Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas News

Cajun and zydeco bands step up the wild life at the Audubon Zoo during Swamp Fest.

The man loves his accordion: Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas will perform three times in Glen Echo Park's Spanish Ballroom this weekend.

Although the Westobou Festival is wrapping up, it is still far from over. There are approximately 22 performances scheduled between now and the end of the festival tomorrow night.

Big Spring Jam is this weekend in Huntsville. Since my favorite band aren't playing this weekend , here's a I'll be checking out instead: Huey Lewis and the News, Sunday, 9 p.m. Coca-Cola Stage Everyone's favorite 80s band will make you want to go 'back in time.' Check out this blast from the past or else...you're square.

Rounder Records is pleased to announce that Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas along with Jazz/R&B pianist, Henry Butler will join Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Minnie Driver , Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bela Fleck and Irma Thomas for its 40th Anniversary celebration on October 12 at The Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, TN.

The Chenango County Blues Association presents the third in its free summer concert series Thursday night with Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas.

The Chenango County Blues Association presents the third in its free summer concert series Thursday night with Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas.

About 5:15 p.m., the rain started falling hard for about a half-hour. Workers pulled out tarps to cover gear and people at the folklife stage, where members of Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas and with members of Hot 8 Brass Band played through it.

Local is the best place to be this weekend. On Thursday 7/16 bring a lawn chair and check out Dennis Brennan presented in Elm Park by the Park Spirit's Elm Park Concert Series.

It's the same every year at FloydFest as it is at most any other music festival: so much to see and so much time -- but not enough time.

Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas give a free outdoor concert including a free dance lesson starting at 6:30 p.m. They will play the fast and furious accordion-driven dance music of the Creole people of South Louisiana known as Zydeco.

Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas continue the Jazz at Sunset Concert series with a performance from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday - rain or shine - at the EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester.

Jimmy "Duck" Holmes , one of the last surviving practitioners of the Bentonia style of blues and proprietor of one of Mississippi's oldest juke joints, plays the early evening "Ogden After Hours" series at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

A colorful New Orleans-style parade is a big part of the annual Long Beach Bayou & Mardi Gras Festival.

Rockina the River events with bands such as Joan Osborne, Los Lobos and Dave Mason.