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11th Annual Voodoo Experience

Friday, Oct 30 12:00p
at New Orleans City Park, New Orleans, LA
Age Suitability: None Specified

The 11th annual VOODOO EXPERIENCE will once again celebrate music, as well as New Orleans’ bohemian culture, arts and cuisine. More than 160 bands will perform in three distinct performance areas--Le Ritual, Le Flambeau and Le Carnival--and eight stages each highlight a unique side of the personality of New Orleans.

Halloween, New Orleans and Voodoo--what could make for a better weekend?

Throughout the years, the voodoo experience has brought together a collection of talent that has bridged the social, economic and generational gaps by creating a unique event with a commitment to every genre of music while at the same time celebrating the sounds of the region. Three distinct performance areas--Le Ritual, Le Flambeau and Le Carnival--and eight stages each highlight a unique side of the personality of New Orleans.

Set in historic City Park, amidst lush lagoons, bayous and one of the largest collections of mature oak trees in the world--all in the shadow of the New Orleans Museum of Art and just minutes from the French Quarter and Central Business District--this festive New Orleans celebration is steeped in the city’s culture and influences.

Beyond the fan friendly ticket price, festival producers will also absorb all ticket surcharges saving attendees approximately 15% on each purchase. This comprehensive ticket price applies not only on pre-sale tickets, but to ALL tickets sold for this year’s VOODOO EXPERIENCE.

“When people buy tickets, they see one price and end up paying a completely different one,” says VOODOO EXPERIENCE founder and producer Stephen Rehage. “We decided to absorb those fees ourselves so that fans pay exactly what’s advertised. We want the Voodoo audience to focus more on what they’ll see and hear over Halloween weekend.”

Current VOODOO EXPERIENCE partners include: Miller Lite, F.Y.E. (for your entertainment) music stores, Southern Comfort and the Marriott of New Orleans.

