Screenings, conversations, and performances
Attend the Premiere
Join us for the premiere of Dry Bones at the AcA in downtown Lafayette as part of the Festivals Acadiens et Créoles. Over the course of afternoon and early evening sessions, this special event will feature a screening of the entire series, conversations with the team behind Dry Bones, and a number of special performances.
The series invites artists to listen to songs from the archive, respond to them, and reimagine them in new performances. The result is a moving, often surprising look at how Louisiana’s musical past continues to live in the present.
This special premiere event, presented as part of Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, will be the only opportunity to see the full Dry Bones series screened together in one setting before episodes are released individually over the course of the fall.
The day will include an afternoon session and an early evening session, with screenings of all episodes, conversations with filmmakers and artists, and special live performances connected to the series.
Featured musicians include Cedric Watson, Tiffany Lamson, Steve Riley, Peter Schwarz, Burke Riley, Megan Constantin, Kelli Jones, Thor Ahlgren and Friends, Nokosee Fields, Joel Savoy, Linzay Young, Nathan Williams, Lil’ Nate and the Zydeco Cha-Cha’s, Lisa LeBlanc, Sabine McCalla, Trey Boudreaux, Feufollet with Julie Aubé, Chas Justus, and others.
Part film premiere, part concert, and part public conversation, Dry Bones offers audiences a rare chance to experience the full scope of this project and the artists who helped bring it to life.
Afternoon Session | 2:00–4:45pm
- ^Screening Block 1
- ^Conversation I
- ^Screening Block 2
- ^Conversation II
- ^Final Screening Block
- ^Afternoon Closing
Evening Session | 7:00–9:30pm
- ^Screening Block 3
- ^Live Performance 1
- ^Screening Block 4
- ^Filmmaker Q&A
- ^Live Performance II
- ^Final Screening
- ^Finale
Featured Musicians
Cedric Watson
Tiffany Lamson
Steve Riley
Peter Schwarz
Burke Riley
Megan Constantin
Kelli Jones
Thor Ahlgren and Friends
Nokosee Fields
Joel Savoy
Linzay Young
Nathan Williams
Lil’ Nate and the Zydeco Cha-Cha’s
Lisa LeBlanc
Sabine McCalla
Trey Boudreaux
Feufollet with Julie Aubé
Chas Justus and more.
Behind the Bones
Dry Bones is a collaboration between the Center for Louisiana Studies, Jeremey and Abby Lavoi’s Roots of Fire project, and musician/producer Chas Justus.
A Collaboration Between
