Media announcement held for 39th annual Mudbug Madness Festival

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The Mudbug Madness Festival and Board of Directors held a media announcement Wednesday, March 8 at 11:30 a.m. to discuss the upcoming 39th annual Mudbug Madness festival.

The festival will take place May 25-28. The festival hours will be from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

The board also released the entertainment lineup. These plans will include a Throwback Thursday night event called Mudbug Madness Rewind from 5-10 p.m. featuring a reunion of bands best known from the Shreve Square era. The performers for the event are The Crawdads, The Boomers and “A” TRAIN.

Admission information listed below:

• Admission is $5 Thursday
• Free to get in Friday until 5 p.m. After 5 p.m., admission is $5.
• Children under 7 get in free
• Free for those with a military ID
• Admission is $5 Saturday and Sunday

Mudbug Madness will feature two performing stages, Kids on the Bayou Stage and activities, food and art vendors, crawfish-eating contests and plenty of cold beverages and boiled crawfish.

Please contact Mary Helen Marrs at 318-658-0758 or Terri Mathews at 318-455-2001 if you have questions or would like to discuss any of the agenda details.

For more information on Mudbug Madness, please visit www.mudbugmadness.com.

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