Categories: Fairs & Festivals, Holiday
Creator:  shbrink
Creator:  shbrink
Performers at this Event
Brand New
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Brand New is an American alternative rock band from Long Island, New York. Formed in 2000, the band currently consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Jesse Lacey, guitarist Vincent Accardi, bassist Garrett Tierney, drummer Brian Lane, and guitarist/keyboardist Derrick Sherman.
Walter "Wolfman" Washington
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Walter Washington became a local legend in the Black clubs of New Orleans in the '70s and '80s and worked his way up to national status with a series of well-received albums and appearances.
Beausoleil
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The formation of BeauSoleil, one of the best known and most highly respected cajun bands in the world, is due to fiddler Michael Doucet's desire to keep the unique southern Louisiana culture and music from extinction.
The Flaming Lips
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The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983) are an American rock band. The band is known for their lush, multi-layered, psychedelic arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song and album titles (for example, "Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles"...
Jane's Addiction
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Led by the flamboyant, outspoken Perry Farrell, Jane's Addiction blended elements of art rock, punk, metal, funk and glamour into an ambitious musical juxtaposition of sublime beauty and utter decadence.
Kiss
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Known for their onstage theatrics as much as for their rock music, Kiss achieved fame with such hits as "Rock and Roll All Nite" and "Detroit Rock City."
Meat Puppets
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The Pogues
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The band plays Irish music with punk rock and jazz influences and is led by Shane MacGowan. They were well-known internationally in he 80's and early 90's. They separated in 1996 and reunited in 2001.
Widespread Panic
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One of the many neo-hippie jam bands inheriting the road-warrior mantle left behind by the Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic established a devout grassroots following on the strength of constant touring and a loose, rootsy brand of Southern rock informed by jazz and blues textures.
Ween
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Ween is an alternative rock group formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade. The pair became known respectively as Gene Ween and Dean Ween.
Rebirth Brass Band
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Simply put, The Rebirth Brass Band is a New Orleans institution. Formed in 1983 by the now infamous Frazier brothers, the band has evolved from playing the streets of the French Quarter to playing festivals and stages all over the world.
Jumpin' Johnny Sansone
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Like his friend Sonny Landreth, harmonica player/accordionist Jumpin' Johnny Sansone takes his songwriting cues from the things he sees in his New Orleans home. Many of the songs on Crescent City Moon, his debut for Rounder's Bullseye Blues label, are inspired by the sights, sounds...
Tab Benoit
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George Clinton
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Music producer, singer, songwriter George Clinton, was born July 22, 1941 in Kannapolis, North Carolina, the principal draftsman of P-Funk was the mastermind of the Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, began his work as a solo artist in 1981.
Alejandro Escovedo
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Leroy Jones
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Heavily influenced by the New Orleans jazz tradition, Leroy Jones has honored his rich heritage while seeking to expand his musical repertoire. He took up trumpet when he joined his elementary school's band.
Cyril Neville
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One of the four Neville Brothers, Cyril Neville was the youngest, born on January 10, 1948, in New Orleans, LA. Cyril picked up his love of music from his parents and his older brothers at an early age, but it wasn't until 1967 (at the age of 19) that Cyril began singing professionally...
Q-Tip
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Down
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Lil' Brian & the Zydeco Travelers
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Young lightning-fingered accordion player Brian Terry and his Zydeco Travelers first found popularity in their native Houston during the early '90s when he and his bandmates were in their early '20s.
Little Freddie King
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Squirrel Nut Zippers
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Squirrel Nut Zippers, featuring original and founding members Katherine Whalen, Jimbo Mathis, Chris Phillips, Je Widenhouse and Stuart Cole. On tour the band will be performing material from the entire catalogue.
New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
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The last decade of the 20th century saw a revival of klezmer music, with groups like the Klezmatics and the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band. Reinventing the European Jewish musical idiom with a modern sensibility, klezmer music drew music lovers with its irrepressible sound and dance rhythms.
Justice
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Justice, a Parisian dance production duo comprised of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, generated an international buzz with "D.A.N.C.E.," a catchy single whose video and MP3 spread like wildfire across the Internet in summer 2007.
Eminem
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Eminem AKA Slim Shady was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972. He is an accomplished rapper, producer and actor from Detroit and has released multiple platinum selling albums during his career.
Irvin Mayfield
