| Location(s) | New Orleans, Louisiana, US |
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| Years active | 1999 - present |
| Date(s) | Late October (varies) |
| Genre | Alternative rock, hip hop, electronica, indie rock, soul, funk, jazz, jam, blues, New Orleans bounce, R&B, ska, rap, gospel, hard rock, brass band, jazz, reggae, metal |
| Website | Official Website (The Voodoo Experience) |
Voodoo Experience, also commonly referred to as Voodoo or Voodoo Fest, is a multi-day music and arts festival held in City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana. It was first held on Halloween weekend in 1999. It has since moved between the weekend before Halloween and Halloween weekend throughout the years. The festival returned to Halloween weekend in 2009.
The Voodoo Experience has hosted over 450 artists and close to a million fans over its 10-year tenure [1] and has been twice nominated for Pollstar's Music Festival of the Year.[2][3]
The Voodoo Experience is known for its blending of high profile national artists from all genres such as Eminem, 50 Cent, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kiss, The Black Keys, Duran Duran, Nine Inch Nails, R.E.M., My Chemical Romance and 311 with local Louisiana musicians including The Original Meters, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue and Dr. John.
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The Voodoo Music Festival was first held on October 30, 1999 at Tad Gormley Stadium in City Park. Planned and executed by Steve Rehage, CEO of Rehage Entertainment, the festival consisted of three stages and many local and national acts.
The Voodoo Festival started with very humble beginnings in 1999 as a one day music festival in Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans with an attendance of about 8,000 people, the headlining artist was Wyclef Jean and Fugees. The following year expanded to 2 days and drew attention with a performance by Eminem, whose fame had exploded just before the festival, bringing Voodoo to the attention of music fans from around the world. In 2006, Voodoo separated the show into 3 distinct areas (Le Ritual, Le Flambeau and Le Carnival) on six stages. Each area was designed to showcase uniquely different sides of the personality of the festival and New Orleans. “Le Flambeau” features music and sounds consistent with the hometown style of The Big Easy. “Le Ritual” features more mainstream music we are all familiar with, and finally “Le Carnival” features indie bands, burlesque, and circus acts. In 2007, The festival expanded to 3 days and broke all previous attendance records with an estimate 100,000+ fans.
In 2005, the Voodoo Music Experience was an early post-Hurricane Katrina event, billed as the "first full-scale, large entertainment event within city limits since the disastrous hurricane and subsequent flood hit the city on August 29."[4] At the insistence of event producer Steve Rehage, the festival was held as a free tribute concert for the first responders, military, volunteers, and returning residents six weeks after the storms. The festival took place at Riverview Park, a part of Audubon Park, and featured Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, The Secret Machines, New York Doll and local bands including Cowboy Mouth and Rebirth Brass Band.[5] The festival also relocated to Memphis for the year because New Orleans was not able to support the full concert. As New Orleans recovered, Voodoo Experience returned fully to City Park in 2006 with a record-breaking attendance of over 100,000.
In 2007, the festival was expanded from two to three days. October 24, 2008 was the tenth event, dubbed "The Tenth Ritual." The festival changed its name to Voodoo Experience dropping "music" from its title in 2008.
