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Mardi Gras Madness at Hawks & Reed

  • Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center 289 Main Street Greenfield, MA, 01301 United States (map)

BAYOU X & Zydeco Connection team up in a double header Zydeco dance party, celebrating Mardi Gras 2018, at Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center in the heart of Greenfield! Alternating sets, Bayou X, 7:30 & 9:30; Zydeco Connection, 8:30 & 9:45. Intermittent Zydeco dance instruction by Michael Pattavina. $12 advance, $16 day of show. 

Earlier Event: January 13
Stir Up the Roux
Later Event: February 17
West River Valley Community Mardi Gras Dinner Dance

Back O’Town Cajun Band plays classic, acoustic Cajun music, straight up. Pete & Linda Simoneaux on fiddle, accordion(s) and vocals, with Michael Pattavina on acoustic guitar on vocals. Augmented as needed by Bayou X mainstays Steve Frankel on electric bass, and Ben Carr on drums. Back O’Town’s repertoire encompasses the work of artists such as Amadee Ardoin & Dennis McGee, Joe & Cleoma Falcon, Leo Soileau with Mayeuse LaFleur and Moise Robin, Angela LeJeune, Iry LeJeune, Nathan Abshire, Lawrence Walker, the Balfa Brothers, and more, from from the legendary recordings of late 1920s and early 1930s, through the postwar periods of the 1940s and 50s, and the great Cajun music revival of the 1960s and 70s. Pete & Linda & Mike each bring over three decades experience playing and studying and dancing to this music. Dance instruction at all levels is also a staple of their repertoire.