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Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield released half a dozen albums before he was 25 years old. His youth, as well as his willingness to contribute his time and knowledge in the spheres of both classical and jazz studies, make him a popular figure in educational music clinics in his home state of Louisiana.
Ledisi
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Ledisi is a Grammy nominated singer.
Suplecs
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New Orleans-based wrestling enthusiasts Suplecs (they're named after a particular takedown trick) formed in the mid-'90s and consist of Durel Yates (guitars/vocals), Danny Nick (bass/vocals), and Andrew Preen (drums).
Mates of State
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Kori Gardner (keyboard/vocals) and Jason Hammel (drums/vocals) were both playing guitar and singing in the Kansas music metropolis of Lawrence before forming the Mates of State in 1997.
D12
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Wherever rapper Eminem goes, controversy and headlines are sure to follow. With so many people unsure about whether to love him or hate him, five young rappers have decided to join him on his latest project, D12.
Robert Randolph & the Family Band
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Robert Randolph & The Family Band is a multicultural American funk and soul band led by pedal steel guitarist and lead singer Robert Randolph. Other band members include Danyel Morgan (bass, vocals) Marcus Randolph (Drums) and Jason Crosby (Hammond organ, piano).
Fischerspooner
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Fischerspooner is an electroclash duo and performance troupe formed in 1998 in New York. The name is a portmanteau of the founders' last names, Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner. Spiking retro electropop tendencies (arguably similar to Kraftwerk, early Depeche Mode, and Gary Numan...
Gogol Bordello
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Gogol Bordello is a multi-ethnic Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City that formed in 1999 and is known for its theatrical stage shows. Much of the band's sound is inspired by Gypsy music, as its core members are immigrants from Eastern Europe.
The Black Keys
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The Black Keys are an American blues-rock music duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer/producer Patrick Carney. They were formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001. The Black Keys will be among the headliners at the 2009 Voodoo experience held at City Park in New Orleans...
Black Lips
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Playing garage-flavored punk rock with a Southern accent, a messed-up and bluesy undertow, and the gleefully destructive impact of a 15-year-old with a bag of firecrackers, the Black Lips are an Atlanta-based combo who after their debut in 2000 soon developed a reputation as one...
Eric Church
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At the age of 13 young Kenneth Eric Church bought himself a guitar and started writing songs. By high school he was performing regularly at a local bar, mixing his original songs in with his regular sets.
Amanda Shaw
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When New Orleans-based singer, songwriter, bandleader, and fiddle player Amanda Shaw and the Cute Guys take the stage, it's an incongruous sight. Shaw turned 16 in 2007, but the boys in the band -- drummer Mike Barras, guitarist Brint Anderson, and bassist Ronnie Falgout -- are long-time vets.
Dan Dyer
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Dan Dyer greets his second decade as a musician with a self-titled album. From this soul-revivalist recording, produced out of an old snake-charmer church turned studio on the East side of Austin, emerges a spooky, diaphanous, and bright release drawn from an ever-deepening soul.
Mute Math
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The members of MUTEMATH had reached their breaking point. Collectively gathered on the front porch of their New Orleans home-studio where they were struggling to record the follow up to their 2006 critically-acclaimed Teleprompt/Warner Bros.
Wolfmother
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Wolfmother are a rock band formed in Erskinebille, Sydney, Australian in 2000. The band released their debut album, 'Wolfmother,' in 2005 in Australian and in 2006 internationally. In the United States the album peaked on the US Billboard 200 at 22.
Earl Greyhound
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Earl Greyhound is a three-piece blues-rock band from Brooklyn consisting of Matt Whyte (singer/guitarist), Kamara Thomas (bassist/singer) and Ricc Sheridan (drums). They are currently signed to Some Records.
Shooter Jennings
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Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings (born May 19, 1979) is an American country music singer and songwriter, Jennings signed his first recording contract with Universal South Records, in 2005, releasing his debut album Put the "O" Back in Country that year.
Silversun Pickups
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Silversun Pickups from Los Angeles, California is an American indie rock band consisting of Brian Aubert (lead vocals, guitar), Nikki Monninger (bass, vocals), Christopher Guanlao (drums) and Joe Lester (keyboards).
Glasgow
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Scotland's unimaginatively named Glasgow were New Wave of British Heavy Metal latecomers who ever languished in the shadow of their more successful countrymen Holocaust -- and with good reason, since they were nowhere near as talented.
Janelle Monáe
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Open your minds, earthlings, and prepare to be launched headfirst into an alternate universe. A place where robots fall in love with humans. Where your tour guide into this alternate realm is a demure lil thang with a bold set of pipes.
MarchFourth Marching Band
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MarchFourth is a date, a command, and a large band poised to take on the world. How do you define the experience of a MarchFourth show? What kind of images emerge when you listen to their eponymous 9-song debut disc?
The Zydepunks
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Like Gogol Bordello and Flogging Molly, New Orleans quintet the Zydepunks draw from two divergent genres -- folk and punk -- to create music that pushes traditional boundaries without abandoning its roots.
