KNON's 12th Annual Mardi Gras Gumbo Party will be held on Sunday February 10 from 5-9 pm at Poor David's Pub, and hosted by Jimbreaux of Monday's Cajun Zydeco Music Show.

The event will include a gumbo tasting and judging with entries from local Cajun restaurants including returning champions The Alligator Cafe and DJ Louisiana Red and Crawdad's of Dallas, plus newcomers David's Seafood Grill, The Free Man Cajun Cafe and Jack's Southern Comfort Food.

Each will dole out samples and then attendees vote for "Best Gumbo" for 2013.

The tasting goes from 5-7 pm (or until the gumbo runs out), followed by two sets from the New Orleans swingin' jazz masterfulness of the world-renowned Papa LeBeaux's Jazz Gumbo Band.

Tickets are on sale at knon.org, Bill's Records in Dallas and Forever Young Records in Grand Prairie.