Voodoo Music Experience 2011 took place on October 28–30, 2011. It was held at City Park in New Orleans. Official lineup as of October 21, 2011 [6]:
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Friday Oct 28: Le Ritual: Voodoo Stage 1:35-2:35 p.m. Civil Twilight 2:55-3:55 p.m. Blind Pilot 4:15-5:15 p.m. Mates of State 5:45-6:45 p.m. Band of Horses 7:15-8:30 p.m. My Chemical Romance 9:00-11 p.m. Soundgarden Le Plur: Red Bulletin Stage 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Force Feed Radio 1-2 p.m. Quickie Mart & Tony Skratchere 2:15-3:15 p.m. The Bangerz 3:30-4:30 p.m. King Britt 4:45-5:45 p.m. Dirty South 6-7:15 p.m. Major Lazer 7:30-9 p.m. Steve Angello 9:15-10:15 p.m. Mike Relm
Le Flambeau: WWOZ Stage 10:30-11:30 a.m. Dangermuffin 12-1 p.m. Mississippi Rail Company 1:30-2:30 p.m. Fleur De Bris with special guest Dan Dyer 3-4 p.m. Honey Island Swamp Band 4:30-5:45 p.m. Ani DiFranco with Ivan Neville & Herlin Riley 6:15-7:15 p.m. Red Baraat 7:45-8:45 p.m. Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes
Le Flambeau: Preservation Hall Stage 10:15-11:15 a.m. Natalie Mae and Her Unturned Tricks 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Lynn Drury Band 1:15-2:15 p.m. High Ground Drifters Bluegrass Band 2:45-3:45 p.m. Kora Konnection feat. Morikeba Kouyate and Thierno Dioubate 4:15-5:30 p.m. Members of Morphine with Jeremy Lyons 6-7 p.m. BeauSoleil w/ Dr. Michael White 7:30-8:30 p.m. Ernie Vincent and the Top Notes
Le Carnival: Bingo! Parlor 10:15-11 a.m. Achachay! 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Cheeky Blakk 12:45-1:45 p.m. The Static Jacks 2:15-3:15 p.m. The Wombats 3:45-4:45 p.m. Peelander-Z 5:15-6:15 p.m. Quintron and Miss Pussycat 6:45-7:45 p.m. Fitz and the Tantrums 8:15-9:15 The Vettes
Le Carnival: Roaming Performances 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Noisician Coalition, Electronic Sound Line with the Bull and the Bot
Deja Voodoo 3-4:30 p.m. Maya Jane Coles 4:45-7:15 p.m. Three 7:30-9:15 p.m. Claude VonStroke 9:30-11 p.m. Casey
VooBoo 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Rock ‘n’ Roll Hair Salon, VooGoo Making Sand Box, Crafts and Face Painting Tent, Parents Massage Tent |
Saturday Oct. 29: Le Ritual: Voodoo Stage 1:35-2:35 p.m. The Revivalists 2:55-3:55 p.m. Boots Electric 4:15-5:15 p.m. Mastodon 5:45-6:45 p.m. Social Distortion 7:15-8:30 p.m. Snoop Dogg 9-11 p.m. Blink-182 Le Plur: Red Bulletin Stage 12-1:30 p.m. Carmine P. Filthy 1:50-2:50 p.m. Star Eyes 3:10-4:10 p.m. Daedelus 4:30-5:30 p.m. Fort Knox Five 5:50-6:50 p.m. Z-Trip 7:20-8 p.m. Kreayshawn 8:15-9:45 p.m. Girl Talk Le Flambeau: WWOZ Stage 11-11:45 a.m. Andrew Duhon 12:15-1:15 p.m. Iris May Tango 1:45-2:45 p.m. Soul Rebels Brass Band w/Cyril Neville 3:15-4:15 p.m. Ozomatli 5-6 p.m. City and Colour 6:30-7:30 p.m. Bobby Rush 8-9 p.m. Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk with special guests Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Angelo Moore 9:30-10:15 p.m. Kyle Turley
Le Flambeau: Preservation Hall Stage 10:15-11:15 a.m. Palmetto Bug Stompers 11:45 a.m.-12:45 a.m. Tao Seeger Brass Band 1:15-2:15 p.m. Treme Brass Band 2:45-3:45 p.m. Chris Thomas King 4:15-5:30 p.m. Gordon Gano of Violent Femmes with Lost Bayou Ramblers 6-7 p.m. Tommy Malone and the Hard Heads 7:30-8:30 p.m. Illuminasti Trio Plus 1 feat. Mike Dillon, James Singleton, Skerik, and Brian Coogan 9-10 p.m. MyNameIsJohnMichael
Le Carnival: Bingo! Parlor 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. R. Scully’s Rough 7 12:45-1:30 p.m. Hurray for the Riff Raff 2-3 p.m. Happy Talk Band 3:30-4:30 p.m. Rotary Downs 5-6:30 p.m. New Orleans Bounce Azztravaganza feat. Katey Red, Vockah Redu, Cheeky Blakk, D.J. Lefty Parker, and special guests 7-8:15 p.m. X 8:45-10:15 p.m. New Orleans Bingo! Show
Le Carnival: Roaming Performances 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Noisician Coalition, Electronic Sound Line with the Bull and the Bot
Deja Voodoo 4:15-5:45 p.m. Deniz Kurtal 6-7:30 p.m. Craig Richards 7:45-9:15 p.m. Danny Howells 9:30-11 p.m. Lee Burridge
VooBoo 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Rock & Roll Hair Salon, VooGoo Making Sand Box, Crafts and Face Painting Tent, Parents Massage Tent |
