The Big Easy in Buffalo

LeeRon Zydeco & The Buffalo Touch - Mardi Graski 5!
2026-02-15 14:00 (America/New_York) | Potts Banquet Hall, 41 South Rossler Ave., Buffalo, NY, US
The Buffalo Touch & LeeRon Zydeco – Mardi Graski 5
The Big Easy in Buffalo
Potts Banquet Hall
Sunday February 15
1pm doors, 2pm show
$12 advance / $15 door
Reserved table of 10 for $100.
Advance tickets now available at Potts Deli & Grill or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mardi-graski-5-tickets-1980233866802
Celebrate Mardi Gras, Buffalo style with local legends LeeRon Zydeco and The Buffalo Touch polka band, playing separately AND together to celebrate the season. They’ll also be joined by special musical guests Captain Tom (Cpt Tom & The Hooligans) and Kidd Kyle (The Brass Machine). The dance floor will be open! So will the bar and restaurant, and there will be plenty of seats. Wear your best Polish or New Orleans outfits and get ready to party!
LEERON ZYDECO
Ron Davis aka LeeRon Zydeco is a professional musician with over fifty years of experience in recording and live performance. His credits include the Four Tops, Spencer Davis, Otis Rush, Bernard Purdie, Sean Costello, and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. In 1991 he formed LeeRon Zydeco & the Hot Tamales. The band was the first in the Buffalo area to blend bluesy Cajun and Tex-Mex music into a roots sound. The group performs throughout the Eastern United States.
THE BUFFALO TOUCH
High energy, entertaining, a good time, and “plenty of dancing” is how to describe shows performed by The Buffalo Touch. This Award-Winning Polka Band performs music sure to put a smile on the face of everyone young and old alike. The Buffalo Touch has received three Grammy nominations for “Best Polka Album” and were the sole representatives of Western New York at the 45th, 46th, and 51st annual Grammy awards.
Since 2007 The Big Easy in Buffalo has brought New Orleans and Louisiana music and culture to the Western New York region several times a year for free and low cost live performance, as well as music education and mentoring for local musicians, students, and the community. Through The Big Easy in Buffalo thousands of students, dozens of local bands, and countless audience members in Western New York have been exposed to this unique American culture. The Big Easy in Buffalo is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Hochul and the NYS Legislature, Erie County, Goldfarb Financial, Buffalo.FM, National Fuel, Dick & Jenny’s,and Potts Banquet Hall.

CJ Chenier wsg Banjo Juice Jazz Band - 19th Annual Mardi Gras Jam
2026-02-20 20:00 | Sportsmens Tavern, 326 Amherst St, Buffalo, NY, 14207, US
C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band wsg. Banjo Juice Jazz Band – The Big Easy in Buffalo 19th Annual Mardi Gras Jam
Sportsmen’s Tavern
Friday February 20
7pm doors, 8pm show
$20 advance, $25 day-of
https://www.showclix.com/event/c-j-chenier-the-red-hot-louisiana-band
C.J. Chenier, a Creole born and raised in an indigenous American culture with its distinct language, cuisine and music, delivers a soulful vocal and accordion! Chenier, a GRAMMY® nominated world renowned musician and recording artist, has performed alongside many internationally recognized artists including his GRAMMY® awarded father, Clifton Chenier “The King of Zydeco”, Paul Simon, Joe Sample and Ray Parker, Jr., The Gin Blossoms, and John Mayall. He has appeared on the Jon Stewart Show, CNN and was featured on VH1 and Entertainment Weekly. C.J. has exhibited his musicianship at many large festival venues such as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Chicago Blues Festival and Austin’s SxSW Music Conference. In addition to a GRAMMY® award nomination in the Best Regional Roots Music Album category, C.J. has received many major awards inclusive of the Living Blues Critics’ Poll Award, Indie Award (from AFIM) for Best Zydeco Album, Coups de Coeur (Blows of Heart) Blues Category Award from l’Académie Charles Cros (France) and Best of the Beat Best Zydeco Album (Offbeat Magazine).
Banjo Juice Jazz Band: Call it what you want! “Hot jazz” or “Trad jazz” or “New Orleans jazz” or just “Jass”. It’s just fun music. It makes you dance, cry, laugh, and hopefully feel something. It’s raw, organic and infectiously joyful or melancholy. This supergroup is made up of recognizable musicians from various bands throughout Western New York with a shared love of those old-timey songs from way back when, led by Vocalist, Banjoist, & Guitarist Tyler Westcott (of Folkfaces).
Since 2007 The Big Easy in Buffalo has brought New Orleans and Louisiana music and culture to the Western New York region several times a year for free and low cost live performance, as well as music education and mentoring for local musicians, students, and the community. Through The Big Easy in Buffalo thousands of students, dozens of local bands, and countless audience members in Western New York have been exposed to this unique American culture. The Big Easy in Buffalo is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Hochul and the NYS Legislature, Erie County, Goldfarb Financial, Buffalo.FM, National Fuel, Dick & Jenny’s, and Sportsmen’s Tavern.
