**Cajun & Zydeco Mardi Gras Dance Party Blackwood**

Dance Music of Southwest Louisiana

St Martins Church Blackwood, Saturday March 1st 7-10pm

Come celebrate Cajun Mardi Gras with Melbourne’s own ‘Johnny Can’t Dance’ Cajun Band. One of Australia’s leading Cajun/Creole music ensembles and rocking Zydeco outfit "Gumbo Express" from the Victorian Central Highlands, both dedicated practitioners of the traditional dance music of Rural Southwest Louisiana and from performing live for your listening and dancing pleasure!

Throughout ‘Cajun Country’ in rural Southwest Louisiana and on the streets of New Orleans they celebrate the annual Catholic festival of Mardi Gras ‘Fat Tuesday’ the day before the start of Lent, a celebration of food, music and dance with beaded parades, costumed chicken runs, marching bands, dance bands, King cake and communal Gumbo’s...This year we come together to party for Mardi Gras on the Saturday and Sunday before Fat Tuesday at St Martins Church, Martin St Blackwood (Sat night) and Coburg RSL, Sydney Rd Coburg (Sunday afternoon)

From Melbourne

The ‘Johnny Can’t Dance’ Cajun Band are dedicated practitioners of the tradition dance and social music from the ‘Cajun country’ of rural Louisiana and East Texas. Johnny Can’t Dance will take to the stage for the first set of the night for your dancing pleasure performing 2-Steps, 1-Steps, Waltzes, Blues & Stomps from the Swamps!

From Rural Victoria

Australia's newest and rockingest Zydeco outfit Gumbo Express fronted by Lachlan Dear, Vocal, accordion & Nara Demason, gutar Vocal, featuring a backline of driving percussion and thumping bass..tough rocking Zydeco, Swamp Pop, Cajun & Creole Blues, bringing a big second set of Louisiana dance grooves

Y'all make plans to drop by!