We may be in the middle of Carnival season but there's already plenty to look forward to this spring! French Quarter Fest announced its 2015 lineup yesterday, and the weekend looks to be full of familiar names, as well as some exciting new ones, with over 1400 artists taking to 21 stages throughout the French Quarter. This year, the 32nd annual incarnation of the festival takes place between April 9 and April 12.

Allen Toussaint and Ellis Marsalis will open the festival on Thursday, April 9 at the Abita Stage. Little Freddie King, who is featured on this year's official poster, will hit the stage on Saturday, April 11. The Wild Magnolias Band also has a tribute to Big Chief Bo Dollis planned for Saturday. Kermit Ruffins plays on Sunday. Other familiar names include Rebirth, Panorama, Treme Brass Band, Tuba Skinny, Creole String Beans, Walter 'Wolfman' Washington, Russell Batiste, Jr., The Dixie Cups, Storyville Stompers, Big Al Carson, Leroy Jones, Irvin Mayfield, and MANY more.

Non-musical highlights include a crawfish eating contest, panel discussions and interviews with a variety of artists, dance lessons, a gala and, of course, a wealth of food and drink options from local vendors.

French Quarter Fest continues to grow, and with this fantastic lineup, we won't be surprised to see last year's attendance record of nearly 733,000 broken again.

Set times will be announced in the coming weeks, but you can see the day-by-day schedule below now:

Thursday, April 9

Allen Toussaint, Benny Grunch and the Bunch, Big Chief Smiley Ricks and the One Nation Band, Blues Masters featuring "Big Al" Carson, Chris Owens, Doug Kershaw with Steve Riley, Ellis Marsalis, George Porter Jr. & Runnin' Pardners, Irvin Mayfield and NOJO: the music of Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, and The Grateful Dead, James Andrews, Jimmy Thibodeaux. The Joe Krown Trio with Walter "Wolfman" Washington & Russell Batiste Jr., Panorama Jazz Band, Partners N Crime & The Big Easy Band featuring DJ Jubilee, PresHall Brass, Rebirth Brass Band, The Speakeasy Quartet and the NOLA Jitterbugs, Susan Cowsill, Trumpet Black and the Heart Attack

Friday, April 10

Adam Crochet, Audacity Brass Band, Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses, Bag of Donuts, Bonerama, Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band, Chris Ardoin, Connie Jones and the FQF All Stars, Davis Rogan, The Dixie Cups, The Doghill Stompers, The Dukes of Dixieland, Eric Lindell, Fredy Omar con su Banda, Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue, The Idlewild String Confederation, Irma Thomas, Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irvin Mayfield and NOJO: the music of Led Zepplin, Nirvana, and Queen, John Boutte, John Mooney and Bluesiana, Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes, Jump, Jive and Wail, Kid Merv & All That Jazz, Leroy Jones' Original Hurricane Brass Band, Marc Stone, Neshia Ruffins & the Young Franchise Band, New Breed Brass Band, New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and Special Guests, The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Norbert Slama Trio, The Original Pinettes Brass Band, Roddy Romero and the Hub City All Stars, Steve Pistorius & the Southern Syncopators, Tank and the Bangas, Waylon Thibodeaux Band, The Write Brothers

Saturday, April 11

Alexandra Scott, Amanda Shaw, Andrew Duhon, Bamboula 2015, Banu Gibson & the New Orleans Hot Jazz, Big Chief Bo Dollis, Jr. & the Wild Magnolias, Brass-A-Holics, Charmaine Neville, Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, Clive Wilson's New Orleans Serenaders, Colin Lake, Daria and the Hip Drops, Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers, Flow Tribe, Garden District Trio, Gina Brown & Anutha Level, Guitar Slim, Jr., The Honorable South, Hot Rod Lincoln, The Iguanas, Ingrid Lucia, Irvin Mayfield and NOJO: Children's Songs, Jerry Embree's Jazzman Band, Jimmy LaRocca's Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Guitarist John Rankin, Karen Waldrup, Kim Carson and the Real Deal, Lagniappe Brass Band, Lena Prima and Band, Little Freddie King, LosOtras, Lost Bayou Ramblers, New Orleans Classic Jazz Orchestra, New Orleans Moonshiners, New Orleans Swamp Donkeys, Onward Brass Band, Orange Kellin's New Orleans Deluxe Orchestra, Orleans Brass Band, Paul Sanchez, Paulin Brothers Jazz Band, Revealers, Rhodes Spedale & Live Jazz Group, Robin Barnes, The Ronnie Kole Show featuring John Perkins, Sean Bruce, Shannon Powell & his Traditional All-Stars, The Smoking Time Jazz Club, Storyville Stompers Brass Band, Tim Laughlin, The Tin Men, Travis Meadows, Tricia Boutté & the Bootleg Operation, Walter 'Wolfman' Washington and the Roadmasters, Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, Zazou City

Sunday, April 12

Alexis and the Samurai, Amy Trail, Andrew Hall's Society Brass Band, Astral Project, The Bottoms Up Blues Gang, Brother Tyrone & The Mindbenders, Bucktown All-Stars, Cardinal Sons, Carl LeBlanc, Corey Henry's Treme Funktet, Cori Walters and the Universe Jazz Band, Creole String Beans, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, Dash Rip Rock, Duke Heitger's Steamboat Stompers, Erin Miley, The Friendly Travelers, Fritzel's New Orleans Jazz Band, Funk Monkey, Glen David Andrews, Hannah Kreiger-Benson, Higher Heights Band, Honey Island Swamp Band, The Irene Sage Band, Jeremy Davenport, Jo-el Sonnier, Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, Kid Simmons Jazz Band, Kristin Diable, The Last Straws, Leroy Jones & New Orleans' Finest, Los Po-Boy-Citos, New Birth Brass Band, The New Orleans Songbook: Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Irvin Mayfield, and NOJO, Palmetto Bug Stompers, Peter Novelli, The Pfister Sisters, Harpist Rachel Van Voorhees, Raw Oyster Cult, Red Hot Brass Band, Robin Barnes, Rockin' Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters, Rory Danger & the Danger Dangers, St. Cecilia's Asylum Chorus, St. Louis Cathedral's Young Organist in Residence Karol Mossakowski, Tom McDermott and His Jazz Hellions, Tommy Sancton's New Orleans Legacy Band, Treme Brass Band, Tribute to Al Belletto featuring Leif Pedersen's 1944 Big Band, Tuba Skinny, Wanda Rouzan and A Taste of New Orleans