Name: Loose Cattle with Louis Michot &Swamp Magic
Start: 2026-06-06T18:00:00-05:00
Location: The Music Box Village

Loose Cattle with Louis Michot &Swamp Magic

Originally scheduled for the second Saturday Night of Jazz Fest but rained out, this much anticipated event has gotten even more exciting with the addition of Louis Michot's Swamp Magic band, which includes most of the members of Lost Bayou Ramblers. Music will be happening in the houses and on the stage of the one-of-a-kind Music Box Village.
Early Bird Discount Advance tickets on sale now https://www.tixr.com/groups/musicboxvillage/events/well-kept-secret-presents-loose-cattle-and-louis-michot-188247
Loose Cattle
Loose Cattle are inheritors of the progressive politics and compassionate humanity of folk and country truth-tellers past and present, taking on these weird American times with tenderness, rigor, empathy, and guitars.
Appearances at New Orleans Jazz Fest and French Quarter Fest and repeat visits to NPR’s Mountain Stage and Lincoln Center’s American Songbook have garnered them fans and friends like Lucinda Williams, members of Drive By Truckers and the Grammy winning Lost Bayou Ramblers, all of whom guest on their upcoming debut on the famed Single Lock Records label, based in Muscle Shoals.
Louis Michot & Swamp Magic
Louis Michot is best known as the fiddle player and lead-singer for the Grammy award winning Lost Bayou Ramblers, but his passion for Louisiana French and local folklore, and sustainability in the fastest disappearing landmass in the world are what fuels his career as a musician. With over 20 LPs under his belt, his music career continues to push the boundaries of the Louisiana French music traditions.
Louis was named Louisianian of the Year in 2020 along with his brother Andre, and their band Lost Bayou Ramblers was named Entertainers of the Year by New Orleans’ Big Easy Awards in 2019. 2017 brought the Lost Bayou Ramblers’ first Grammy award for their 8th LP release, Kalenda, and 2019 marked the bands 20th anniversary along with a live album release “Asteur” and a documentary aired internationally on TV5 Monde, “On Va Continuer”. In 2012 Louis’ violin and vocal work was the main feature for score of the Oscar nominated film Beasts of the Southern Wild, and that same year the band’s 6th release, “Mammoth Waltz” was named 2nd most important Louisiana album of the 21st century by nola.com and won New Orleans’ Best of the Beat Award.