Events

This is New Orleans annual CBG festival featuring a builders' forum, CBG contest, and 4 days of live music at two venues. Single day passes and full festival passes are available for purchase online.

The festival has been renamed for 2020. It was formerly called the New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival but is now called The Samantha Fish Cigar Box Guitar Festival. The full 2020 schedule is below.

Wed Jan 15, 2020 @ Chickie Wah Wah

7:00 PM - Ivor Simpson Kennedy
7:45 PM - Official festival welcome
8:00 PM - Christopher Davis-Shannon
9:00 PM - Sugarcane Jane
10:00 PM - Johnathan Long

Thu Jan 16, 2020 @ Chickie Wah Wah

7:00 PM - Grey Goat Collective
8:00 PM - John Nickel
9:00 PM - April Mae & the June Bugs
10:00 PM - Phillip Porsche & Josh Garrett

Fri Jan 17, 2020 @ The Howlin' Wolf

12:00 PM - Builders' forum & CBG contest
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3:00 PM - Too Sick Charlie
4:00 PM - Steve Arvey
5:00 PM - Damon Fowler & Johnathon Long
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7:00 PM - John Moody
8:00 PM - Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles
9:00 PM - Samantha Fish & Special Guests

Sat Jan 18, 2020 @ The Howlin' Wolf

3:00 PM - Azmie Adams Band
4:00 PM - Marc Stone & Special Guest
5:00 PM - Cash O'Riley
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7:00 PM - Johnathon Long, Johnny Sansone, & Waylon Thibodeaux
8:00 PM - Cigar Box Serenaders
9:00 PM - Drawing for signed guitars
9:30 PM - Samantha Fish & Special Guests