MEDIA - AO2023-09The Abita Springs Opry is a series of music concerts held six times a year and is produced by a nonprofit organization, Abita Opry Inc. The show has the mission of preserving and presenting Louisiana "Roots" music. Our music is played primarily acoustically, in its original form. Our main thrust is old-time Country, Bluegrass, and traditional Southern Gospel music, but we often present other forms of traditional Louisiana music such as Cajun, Zydeco, Irish, or other types that reflect the many different groups of people who are part of our diverse culture. |
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Three Rivers Cooperative:Christopher Talley is a member of the Opry Board of Directors and heads up this band. This pure Bluegrass performed as well as can be heard anywhere. Chis has a knack of gathering superior musicians and always sets the bar for the other acts that follow. Chris also heads up the Northshore Traditional Music Society tha is involved in several efforts at preserving old-style music. |
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Cactus Thief: This is a vey interesting group They tout themselves as a “swamp pop gospel” band although the videos posted have a country twang. Some of the reviews describe their music as “Americana” which draws from several genres. We welcome them to our stage. |
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Gravel Storm: This is a new group to take the Opry stage. In seeking a Bluegrass group for this season, one of our music committee members recommended this group that performed at a Northshore Traditional Music Society function. This will be an interesting fusion of Bluegrass and Jazz. It has been done before and is a great sound. |
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Jacky Blaire and the Hot Biscuits:Jacky and her band offer true Traditional New Orleans Jazz music. They were one of the groups that performed at the Abita Springs Busker festival last spring and their sound left us no doubt that they should be on the opry stage. |
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