Big Sam's Funky Nation
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Presiding over his Funky Nation is Big Sam, formerly the trombonist for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who blows the funk out of his trombone and refuses to let the audience sit still. Between solos and trombone riffs, Big Sam second-lines (a uniquely New Orleans style of street-dance...
John Mooney and Bluesiana
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John Mooney has been tearing up stages the world over with his band Bluesiana since 1981. A resident of New Orleans, he has aligned himself with such legendary musicians as Earl King, The Meters, and Professor Longhair, and his bandmates have played with luminaries such as Emmylou...
American Bang
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When their EP, Move to the Music, is released by Maverick / Reprise Records on October 23rd, music fans across the country will experience what this up-and-coming quartet’s sizeable grass-roots following has known since 2005.
The Knux
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Comprised of brothers Krispy Kream and Rah Al Millio, the Knux are a clever alternative rap duo who are musicians as well as singer/rappers. Born in New Orleans yet displaced by Hurricane Katrina, the musically schooled brothers began creating a stir nationally in late 2007 when...
The Cool Kids
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The Cool Kids is an alternative hip hop group from Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan. The duo consists of Antoine "Mikey Rocks" Reed (originally from Matteson, Illinois) and Evan "Chuck Inglish" Ingersoll (originally from Mount Clemens, Michigan).
Parliament Funkadelic
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Parliament and Funkadelic, two bands united by the same core members, originally hail from Plainfield, NJ and can trace roots back to 1956. Enigmatic frontman George Clinton still leads the band, known for exceptional musicianship, politically-savvy commentary, and unforgettable...
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
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Hailing from Tremé, the most musical neighborhood in the most musical city – New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews has made the leap from child prodigy to Professional Master Musician.
JJ Grey & MOFRO
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Formerly billed as just "MOFRO," JJ Grey & MOFRO is a six piece band with JJ Grey on vocals and Daryl Hance on lead guitar. Their music is a blend of funk, soul, and Southern rock.
Drive By Truckers
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The blurring of the lines between the personal and the musical has always been an integral part of what this band does and part of what sets it apart from the corporate music machines that dominate so much of pop-culture in the name of what used to be called Rock and Roll.
Fleur de Tease
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Fleur de Tease is a premiere Variety Burlesque Revue. This modern twist on a classic vaudeville show has something to please and tease every audience member. Magicians, fire eaters, comedians, aerialists and of course beautiful burlesque dancers all make up the core members of the troupe.
Benjy Davis Project
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In the wide world of American music, certain bands have a way of building an exciting life for themselves away from the glare of national attention. Much of that is because of the relationship the group has with its fans.
Generationals
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Formed in 2008 by ex-Eames Era guitarists/songwriters Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer, New Orleans-based indie pop outfit Generationals craft hook-filled indie pop that draws liberally from rock and pop's '50s, '60s, and '70s heydays, while maintaining enough modern sensibilities to...
Luke Winslow-King
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Singer/songwriter Luke Winslow-King was born in Cadillac, MI, and began learning to play the guitar before adolescence. He attended Interlochen Arts Academy, then studied music theory and composition at the University of New Orleans.
Sarah Quintana
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Sarah Quintana is a traditional jazz vocalist, singer/songwriter from New Orleans. She made her debut this past year at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival on the Lagniappe stage and is releasing her first album of Traditional Jazz standards in November on Abitian Records...
Davis Rogan
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Take the enthusiasm and playfulness of early New Orleans rhythm and blues, add to that the bright yet cynical wit of Ben Folds Five, the rock meets jazz sensibilities of early Steely Dan, and the mocking humor that runs through the works of Professor Longhair, Allen Toussaint, Earl...
Lucy's Walk
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Tim Badeaux - bass Stephen Cali - drums Darren Kennedy - guitar Sam Pons - vocals Ron St. Pierre - guitar
Location & Nearby Info
New Orleans City Park
One Palm Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70124
(504) 482-4888
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USER REVIEWS
Jun 12, 2008 - mmelmon on Eminem
Really, he should get more stars

He did, after all, save hip-hop from itself. But he's also a bit of a twit.

Mar 13, 2008 - Smiling Muse on Mute Math
Fun Live - Lots of Energy!

Saw these guys perform at HP Pavilion last night during a quick 20 minute set. It was clear that they really enjoyed jamming together, and the lead singer was doing handstands and flips off his keyboard. Must have a limber spine!

Couldn't really understand the words because the sound was a little off. I'd like to see them again at a smaller venue.

Nov 14, 2007 - Sylar on The Flaming Lips
These guys have an amazing stage show.

I saw them a couple days before New Years '07. It was wonderful, they had a new years countdown for us since we weren't gonna be at the new years show, lots of beautiful music, confetti - the works.

Also, the lighting system is a giant UFO, and the lead singer enters the stage in a giant balloon freedom ball thing! They win the universe.

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