10 Tailgating Tips -- And A Few Recipes -- For Bayou Country Superfest In Baton Rouge

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Before the big names of the acts take the stage at Bayou Country Superfest 2014, the game will be well advanced on the outside of Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge. LSU fans are very familiar with this scene. For the uninitiated, we have gathered tips and menu suggestions for a smooth experience.

The annual country music festival is scheduled for the first time in three days of execution on May 23, May 24 and May 25 with headliners George Straight, Reba, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan. (Single-day tickets are still available.)
With sales of advanced parking already sold out - and the promise of a day of country music - the scene outside Tiger Stadium is likely to be bigger than ever. Anyone familiar with what happens at school before a game out of the conference in the fall LSU recognize the sights, sounds, although probably more twangy top 40 .

Pockets of tailgaters can get a little noisy, but most people are families with children napping in a hammock or groups of friend’s party before they catch their favorite artists on stage. Last year, we met a mother and daughter couple from Canada who quickly made friends with a number of tailgaters.

From 11am to 5pm each day before concert , free Fan Fest takes place in Lot A at Tiger Stadium on Nicholson Drive, which is right behind the building of the LSU Athletic Administration vs. Mike habitat tiger. The lineup for that part of the festival features music and food. DJs from radio stations WTGE , WYNK WNOE area and host the games and the annual "Artist Meet & Greet" area yield , which offers the opportunity to take photos and autographs with SNAG many of the artists of the day.

For people who prefer to grill, boil or make your own food otherwise, tailgating is the way to go. Once inside the gates, the festival offers stadium dishes, such as hot dogs, pizza and fries. (Yes, Festival Production Inc., the same company that makes New Orleans Jazz Fest, is behind Bayou Country Superfest, but do not expect bread lobster and crab po-boys soft- shell.)

Here are 10 tips for those planning to join in the fun before the concert:

    They get into the spirit: Cowboy hats and boots are de rigueur, although many accessories beyond red and blue, white, or sweatshirts. It is a country music festival during the weekend of Memorial Day, after all.
    Develop a simple and easy to operate the menu. Assign friends to bring certain items.

    Make easy cleaning. Use disposable and recyclable containers whenever possible for faster cleaning. Make burgers: Form the burgers at home. Rotisserie chicken: Marinate the night before.
    Make a list of what you need. Pack non-perishable last night , so you can check off items as you go : Cups , plates, napkins , towels, eating utensils and serving , condiments , sauces , chips / garbage bags , aluminum foil , paper plastic water jug and wipes for cleaning hands ....

    Plan your day on location: come as early as you can configure. Make sure the food is ready at least two hours before the end of tailgating. Cleaning starts about 45 minutes to an hour before going to break the back door, so the music is not lost.

The music lineup is as follows : Friday , May 23: George Strait, Reba and Chris Young; Saturday, May 24 : Luke Bryan , Florida Georgia Line , Lee Brice , Easton Corbin and Gloriana ; Sunday, May 25 : Jason Aldean , Eric Church , Hunter Hayes, Big & Rich and Joe Nichols
   
Be friendly: Introduce you to people in the car next door. Bring food in actions capable, so you can meet your neighbors and create a party atmosphere.

    Stretch your legs. Speaking of being friendly, a walk around the stadium. Many people come from out of state for this festival, so you never know who you'll meet in a quick walk through the parking lot. The sights and sounds alone are worth it.

    Follow the rules of parking and site: On LSU, shops or shelters over the tailgate of a vehicle must not be older than 10 feet by 10 feet. Tents cannot be used to save space. They can be staked into the ground or the creation in any way that restricts vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

    Drink your water. We're talking about summer in Baton Rouge, which means it will be hot and it is - hopefully - going to be sunny. Tickets are sold for next to shaded or sunny side of the stadium, so check their ability to if you want to bring hats and sunscreen inside.

    Leave the area clean: Bag your trash and using recycling bins available. Department of Facilities Services LSU distributes trash bags. Also, LSU provides port -o- lets and bathrooms in many buildings on campus for the convenience of those attending the Festival.

Bayou Country Superfest Returns With Bigger Schedule For 5th Year: All You Need To Know

Bayou Country Superfest expands to three days for the first time this weekend of Memorial Day, thanks to a move made to accommodate the schedule headliner, George Strait. That means Tiger Stadium became a cathedral dedicated to football, but not country music May 23, 24 and 25, and tickets are still on sale.

Besides Strait, the line also includes Reba, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Chris Young, Florida Georgia, Lee Brice, and Easton Corbin, Gloriana, Louisiana native Hunter Hayes, Big & Rich and Joe Nichols Lane.



The festival celebrates its fifth year in 2014, and little has changed in the design, the performance of country music giant arena style since creation. (Hi-fi purists, however, might notice some sonic changes in Tiger Stadium, thanks to the addition of new seats, currently under construction on the upper decks - . In the south end zone)

here’s a look at some of our best tips, tricks and all information on the need to know about making the 2014 Bayou Country Superfest his best yet.

The Basics: Bayou Country Superfest is produced by Festival Productions, Inc., of New Orleans, the same people who put together the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. This massive festival arena style, however, is a different animal.

