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FitzGerald’s annual Lundi Gras & Mardi Gras celebration returns on Feb. 27-28
Featuring a Jambalaya Cook-Off (February 27) and a Fat Tuesday Celebration (February 28) with music by Terrance Simien & Zydeco Experience
Berwyn, Ill. —Bragging rights are once again on the line as contestants vie for the jambalaya trophy at our Lundi Gras party on February 27. As usual, free tastings will be offered of all jambalaya entries! Both nights feature a performance by Louisiana’s native son — Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience.
And both nights are sponsored by Abita beer and feature beads, hurricanes and Louisiana cuisine (for purchase) by Tom “Festival” Cimms.
DETAILS:
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JAMBALAYA COOK-OFF (Feb. 27): Doors open at 6:30, tasting at 7:30 and a first set by Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience at 8:00, and a second set after the judging is completed and the winner crowned at 9:30. Just in case you don't get enough free jambalaya, Tom "Festival" Cimms will cook up his Louisiana specialties for purchase. Tickets are $15.
FAT TUESDAY (Feb. 28): The evening begins with DJ Tom Marker spinning Louisiana tunes at 7 pm followed by Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience at 8:30 pm. Tom "Festival" Cimms’ will be back selling his Louisiana specialties. Doors open at 7 pm. Tickets are $15.
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MUSIC:
TERRANCE SIMIEN & THE ZYDECO EXPERIENCE: For move than 30 years, Grammy Award-winning artist Terrance Simien, 8th generation Louisiana Creole, has been shattering the myths about what his indigenous Zydeco roots music is and is not. Leading his Zydeco Experience band, Simien has become one of the most respected and accomplished artists in American roots music today. Simien is blessed with an extraordinary talent that expresses the deepest human emotions through the original instrument: The Voice. He takes his audiences on a multicultural tour of the world as the many countries he’s visited while on tour have informed his musical language. He creates a hypnotic blend of New Orleans funk-reggae-flavored-world-blues-American zydeco roots music that beckons you to your feet and into the groove. http://www.terrancesimien.com/videos/
Tickets for both shows are available in person at FitzGerald’s and online at TicketWeb http://www.ticketweb.com/snl/VenueListings.action?venueId=32814&pl=.
For more information on FitzGerald’s, go to http://www.fitzgeraldsnightclub.com
