Status: Bulk of acts named with date of performance. A few performers still to be named.
Headliners: Steel Pulse, King Sunny Ade, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Notables: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni ba, Lunasa, Chiwonsio, Sonny Landreth, Los de Abajo, Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band, Grupo Fantasma, Mucca Pazza, La Excelencia, Taj Weekes and Adowa, Nation Beat, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Les Breastfeeders, Kinobe and Soul Beat Africa, Fishtank Ensemble, Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie, Feufollet, Donna the Buffalo
Comment: This festival seems to get better every year with its mix of African, reggae, zydeco and other world roots genres. There are more than 100 performers presented over five days—all free to the public. The festival in Lafayette LA coincides with the first weekend of New Orleans Jazzfest but starts several days earlier so out-of-towners can catch some of both.