We are shell-a-brating March 22, 2024!
Join us for a night of celebration and support our Oyster Shell Recycling Program! Shell-A-Bration promises an evening filled with live music by Louis Michot, fresh oysters, delicious food, Abita beer, exciting door prizes, silent auction, and more.
What are we Shell-a-brating?
Shell-A-Bration stands as a community gathering dedicated to fostering awareness for the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana’s Oyster Shell Recycling Program. This initiative gathers shells from New Orleans eateries to construct oyster reefs and shoreline habitats along the coastal regions of Louisiana. As we mark the milestone of a decade in 2024, this event unites aficionados of oysters for an evening brimming with live music, delectable cuisine, enticing door prizes, a silent auction, and, of course, fresh oysters!
Since its inception in June 2014, this program has become one of the nation’s most extensive shell recycling endeavors, amassing over 14 million pounds of shell to build five thriving oyster reefs.
Friday, March 22, 2024
7 – 10pm
Cajun Ballroom at the Louisiana Swamp Exhibit
in the Audubon Zoo
- Live Music: Enjoy the sounds of Louis Michot
- Fresh Oysters: Indulge in a selection of Louisiana oysters
- Delicious Food: Savor a variety of mouthwatering dishes
- Local Beer: Quench your thirst with refreshing Abita beer
- Door Prizes: Get ready to win exciting prizes!
- Silent Auction: Bid on unique items and experiences
Louis Michot is best known as the fiddle player and lead-singer for the two-time 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.
2023 marks the start of Louis Michot touring under his name, as a trio featuring Kirkland and Bryan on drums, bass, synths, and samples. The year started with a four show residency at New Orleans’ iconic music venue The Maple Leaf, and continues with a debut at Festival International de Louisiane, and tours of the Midwest, East coast, and West coast later in the year.
Louis’ solo trajectory started while tracking his original songs in 2022, starting the recordings in his dry-docked house boat named “Sister Ray”, and completing the tracking at Mark Bingham’s Piety Studio, the album being engineered and mixed by Kirkland Middleton. 2021 brought special challenges for Michot, from restarting his live music during the pandemic, to doing hurricane relief work as noted in Rolling Stone (Can This Cajun-Punk Musician Protect His Culture From Climate Change?, September 16, 2021) while raising funds to get solar generators and panels to residents of Terrebonne Parish affected by Hurricane Ida, as written about in New Yorker magazine (The Lost Bayou Ramblers Get Lit, January 3, 2022).
Along with his brother, Andre, Louis was named Louisianian of the Year in 2020, 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.
Bright Side Oyster Co.
Grand Isle Sea Farms
38,000 ft
DDG
Al DuVernay
Jacobs
Gulf Coast Bank & Trust
Jay Lapeyre, Jr.
Fields Environmental Consulting, LLC
Hub International Gulf South
Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Liuzza Law, LLC
Ryan Gootee General Contractors, LLC
Stag Liuzza, LLC
SSE Steel Fabrication
WWNO
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We are Shell-A-Brating rain or shine!