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Watch WGNO on the road to Bogalusa Blues and Heritage Festival

The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling and understanding.

Willie Dixon, Blues Musician

BOGALUSA, La. (WGNO) — Happening Friday, Sept. 26, WGNO will be live on the road for the 2025 Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival at Cassidy Park.

Festival organizers say the event has become known as one of the best festivals in the New Orleans region and Gulf Coast.

Each year, the entertainers from the Blues genre, take center stage to entertain festival goers with sounds of deep emotional lyrics of hardships and resilience. Well known blues artists include:

B.B. King
Etta James
Muddy Waters
Memphis Minnie
Little Freddie King
Professor Longhair

Also on the fest grounds are food vendors with tastes of home-cooked, feel-good foods that will leave attendees with a piece of Louisiana’s southern soul.

The festival came about after the construction of the main stage after which the festival was born from Melinda White and a group of volunteers.

Blues Stage Schedule

Friday, Sept. 26

  • Hub City Mojo Blues & Rock Band — 5 p.m.
  • Peyton Falgoust Band — 6:30 p.m.
  • Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers — 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 27

  • Ozone — 10:30 a.m.
  • Ponchartrain Shakers — 1:30 p.m.
  • Charlie Miles — The Highway Miles Band —  3:00 p.m.
  • Les Getrex  — 4:30 p.m.
  • Vasti Jackson — 6:30 p.m.
  • Chris Thomas King  — 8 p.m.

Join LBJ and Amy on Facebook as they give a preview of the special 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. shows, showcasing all that the festival has to offer.

General Admission tickets are currently on sale with Friday entry costing $15 and $20 for Saturday. Weekend passes for both days are $35 per day.

To purchase, visit the Eventbrite website.

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