cook-Off, an up-and-coming regional barbecue competition held annually in downtown Shreveport, have opened team registration for their 2015 event. The third annual Ark-La-Tex Ambassadors BBQ Cook-Off …
