The Bon Temps Playboys

Foot-stomping Cajun Band

This experienced seven-piece Cajun Band has been entertaining audiences all over the UK for the last twelve years and has built up a reputation for their energetic and toe tapping music. Their reliability, approachability and varied repertoire make them one of the most popular Cajun bands in the Home Counties.

The band comprises fiddle, accordion, banjo with bouzouki, two guitars, percussion (including their own purpose-built rubboard known as the veste-frottoir) and drums. With this strong rhythmic foundation The Bon Temps Playboys will inspire the most reluctant guest to join in the dancing.

They have performed regularly at private parties, weddings and festivals and appeared on Radio and Television. The Bon Temps Playboys has been a featured guest band by Radio presenter Nick Kershaw who hailed them as being in ‘the vanguard of the British Cajun explosion’. They have also appeared on 'the Warehouse' Carlton TV programme.

The individual experience of the band encompasses folk, blues, rockabilly, classical and jazz and this blend of styles colours their playing and provides them with the basis for their particular mix of Cajun, Zydeco, Rhythm & Blues and Swamp pop repertoire.

Whether you’re a regular fan of Cajun music or a novice you can rest assured that The Bon Temps Playboys will enliven your party and give you an evening to remember.

Music Samples

My Baby Gone Left Me 913 kb

J'etais au Bal 881 kb