With a house inside Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, this festival features a number of artists featured -back- to-back on the same stage , which sits above the north end zone . Tickets are sold online and start at $ 35 for a single day. It's summer in Baton Rouge , so check to see if it will be on the side of the shade on the sunny west or east side of the stadium. New for 2014, the majority of seats behind the south end zone will be based on a first come, first seated basis in an area they are calling "Tiger Plaza.”

Party Hard, Party Early: From faithfully the typical use of Tiger Stadium, tailgating is an integral part of making your Bayou Country Superfest large. Check out our tips and tricks for tailgating in BCS, which are available by clicking here. Besides tailgating, Fan Fest gets the party started early in the shadows of the stadium and behind the building of the LSU Athletic Department. This year, starts at 14:00 on Friday and 11:30 am Saturday and Sunday. Check out the Artist Meet & Greet, DJs play local radio stations and see live music.

Line Fan Fest

Friday, May 23: Ron Hotstream and Mid City Drifters at 2:30 pm; 90 degrees west 16:10
Saturday, May 24: Christian Serpas and Ghost Town at noon; Courtney Cole at 13:35; CJ Solar Band at 15:10

Sunday, May 25: Daniel Ramos at noon; Todd O'Neil Band at 13:35; Clayton Anderson at 15:10

Park It: A number of items LSU Bayou Country Superfest parking is offered. Prices start at $ 20 and go up to $ 40 for the nearby locations. RV parking is available in "Touchdown Village,"a lot between Gourrier Lane and Nicholson Extension. The RV lot will open on Thursday at 17:00, but that happens and is not for sale.

Other institutions in the city have previously offered a shuttle from downtown Baton Rouge to the stadium, and will update this post with information as it becomes available.

Family: Bayou Country Superfest is generally family friendly, nice. Children under 2 will be admitted without a ticket, but no seat is provided.

Just do: Items prohibited inside Tiger Stadium include umbrellas, outside food and beverages, coolers, professional cameras, flags, weapons and backpacks and bigger than a standard piece of copy paper bags.

Stay awhile: The event website offers a neat data base of hotels in Baton Rouge for the weekend, what they have available and at what cost. As for extracurricular activities, spaces in the city such as mud and water, the Varsity Theatre and the Moon have Spanish music planned for that weekend. Feeling more relaxed? Try Radio Bar, Lock & Key Bar Whiskey Blend or center for a drink. If you want to continue the party, go to the center of Third Street in a popular series of bars with a lively nightlife.

Bayou Country Superfest: Luke Bryan!

Bayou Country Superfest 2011- Kenny Chesney

Bayou Boogaloo Festival Organizers Help Revive Dead Oak Trees By Turning Them InTo Scultped Artwork

When Bayou Boogaloo starts this weekend will be a 14-foot- high sculpture of a carnival of India in the backdrop along Bayou St. John. Sculptor Marlin Miller, who carved a sculpture of a dead tree along the marshes to the festival last year, returned this year to complete this work.



In 2013, the artist Marlin Miller created a wooden sculpture depicting wildlife and musical instruments out of an oak tree 30 feet dead in Bayou St. John near Orleans Avenue. He finished just in time for Bayou Boogaloo.

But there was still something missing.

The oak 4 feet wide and 14 feet high are supposed to have an Indian carnival carved on one side of it. Rainy weather prevented him from finishing the project last year, so this year is back in the same oak tree for you a picture of Mardi Montana Indian Chief at the same Gras.

"I wanted to be careful to not violate any traditions or cultures anyway," Miller said, noting that he received the blessing of Montana before starting the project. Once completed, you can paint with airbrush on yellow and orange gold.

“The color will be very bright on it and you will be able to see that when you come this way by Orleans Avenue," he said.

His work is part of a campaign sponsored by Bayou Boogaloo, to restore the trees along the historic waterway Bayou St. John. Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, has transformed trees killed by the storm and flooding in sculpture. Anyone traveling across USA 90 of Biloxi, Mississippi, has seen his work on increasing the neutral ground.

“When a large historic tree dies, this is just a way to give it a few more years," he said.

You can check out the work of Miller finished top this weekend when the Bayou Boogaloo starts. The festival will be held May 16 to 18. Here is the full schedule for the music festival.

4th Annual Bayou 'n Brooklyn Music Festival

The fourth annual Bayou 'n Brooklyn Music Festival at Jalopy Theater has some of the best names in the genre with Joel Savoy, Wilson Savoy, Kelli Savoy , Jesse Lege and Bayou Brew, Church Point Riot , Li'l Mo & The Monicats , Emily Duff Band, empty Bottle Ramblers , Catahoula Cajun Band , Cajun Hobos, Krewe Rue and powder Zydeco Band Dr. Zsa .

The fun starts on Friday 09 May and continues until Sunday 11 May.

Who is flying high in Louisiana? The super talented Joel Savoy Valcour Records founded in 2006 and has since become the number one source of what is going on with the up- and-coming generation of musicians Acadiana .