Sunday Oct 30: Le Ritual: Voodoo Stage 1:05-2:50 p.m. The One AM Radio 2:25-3:25 p.m. The Limousines 3:45-4:45 p.m. Odd Future 5:15-6:30 p.m. TV on the Radio 7-9 p.m. The Raconteurs Le Plur: Red Bulletin Stage 10:45-11:45 a.m. Christoph Andersson 12-1 p.m. Swiss Chriss 1:15-2:15 p.m. DJ Swamp 2:30-3:30 p.m. Mannie Fresh 3:45-4:45 p.m. JackMaster 5-6:15 p.m. A-Trak 7:15-8:45 p.m. Fatboy Slim
Le Flambeau: WWOZ Stage 10:30-11:30 a.m. The Stone Foxes 12-1 p.m. Sheepdogs 1:30-2:30 p.m. GIVERS 3-4:15 p.m. Dr. John with special guests Irma Thomas, Cyril Neville, and Walter “Wolfman” Washington 4:45-5:45 p.m. The Travelin’ McCourys with Keller Williams 6:15-7:15 p.m. The Original Meters 8-9 p.m. Bonerama feat. Dave Malone of The Radiators
Le Flambeau: Preservation Hall Stage 10-10:45 a.m. Leo Jackson and the Melody Clouds 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Glen David Andrews 1-2 p.m. New Orleans Klezmer Allstars 2:30-3:45 p.m. American Legacies with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Del McCoury Band 4:15-5:30 p.m. Ray Davies 6-7 p.m. Ma Maison with the Trey McIntyre Project/Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Le Carnival: Bingo! Parlor 10-10:45 a.m. Miracle at St. Anna 11:15 a.m.-12 p.m. King James and the Special Men 12:30-1:15 p.m. Fleur De Tease 1:45-2:45 p.m. Fishbone 3:15-4:15 p.m. Morning 40 Federation 4:45-5:45 p.m. Portugal. The Man 6:15-7:30 p.m. Cheap Trick 8-9 p.m. Fran Moran and The Nervous Wrecks
Le Carnival: Roaming Performances 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Noisician Coalition, Electronic Sound Line with The Bull and the Bot
Deja Voodoo 4-5:30 p.m. Tanner Ross with Voices of Black 5:45-7:15 p.m. Wolf+Lamb 7:30-9 p.m. Soul Clap
VooBoo 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Rock & Roll Hair Salon, VooGoo Making Sand Box, Crafts and Face Painting Tent, Parents Massage Tent |
On June 15, 2010, Facebook pages started to pop up on the social networking giant stating "Voodoo 2010: (insert artist name) Has Joined The Ritual". The initial artists named are Ozzy Osbourne, Muse, Trombone Shorty, and MGMT. As of June 17, 2010, the official line-up was released with acts such as Drake, Weezer, Interpol, Metric, and many others.
On June 21, 2010, it was announced that another headlining act to be added to the bill was My Morning Jacket. It was also said that there were more acts to come that would be announced as time goes on.
Official 2010 lineup [7]:
Starting on June 11, 2009, the festival's official Twitter account started a "Voodoo Lineup Scramble" contest, posting scrambled names of confirmed acts for followers to unscramble. The game can be followed via the trending topic "#voodoolineupscramble".[8] The Voodoo Experience is the only full concert Eminem performed at in 2009.
On 26 June 2008, festival organizers announced that Lil Wayne, from New Orleans' Hollygrove neighborhood, will be joining the 2008 line-up.[9] On September 5, 2008 festival organizers announced The Mars Volta, TV on the Radio, Irma Thomas, Butthole Surfers, Ben Jelen, Fishbone and more than 40 other performers joined the 2008 Voodoo lineup. During the second day of the festival, Lil Wayne ran over his allotted set time by over fifteen minutes and power was eventually cut from his stage. As a result, the rest of the night proceeded as planned but Nine Inch Nails, the headliner for the night, was forced to cut their set slightly shorter than planned. N.E.R.D was originally slated to play on the third day of the festival but was dropped. Lupe Fiasco played his set in their place.
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Because of Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 Voodoo Experience was split into two different sites (New Orleans and Memphis). The city of Memphis was gracious enough to let Voodoo host part of the festival at its AutoZone Park. Another part of the show took place at New Orleans' Audubon Park "fly" held as a free show for the first responders, military, volunteers, and returning residents. The show drew between 20,000-25,000 people and featured several New Orleans musicians that had not played in the city since the storm.[10]
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