Voodoo Experience

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Voodoo Music Arts Experience
Snoop at Voodoo.jpg
Snoop Dogg performs on the main stage in 2011
StatusActive
Genre Music festival
FrequencyAnnually
Venue City Park
Location(s) New Orleans, Louisiana
CountryUnited States
Years active19
InauguratedOctober 29, 1999 (1999-10-29)
Previous eventOctober 26–28, 2018
Next eventOctober 25-27, 2019
Website www.voodoofestival.com

The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience (formerly "The Voodoo Music Experience"), commonly referred to as Voodoo or Voodoo Fest, is a multi-day music and arts festival held in City Park in New Orleans, Louisiana.

City Park (New Orleans)

City Park, a 1,300-acre (5.3 km2) public park in New Orleans, Louisiana, is the 87th largest and 20th-most-visited urban public park in the United States. City Park is approximately 50% larger than Central Park in New York City, the municipal park recognized by Americans nationwide as the archetypal urban greenspace. Although it is an urban park whose land is owned by the City of New Orleans, it is administered by the City Park Improvement Association, an arm of state government, not by the New Orleans Parks and Parkways Department. City Park is unusual in that it is a largely self-supporting public park, with most of its annual budget derived from self-generated revenue through user fees and donations. In the wake of the enormous damage inflicted upon the park due to Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism began to partially subsidize the park's operations.

New Orleans Largest city in Louisiana

New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With an estimated population of 391,006 in 2018, it is the most populous city in Louisiana. A major port, New Orleans is considered an economic and commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast region of the United States.

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The Voodoo Experience has hosted more than 2000 artists and over one million festival goers during its existence. The festival has been twice nominated for Pollstar's Music Festival of the Year. [1] It was acquired by Live Nation Entertainment in 2013 and is produced by C3 Presents. [2] Don Kelly, Voodoo's former General Counsel and COO, is now Festival Director and oversees the event. [3]

Pollstar is a trade publication for the concert industry. It gets its information primarily from the agents, managers and promoters who produce concerts.

Live Nation Entertainment is an American global entertainment company, founded in 2010, following the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster. The company promotes, operates, and manages ticket sales for live entertainment in the United States and internationally. It also owns and operates entertainment venues, and manages the careers of music artists.

C3 Presents is a concert promotion, event production and artist management company based out of Austin, Texas. C3 also produces several iconic multi-day festivals including Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas, Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans, and Lollapalooza in Chicago along with its six international editions.

The Voodoo Experience is known for including national artists from all genres such as Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters, Marilyn Manson, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, Muse, Eminem, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arcade Fire, Tiësto, Nine Inch Nails, KISS, R.E.M., Modest Mouse, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Calvin Harris, The Weeknd, Deadmau5, The Black Keys, Neil Young, Green Day, Snoop Dogg, Duran Duran, Porcupine Tree, The Smashing Pumpkins, My Chemical Romance, 50 Cent, Cowboy Mouth and 311 as well as local Louisiana musicians such as The Original Meters, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Rebirth Brass Band, and Dr. John.

Stone Temple Pilots American rock band

Stone Temple Pilots are an American rock band from San Diego, California, that originally consisted of Scott Weiland, brothers Dean DeLeo (guitar) and Robert DeLeo, and Eric Kretz (drums). The band's line-up remained unchanged from its formation in 1989 until the firing of Weiland in February 2013. Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington joined the band in May 2013, but left amicably in November 2015 to focus solely on Linkin Park. On December 3, 2015, Weiland was found dead on his tour bus before a performance with his band The Wildabouts. In 2016, the band launched an online audition for a new lead vocalist and announced Jeff Gutt as the new lead singer of the band on November 14, 2017.

Foo Fighters American rock band

Foo Fighters is an American rock band, formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1994. It was founded by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of Nirvana after the suicide of Kurt Cobain. The group got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II, which were known collectively as "foo fighters".

Marilyn Manson American rock musician and actor

Brian Hugh Warner, known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, visual artist, author, and former music journalist. He is known for his controversial stage personality and image as the lead singer of the band Marilyn Manson, which he co-founded with guitarist Daisy Berkowitz and of which he remains the only constant member. Like the other founding members of the band, his stage name was formed by combining and juxtaposing the names of two American pop cultural icons of the 1960s: actress Marilyn Monroe and criminal Charles Manson.