Growing up in Eunice, Louisiana, literally, at the foot of legendary Creole fiddler Dennis McGee, Dewey Balfa, Michael Doucet, and Wade Fruge, Joel developed a strong sense of what the Cajun 'Cajun ' music and developed a style of violin which is a real time, and pending the forefront.

One of the most requested in southwest Louisiana violinists today, Joel received the violinist of the Year award in 2007. In 2011, his Valcour Records, released Grammy ® Award-winning Best Regional Roots Album with Courtbouillon Band, a super- group some of the best Cajun music talent sing the songs they grew up with. No tricks, very honest and production, the recording is authentic, entertaining and full of great songs that you will not want to miss.

Talented multi Crowd favorite, Wilson Savoy won the Grammy ® 2013 with The Band, Courtboullion in the Regional Roots category along with three Grammy nominations in 2008, 2009 and 2011 for best album of Cajun / Zydeco, for his work with leaves pine Boys.

Wilson is inspired by the styles of his heroes, accordionist Iry Lejeune, Amede Ardoin and, naturally, his father Marc Savoy. Wilson also plays at the Savoy Family Band, and has clocked much screen time to appear on " Treme" on HBO, playing himself in three episodes as well as in the movie "

All the King's Men " Sean Penn and John Goodman. In February, Wilson performed on national television during the game NBA All- Star in New Orleans. Along with Cajun accordion, Wilson sings and plays the piano and violin - all equally fabulously.

Kelli Jones -Savoy will be teaching old style Cajun music and dance at the festival this year. The " Jolie Blonde ' T ' band Monde Kelli began playing violin in the old days.

Absorbed Cajun music and culture played with bands like Magnolia Sisters, Double Date, and his father Carl Jones, and many wonderful musicians local Louisiana, including members of the Pine Leaf Boys, the Red Stick Ramblers, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, and his fellow mates Simon Drew and Megan Brown band.

What can people expect in the Bayou 'n Brooklyn Music Festival?

Dance, Dance, Dancehall Band (Are you sweating yet?) Cajun Community Jam, Jambalaya dinner on Saturday, instruments and songs, workshops and performances supergroup Jesse Lege , Joel Savoy & Savoy Wilson . Along with Kelli Jones -Savoy, who also teaches guitar and singing during this busy weekend.

What are some of the music workshops that attendees can participate in?

Beginning Cajun Guitar & Song, Beginning Violin, and Violin Intermediate, Cajun and Zydeco Dance, and Cajun accordion.

I'm a beginner, what workshops are for me?

No problem! Learn the basics of violin and melody first Cajun Country taking violin for beginners. Cajun Guitar and Singing is open to beginners. Dance classes taught by Laura and John Jeremy Rice, has been installed and dancing in no time.


We hear it's going to be the gumbo, too ... what other Louisiana delicacies will be available?

On Saturday at 7 serve a meal in a pot named Jambalaya; Sausage Jambalaya our flying at Jalopy in Eunice, Louisiana.

Can tickets be purchased at the door? What is included?

If tickets can be purchased at the door, but Friday and Saturday are exhausted before 21:00. Included in the ticket price are: Dance Hall Bands, Community Jam sessions, dance classes and live music at the tavern. Workshops are sold separately at $ 25.

Cultural History And The Bayou City Food And Film Festival: Houston Matters For Friday, May 2, 2014

Last month, the school board voted unanimously to Houston to support the teaching of Mexico American history and culture to students over high school.

The decision means the state wants largest school district the Texas Education Agency to include this type of cultural class in the new state graduation plan. HISD Superintendent Terry Grier said in a statement that in a diverse community, the district has an obligation to show students that the country and state history "includes people who look like them." Over 60 percent of HISD students are Hispanic.

Next, the Board of Education of the State of Texas agreed tentatively to solicit bids for the design of instructional materials for the four ethnic studies courses - Mexican- American studies, African American studies, American Indian and Asian American studies - that could be offered in high schools throughout the state from two years.

No mandate for districts to offer these courses. They would have to use the materials in case you choose to offer. And students would take these courses as electives.

Some oppose the measure say that local districts to develop curriculum and purchase textbooks on their own, so there is no need for state involvement. Others say that classes only more divisions between people of different origins, as there is no Irish-American or Italian-American studies course.

How should we teach history in the classroom? How should we decide what is taught and whose stories get told - and how? What are the courses and textbooks of the past and present got right and what have they got wrong about quite diverse representing the number and type of stories that make up the cultural fabric of the United States?

In this edition of the Houston business, speak with Houston Public Media reporter Laura Isensee education about what these last votes for local school districts and how cultural history is taught here in Houston.

Then we found out a couple of Houston educators who have had firsthand experience with the development and history curricula and teaching ethnic studies.

Also this time: as we do every Friday, we talk with our panel revolving around “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly “in the news this week. This week, with us Off the Kuff blogger Charles Kuffner, Texas leftist blogger Wayne Ashley and Russ Capper, founder and host of BusinessMakers Show Makers and Energy Show.

Plus: we love our food and we love our movies, so what more could you want from a festival that combines the two? We will learn about the Bayou City Food and Film Festival this weekend.