by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
November 29, 2025
The Grambling State College Tigers will tackle the Southern College Jaguars.
Followers in New Orleans presumably have had their Thanksgiving meals and are actually settled in to look at the 52nd Annual Bayou Traditional, which is happening on Nov. 29 on the Caesars Superdome at 1 p.m.
This 12 months’s traditional will pit the Grambling State College Tigers towards the Southern College Jaguars, with the soccer groups combating for the prospect to emerge victorious. In the meantime, the Southern College Human Jukebox Marching Band will showcase its musical abilities towards the Grambling State College World Famed Tiger Marching Band throughout halftime.
“This annual custom is greater than a soccer sport – it’s a full weekend celebrating HBCU excellence, legacy, and tradition,” stated Dottie Belletto, President and CEO of New Orleans Conference Firm, Inc. (NOCCI), the occasion administration agency for the 52nd Annual Bayou Traditional, stated in a written assertion.
However, earlier than followers witness the competition between the 2 establishments on the gridiron, there’s a live performance that takes place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 2 Chainz headlines, with H3edband, T99zy, BJ So Cole, Giovanni Weart, and Deejay Juice rounding out the remainder of the expertise to carry out.
Based on WWLTV, the weekend additionally included an academic element alongside the leisure and athletic parts. On Nov. 28, the first-ever Bayou Enterprise Bowl befell on the Hyatt Regency. The bowl concerned college students from the competing faculties competing in a Shark Tank–fashion pitch competitors. The scholars had been allowed to pitch enterprise ideas to trade leaders, traders, and regional stakeholders with a possibility to take dwelling $10,000 in prizes.
There was additionally a fun-filled occasion proper exterior the Caesars Superdome, the place followers gathered for an extra weekend occasion, Sprite’s Beats Earlier than Battle. The celebration featured music, Sprite tastings, and giveaways, bringing folks collectively to assist have a good time the Bayou Traditional proper earlier than the Battle of the Bands.
However, earlier than the Bayou Traditional weekend is over, followers can catch GloRilla and a couple of Chainz at 10 p.m. on the METROpolitan Nightclub, the place the official Bayou Traditional Superstar After-Occasion will happen.
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