Hogs For the Cause is a non-profit organization that hosts an annual music and food festival to raise money for pediatric brain cancer care. This year over 80 teams will compete to be crowned the Louisiana pork champion. Attendees are invited to vote for help choose the winners by donating to their favorite team by sampling their food. While teams battle it out on the grill, music will be playing throughout the day and into the night. This year we will also be hosting a Friday night gala dinner- click here for more info.
Last year we had 12,000 people who helped raise money for the fight against pediatric brain cancer. In 2013, we are moving to a bigger locale in City Park so more people can join the fight.
This is a family affair so bring your kids, lawn chairs, and most importantly your appetite!
More parking, more music, more shade and more pork! Together, we can do something great!
The $5 admission into the main yard allows guests an opportunity to mingle with the pitmasters and teams. Hogtails, beer, wine, and soft drinks will be available for purchase. Food available for purchase from our Vendors. Live music to be enjoyed as well.
Eighty teams of BBQ competitors, comprised of a mix of some of the region's top chefs, professional BBQ teams and backyard cooking fanatics will compete for the Ben Sarrat, Jr. "High on the Hog" Grand Champion Title. The Champion is pulled from the winners of the Whole Hog; Ribs; Pork Butt/Shoulder; and Porkpourri (anything pork) divisions. There are also awards for Best Sauce, Fundraising Champion and the patron's pick for Fan Favorite. Patrons come to sample food from every team for donations. Bring your appetite and your favorite fork! Live music from on 2 stages from 8 bands. Check out our sizzling line-up!
2012 High on the Hogs Champs
In order to accommodate the demand for more teams in the competition and parking, we'll be moving to the City Park Festival Grounds.
Follow the links below to get discounted hotel rates:
Renaissance New Orleans Arts Hotel Reservations
Renaissance Pere Marquette Hotel
Saturday, March 23
| Time | Nola Brewing Co. Main Stage | Capital One Bank Stage | Cookoff |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Gates Open | ||
| 11:15 - 12:15 | Mississippi Rail Company | Competitor Sampling | |
| 12:20 - 1:20 | Lost Bayou Ramblers | ||
| 1:25 - 2:25 | Eric Lindell | ||
| 2:30 - 3:30 | Apache Relay | ||
| 3:35 - 4:45 | The Revivalists | ||
| 4:50 - 6:10 | Lee Fields and the Expressions | ||
| 6:15 - 7:15 | Rebirth Brass Band | ||
| 7:20 | Awards | Awards - Main Stage | |
| 8:00 | Robert Randolph and the Family Band featuring special guest Anders Osborne |
There aren't too many artists making soul music today who had a release in 1969, back when R&B was first beginning to give the drummer some. Lee Fields, however, is one such artist--or maybe he's better labeled a phenomenon.
With a catalogue that ranges from James Brown-style funk to lo-fi blues to contemporary Southern soul to collaborations with French house DJ/producer Martin Solveig, Lee Fields has done it all. Today, with The Expressions--Truth & Soul's house band, Lee Fields continues to evolve, enmeshed into the group's sweeping, string-laden, cinematic soul sound
Robert Randolph and the Family Band is an American funk and soul band led by pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph. Robert Randolph learned his trade as a pedal steel guitarist at his Orange, NJ church and his group made an immediate impact on the jam-band circuit, opening for the North Mississippi All-Stars and Medeski, Martin & Wood.
Rolling Stone included Robert on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. While the band play in the here and now, their influences are clearly born from ‘70s textures.
Simply put, The Rebirth Brass Band is a New Orleans institution. Formed in 1983 by the now infamous Frazier brothers, the band has evolved from playing the streets of the French Quarter to playing festivals and stages all over the world. Their signature brand of heavy funk has not only won over several generations of music lovers, it has become the soundtrack to an entire city.
The Apache Relay debuted in 2009 with its first LP entitled 1988, an album which immediately drew attention with its mix of traditional folk rock and country some curious complemented by the voice of their vocalist. The band also has a very special energy that is transmitted both in recording and in their live performances, which have not stopped offering since its debut three years ago.
Watch The Apache Relay Performing on Youtube Download Music by The Apache Relay
Eric’s music has been described by USA Today as “pumping soul into funk, blue and roots-rock.” (April 23, 2009). The Los Angeles Daily News says “Lindell serves up bluesy blue-eyed soul smothered with a big heap of New Orleans funk…The shuffling interplay of electric guitars, percolating organ and Creole horns never fails to make you feel like dancing all the way down Canal Street.” (January 27, 2008
Since forming in 2007, The Revivalists have rightfully earned their reputation as the next breakout band from the music capital of New Orleans. The group’s blend of soulful, syncopated rock and earnest songwriting comes to life through a meticulously crafted and ever-evolving live performance. In 2011 they were named Best Emerging Artist at Gambit Magazine’s Big Easy Awards, and were nominated for Best Rock Act in 2012.
The business of Mississippi Rail Company is moving music forward via a vehicle of the past. Their music is an experiment in irony, embracing New Orleans roots music, rock ’n roll, folk, and blues traditions while refusing to fall subject to any of their claims. Their music breaks wholly new ground, rejecting any pull toward a simple re-hash of past musical genres. There is nothing tired, tried, or weary about their sound as it re-thinks (and re-shapes) a century of American musical traditions. In short, it manages to sound as if it could have been produced in 1920, even as its content and structure are a decade ahead of its time.
Lost Bayou Ramblers was born deep in South Louisiana performing old style, predominantly acoustic Cajun music at clubs and festivals across the US, Europe, and Canada. After years of playing traditional style, the Lost Bayou Ramblers found themselves needing to grow. To create a new sound that combined not just the sounds of their heritage, but all the musical influences they grew up loving.
*** Due to overwhelming demand and a lengthy wait list we had to close registration for 2013. Thanks!***
