Celebrate Mardi Gras with Grammy Award-winning zydeco band, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet! One of the longest standing and most beloved zydeco bands in the world, Beau Soleil hold the distinction of being the most frequent guests on National Public Radio's legendary program, A Prairie Home Companion. BeauSoleil are synonymous with New Orleans’s zydeco. Their fans and awards speak for them:
· "THE BEST CAJUN BAND IN THE WORLD" - Garrison Keillor, Prairie Home Companion
· "Beau Soleil play music that's honest to the bone!” - Allen Toussaint
· 2009 GRAMMY Winner for Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album)
· 1998 GRAMMY Winner for L'Amour Ou La Folie (Best Traditional Folk Album)
· 2010 Winner: Best Cajun Performer - Best of The Beat Awards, presented by New Orleans' offBeat magazine, an amazing 14th win for them in this category
· "That's my kind of music!" - Bob Dylan, upon listening to BeauSoleil during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Saturday Jan 21, 2012
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM PST
8pm, Saturday, January 21, 2012
Poway Center for the Performing Arts
$42 Adults; $10 Youth (Under 18 years of age with the purchase of an adult ticket)
Printed courtesy of www.poway.com – Contact the The Poway Chamber of Commerce for more information.
13029 Danielson Street, Suite 120, Poway, California (CA) 92064 – (858) 748-0016 – chamber@poway.com