Gator By The Bay Festival

Gator By The Bay Festival features four days of live music with over 100 musical acts and special performances on seven stages. Taste southern cuisines including 10,000 pounds of craw fish trucked from Louisiana and dance with the whole family to non-stop live music.

Gator By The Bay Festival dancing

The festival has grown to showcase an array of music choices from blues, salsa, zydeco, Cajun and a taste of country This includes Grammy-winning artists directly from Louisiana, legendary Chicago and California blues artists, rockabilly and roots performers and award-winning salsa and Latin bands.

crawfish

a guy cooking barbecue

The festival has become an annual must-do for enthusiasts of all ages who have traveled from throughout California, and 39 other U.S. states, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia, New Zealand and Australia.

band playing music

people dancing outside

So, don’t miss it. See you there!

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