Hogs for the Cause 2012 Music Lineup

This afternoon, Hogs for the Cause founders Rene Louapre and Becker Hall unveiled the music lineup and official plans for the 4th annual pork cook-off music festival in City Pork at a press conference held at NOLA Brewing Company. Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue will headline and will be joined by Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, Austin, TX’s alt-country band The Gourds, Marcia Ball, Stooges Brass Band and Mississippi Rail Company. What started as a charitable cook-out at The Fly amongst friends in 2008 has grown into a large-scale staple event on the New Orleans spring festival calendar after last year’s event raised over $100,000 for the families of children fighting pediatric brain cancer at a festival headlined by The Radiators and Anders Osborne on a sunny Spring day in 2011. Seeing the continued growth of the event each year, Louapre stated the festival’s goal this year of tripling 2011′s figure, setting a $300,000 fundraising goal for the 2012 event. 60 teams will compete for the pork cook-off trophy and funds will be raised through participant fees, merchandise and concession sales and donations.

The festival will take place on Saturday, March 24th, gates will open at 10:30 a.m., advance tickets are $10 and they will be $20 at the gate. For more information on the event, visit hogsforthecause.org.

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Wesley grew up in coastal Georgia and is a former resident of The Music City and The Big Easy where he helped get LMB NOLA off-the-ground after launching in January 2011. Over the past few years, he has also contributed steadily to JamBase and Relix Magazine. Recently, Hodges moved on to L.A. where Abita Beer is hard to find, costs about $6 if located and impromptu parading in the streets will most likely get you arrested on the spot.

 

Tags: Becker Hall, favorites, Hogs for the Cause, Marcia Ball, Mississippi Rail Company, Rene Louapre, Stooges Brass Band, The GourdsX Trombone Shorty and Orleans AvenueX Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars