Photos: Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025

Published on: October 14th, 2025

Here are a few highlights from the 2025 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival, held in Lafayette Square October 10-12! Special thanks to our volunteer photographers Bob Gibson, Louis Crispino, and Michael White.

We've got full sets from the entire weekend posted on our YouTube channel now! The radio broadcast of each performance is also available on our 2-week archive. The last bit of the festival will be gone from the archive on Sunday, October 26, 2025.

Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025

Audience on day 1 of Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest - Oct. 10, 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Sierra Green & the Giants at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest - Oct. 10, 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Tab Benoit at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest - Oct. 10, 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

WWOZ signs at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest - Oct. 10, 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Dee Lindsey and Murf Reeves at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest - Oct. 10, 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Carolyn Wonderland at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Audience for Carolyn Wonderland at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Drinks at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Carolyn Wonderland at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Audience at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Jimmy Hall with Devon Allman's Blues Summit at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Devon Allman's Blues Summit at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Ed Wills & Blues 4 $ale at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Eric Johanson at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Jontavious Willis at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Leo Nocentelli at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Mem Shannon & the Membership at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

KD NOLA Treats at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Food at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Wolfe Johns at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Bobby Rush at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Cindy Cashdollar at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

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Cindy Cashdollar at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Sonny Landreth at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.

Cindy Cashdollar, Brian Mitchell, and the Woodstock All-Stars w/ special guest Sonny Landreth at Crescent City Blues & BBQ Fest 2025. Photo by Bob Gibson.