Bummed you missed Bayou Boogaloo? We've got all the awesome pics!

People float on Bayou St. John during the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Bummed you missed Bayou Boogaloo? We’ve got all the awesome pics!

Missed the canoe races, homemade floaters, and performers like Amanda Shaw and Tab Benoit? No worries, we've got you.

by Matthew Hinton | May 20, 2019

Ok, so it stormed most of Saturday, and some of Sunday, but that didn’t keep people from coming out the the Bayou Boogaloo Festival in Bayou St. John over the weekend.

Missed the canoe races, homemade floaters, and performers like Amanda Shaw and Tab Benoit? No worries, we’ve got you.

Check out the pictures from the 2019 Bayou Boogaloo Fest:

A dog joins a game of floating twister on Bayou St. John during the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

The New Orleans Swamp Donkeys traditional jazz band performs on the Port Orleans Dumaine Stage on Bayou St. John during the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

The paddle battle starts on Bayou St. John during the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

People get ready to float on Bayou St. John during the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Cowboy Mouth performs on the Friends of Bayou St. John Orleans Stage during the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Fred LeBlanc, right, of the band Cowboy Mouth performs on the Friends of Bayou St. John Orleans Stage during the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Apparently Darth Vader’s favorite rock band is Cowboy Mouth as he watches them perform on the Friends of Bayou St. John Orleans Stage during the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Fred LeBlanc of the band Cowboy Mouth performs on the Friends of Bayou St. John Orleans Stage during the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Blues guitarist Little Freddie King performs on the Port Orleans Dumaine Stage on Bayou St. John during the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Morning 40 Federation, a jazz, funk and rock band from the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, performs on the Urban South Lafitte Stage on Bayou St. John during the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

People deflate a float on Bayou St. John after the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

A pig hangs out on a levee on Bayou St. John during the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

A couple kisses on a bridge over Bayou St. John during the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

People float under a bridge on Bayou St. John during the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, La. Saturday, May 18, 2019. Described as a mini-Jazz Fest the now three day festival features New Orleans music, art, cuisine and culture. The event was created in 2006 to reinvigorate the Mid City neighborhood after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton is a New Orleans area freelance photographer whose work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism Awards in 2014 and 2016, and by numerous awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, including the Hal Ledet President's Print Photography Award, the highest honor the Press Club can bestow upon a photographer.
Matthew Hinton has previously been a staff photographer at both of the daily newspapers in New Orleans. His work has appeared nationally and internationally through freelance work with the Associated Press and AFP, Agence France-Presse.