2026
Dinners & Dances
INCLUDED WITH CULTURE CAMP & OPEN TO THE PUBLIc
Dinners at 6:30pm - Dances at 8:30pm
Culture Camp celebrates the end of each day with a super fun and fabulous themed dinner and dance! Dinners are cooked in traditional style by performers and chefs from around the United States. Tickets for “dinner and a dance” or just “the dance” are sold separately. You don’t have to do both- you can come to just the dance if you'd like. In the tradition of the festive GrassRoots community spirit, the dinners and dances are open to the public! All are welcome to join in this special time each evening. Come warm up your dance shoes with us in a more intimate setting before the main festival begins!
DINNER & DANCE - ONE NIGHT
$50 Advance / $55 Gate
Youth Dinner and Dance - $40 (15 and under)
Fuel up before getting your dance on! Enjoy a delicious, culturally-themed dinner with the company of the GrassRoots Culture Camp community and your favorite instructors, then dance the night away!
honky tonk/
country dance
night
SUNDAY, JULY 12th
6:30PM
Coming Soon!
8:30PM
The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee
The Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia
The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee play old-time country music with stirring harmonies and classic instrumentation including fiddle, steel guitar, upright bass, and acoustic guitars.
Their country dance sets are deeply inspired by artists of the 1940s and 1950s whose performances were broadcast on such widely influential radio programs as KWKH’s Louisiana Hayride and WSM’s Grand Ole Opry. Expect to hear classics and lesser-known gems from artists such as Johnny Horton, Kitty Wells, Webb Pierce, the Kershaw Brothers, and more.
We are in for a real treat with The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee’s traditional old-time country honky tonk!
Texas Two-Step led by Sara Juran at 7:30 PM before the dance.
cajun night
monday, JULY 13th
6:30PM
Tanner Dimmick
from Lafayette, Louisiana
Menu
TBA
8:30PM
the REVELERS
Southwest Louisiana
The Revelers, founding members of the Red Stick Ramblers, the Pine Leaf Boys and Feufollet… “unquestionably the three groups at the vanguard of the Louisiana cultural renaissance” joined together to form a Louisiana Super group which combines Swamp-Pop, Cajun, Country, Blues and Zydeco into a powerful tonic of roots music that could only come from Southwest Louisiana.
Word has spread far and wide thanks in part to the Revelers 2016 GRAMMY nomination for Get Ready, their second full-length record of all-original music. New for 2026, the Revelers have welcomed in Kelli Jones on fiddle who brings another wealth of Louisiana soul and depth to the band’s legendary sound.
“If you’ve ever been nagged by the feeling that all Cajun and zydeco music was starting to sound a bit too much like the same old thing, The Revelers will toss that notion back on your ears. This is Louisiana-bred party music sustained by the sonorous signature of its native milieu, but perked up by an injection of contemporary pop, rock and R&B. ★★★★” – Doug Loach, Songlines magazine (UK)
"In many ways an eastern USA version of Los Lobos with their very own style… excellent lead singing and tremendous harmonies… musicianship is of the highest order… dominated by the sheer joy of playing these songs together… virtually defines ‘good time music!" – Mike Morrison, AmericanRootsUK.com
Cajun Two-Step workshop afternoon of the dance led by Sara Duran
red hot south louisiana rock’n’ roll,swamp pop and zydeco nighht
TUESDAY, JULY 15th
6:30PM
Coming Soon!
8:30PM
johnny nicholas and
the cool drivers
featuring David Greely of Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
Fredericksburg, TX
Johnny Nicholas has spent a lifetime soaking up the flavor of such vibrant music scenes as Chicago, Southwest Louisiana, and Texas (which he’s called home now for 45 years). While he is primarily thought of as a blues legend and gifted storyteller, his music is full-spectrum Americana — a rich gumbo of blues, Southwest Louisiana soul and Texas swing and honky tonk. We are excited to welcome Johnny back to GrassRoots Culture Camp.
The Cool Drivers are David Greely of Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys on fiddle, Blake Miller of The Revelers and Old Fashioned Aces on accordion, Brian Williams of The Goners on upright bass and Michael “Leroy” Bram of Jason Mraz and The Weight Band on drums.
Together, Johnny Nicholas and The Cool Drivers are going to steer us right on out on to the dance floor with some real live Red Hot Southwest Louisiana Rock ‘n’ Roll, Swamp Pop, and Zydeco.
zydeco Night
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th
6:30PM
Tanner Dimmick & Colin Gould
from Lafayette, Louisiana
Coming Soon!
8:30PM
PRESTON FRANK & DONNA THE BUFFALO
Preston Frank of Soileau, LA
Zydeco royalty, GrassRoots favorite, beautiful man and musician, our beloved Preston Frank. It doesn't get much better than this!
“I don’t play that new zydeco or Acadian music. I play Creole zydeco. It’s in between both of them. It’s got a good drive and a good swing to it.” — Preston Frank
(Zydeco Two-Step workshop afternoon of the dance led by Sara Juran)
