Address: 1 Palm Drive
Pricing: One-day $75, 3-day $180, VIP $500, no added fees.
Hours: Music starts at about 11 a.m. See website for specific details.
How To Get There:
From downtown New Orleans, take I-10 West to the Metairie Road/City Park Avenue exit. After exiting, turn right onto City Park Ave. Continue on City Park Ave., and turn left at the third light onto Marconi Drive. Follow signage to the designated parking areas.
Parking:In designated sites in the park
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NEW ORLEANS: Voodoo Experience: Conjuring up Three Days of Music
Sep 11, 2009
For Halloween, New Orleans will conjure up a weekend of voodoo: the Voodoo Experience 2009 music festival, billed as “the ultimate weekend for entertainment in America.”
Headliners among more than 150 acts at the 11th annual Voodoo Experience include Eminem, Lenny Kravitz, KISS, Jane’s Addiction, Widespread Panic, The Flaming Lips and Justice. The festival at historic City Park runs Friday, Oct. 30, Saturday, Oct. 31 and Sunday, Nov. 1 celebrate music.
Eminem will give his first full performance in over four years and only scheduled concert of 2009. The reunited Jane’s Addiction will appear with all of the original members. Widespread Panic will perform as part their annual Halloween tradition (1997-2002) of live shows in the city.
New Orleans’ signature fall music event, highlighting the Big Easy’s bohemian culture, arts and cuisine, offered with three days of entertainment at City Park amidst lush lagoons and bayous. The historic park has 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 historic French Quarter and Central Business District.
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. The Voodoo Experience lineup 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.”
The 2009 Voodoo Experience lineup (Check website for the specific times of the acts) includes: KISS; Eminem; Jane’s Addiction; Widespread Panic; The Flaming Lips; Justice; Gogol Bordello; Wolfmother; Eagles of Death Metal; The Black Keys; The Pogues; Ween; Silversun Pickups; Janelle Monae; The Cool Kids; Meat Puppets; Mutemath; Q-Tip; Fischerspooner; Brand New; D12; American Bang; Generational; Earl Greyhound; Squirrel Nut Zippers; Black Lips; Mates of State; All Time Low; Robert Randolph & the Family Band; The Knux; George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic; JJ Grey & Mofro; Alejandro Escovedo; Shooter Jennings; Down; Drive-By Truckers; Eric Church; Ledisi; Rebirth Brass Band, New Orleans Bingo! Show; Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave All Stars; Big Sam’s Funky Nation; Benjy Davis Project; Papa Grows Funk; DJ Soul Sister; Rotary Downs; Andrew Duhon & The Lonesome Crows; MarchFourth Marching Band, Amanda Shaw; Cyril Neville’s Blues Revue with Tab Benoit, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Johnny Sansone; Beausoleil; John Mooney & Bluesiana; Quintron & Miss Pussycat; Fleur De Tease; Suplecs; Little Freddie King; Preservation Hall Stars with Special Guests; The Happy Talk Band; Lil Brian and the Zydeco Travelers; Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship?; Ratty Scurvics; Mynameisjohnmichael; Loose Marbles; Luke Winslow King; Dan Dyer; Walter “Wolfman” Washington & The Roadmaster with the Dirty Dozen Horns; New Orleans Klezmer All Stars; Glasgow; Leroy Jones Group; Mas Mamones; Zydepunks; White Bitch; The Vettes; Lucy’s Walk; Erick Baker; Sarah Quintana; TBC Brass Band; Bones; Legends to Nancy; Leo Jackson and the Melody Clouds; Brother Taisuke Mass Choir; Leroy Jones Group Katey Red, Big Freedia, Sissy Nobby with DJ Papa.
Additionally, festival producers will absorb all ticket surcharges saving attendees approximately 15% on each purchase. This comprehensive ticket price applies to ALL tickets sold for this year’s Voodoo Experience. ( If you get a weekend pass, you get in-and-out privileges, but not with one-day tickets. Upon entry, your ticket will be exchanged for a wristband. Don’t lose that wristband, or you’ll have to buy another ticket.
- by Diane Loupe, New Orleans Reporter for HelloMetro
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Diane Loupe
A resident of Decatur, Ga., and a native of New Orleans, Diane has a M.A. in Journalism from the University of Missouri. She has worked for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Associated Press, the New Orleans Times-Picayune and Yale Medical School. A freelance writer and editor, her work has appeared in The Sunday Paper, Women's eNews, the Agnes Scott College alumni magazine, eSchool News, and PTO Today.
