03/07-03/08 -- Soul Fest
Other Louisiana Festivals
When: March 7-8
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Where: Audubon Zoo
About the Festival:
Join Audubon Zoo for a soulful celebration in honor of African American culture and wellness. The 6th Annual Soul Fest, presented by Wellcare and McDonald’s, will be held under Audubon Zoo’s magical oaks on Saturday, March 7th, and Sunday, March 8th. This unique festival features Creole cuisine, live music, one-of-a-kind crafts and a FREE health fair.
Stay on track with those healthy New Year’s Resolutions! Guests will have opportunity to visit with a variety of wellness vendors and glean valuable information promoting healthy lifestyle changes.
Handmade crafts and New Orleans-styled food! Artisans will showcase and sell original arts and crafts, such as jewelry, art frames and more. Restaurants and caterers will sell delectable Creole cuisine and authentic soul food like fried fish and alligator, shrimp po-boys and Jamaican jerk chicken. Sweet treats will also be available for purchase.
Meet the Red River Hogs! Two red river hogs are on exhibit for the first time at Audubon Zoo. The spunky siblings, Matthew and Isabel, are two brightly colored cuties who came to Audubon from the Denver Zoo. Hogs are naturally social animals, intelligent and very clean—despite their muddy surroundings. Red river hogs, the smallest of African pigs, have a peculiar look, which includes tufts of hair protruding from their ears and characteristic facial warts that mark the males. Look for the red river hogs in Audubon Zoo's African Savanna!
Audubon Zoo is located at 6500 Magazine Street in New Orleans. Admission to Soul Fest is included in regular admission, which is $13 for adults, $8 for children ages 2-12 and $10 for seniors 65 years of age and over. Audubon Zoo members are admitted free of charge. Festival hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. No outside food or beverage is allowed at zoo special events and festivals. Portable chairs and blankets are welcome. The stage schedule listed is subject to change.
No outside food or beverage is allowed at zoo special events and festivals.
Entertainment Schedule:
Saturday, March 1:
11:00am Invocation/National Anthem
11:10am Monk Institute Jazz Band
11:45am Lois Dejean & the Johnson Extension (gospel)
12:45pm BRW (r&b)
1:45pm Phillip Manuel (r&b)
2:45pm Nu-Beginnings (hip-hop)
3:45pm Kermit Ruffins (trumpet)
Sunday, March 2:
11:00am Invocation/National Anthem
11:10am Monk Institute Jazz Band
11:45am Collage (gospel)
12:45pm Michael Ward w/ Gina Brown
1:45pm Walter Wolfman Washington
2:45pm Trombone Shorty
3:45pm Cupid (r&b)