Zack De La Rocha of Rage Against The Machine performs at Voodoo 2007 RATM at Voodoo.jpg
Zack De La Rocha of Rage Against The Machine performs at Voodoo 2007

History

Since its 1999 Halloween weekend debut, the annual event has become a Halloween tradition to music fans, both locally and others who travel from around the world. Throughout Voodoo’s 20-year run, more than one million festival goers have gathered to see performances from about 2,000 artists. The event has also been twice nominated for Pollstar's Music Festival of the Year and in 2005, Voodoo founder Stephen Rehage and his team were presented with a key to the city, following the Voodoo 2005 post-Katrina event.

Voodoo’s annual line-up traditionally features top-tier and innovative artists from a variety of musical genres. Highlights from the last 15 years have included performances from Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, Eminem, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Cure, Tiesto, Nine Inch Nails, Deadmau5, No Doubt, Ozzy Osbourne, The Black Keys, Neil Young, Green Day, KISS, Snoop Dogg, Duran Duran, R.E.M. (in one of the band’s last U.S. performances), My Chemical Romance, 50 Cent and 311.

Creation and growth

Moby performs at the inaugural Voodoo in Tad Gormley Stadium. Moby at Voodoo 1999.jpg
Moby performs at the inaugural Voodoo in Tad Gormley Stadium.

Voodoo was first held as a single day event on October 30, 1999 at Tad Gormley Stadium in City Park. Planned and executed by Stephen Rehage, CEO of Rehage Entertainment, the festival consisted of three stages and a mix of local and national acts including headliners Wyclef Jean and Moby.

Tad Gormley Stadium

Tad Gormley Stadium is a 26,500 seat multi-purpose outdoor stadium, located in City Park, in New Orleans, Louisiana, named for Frank "Tad" Gormley.

Wyclef Jean Haitian rapper, musician, actor and record producer

Nel Ust Wyclef Jean is a Haitian rapper, musician and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees. Jean has won three Grammy Awards for his musical work.

Moby American musician, DJ, and singer

Richard Melville Hall, better known as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "among the most important dance music figures of the early 1990s, helping bring dance music to a mainstream audience both in the United Kingdom and the United States".

As the U.S. festival market swelled, Voodoo continued its growth, increasing both the festival site and musically expanding with the addition of stages and performers.

Rapper Eminem performs early in his career at Voodoo 2000 Eminem at Voodoo 2000.jpg
Rapper Eminem performs early in his career at Voodoo 2000

During its second year in 2000, Voodoo became to a two-day event and garnered international attention with a headlining performance from Eminem in support of his just-released three times platinum major studio debut The Slim Shady LP. In 2007, Voodoo expanded to a three-day event.

<i>The Slim Shady LP</i> 1999 album by Eminem

The Slim Shady LP is the second studio album and the major-label debut by American rapper Eminem. It was released on February 23, 1999 by Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. Recorded in Ferndale, Michigan, following Eminem's recruitment by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, the album features production from Dr. Dre, the Bass Brothers, and Eminem himself. The Slim Shady LP is his first album with a major label after his first album Infinite was released on an independent label in 1996. The majority of the album's lyrical content is written from the perspective of the rapper's alter ego Slim Shady, whom the rapper created on the Slim Shady EP (1997). The lyrics are noted for their depictions of violence and heavy use of profanity.

Hurricane Katrina

Nine Inch Nails headline Voodoo 2005 Nine Inch Nails at Voodoo 2005.jpg
Nine Inch Nails headline Voodoo 2005

Originally scheduled for Halloween Weekend in New Orleans’ City Park, the Voodoo Music Experience was displaced by the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. While plans were in full swing to move forward with relocation to Memphis, Voodoo founder Stephen Rehage met with community leaders in New Orleans about the opportunity to move the event back home for one of its two days—as a tribute event for relief workers. Festival organizers and Memphis representatives alike agreed this was an amazing opportunity to increase the scope of the event.

Hurricane Katrina Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2005

Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane that made landfall on Florida and Louisiana in August 2005, causing catastrophic damage, particularly in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. Subsequent flooding, caused largely as a result of fatal engineering flaws in the flood protection system known as levees around the city of New Orleans, precipitated most of the loss of lives. The storm was the third major hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record to make landfall in the contiguous United States, behind only the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, Hurricane Camille in 1969, and Hurricane Michael in 2018.

Memphis, Tennessee City in Tennessee, United States

Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in southwestern Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. The 2017 city population was 652,236, making Memphis the largest city on the Mississippi River, the second most populous city in Tennessee, as well as the 26th largest city in the United States. Greater Memphis is the 42nd largest metropolitan area in the United States, with a population of 1,348,260 in 2017. The city is the anchor of West Tennessee and the greater Mid-South region, which includes portions of neighboring Arkansas and Mississippi. Memphis is the seat of Shelby County, the most populous county in Tennessee. As one of the most historic and cultural cities of the southern United States, the city features a wide variety of landscapes and distinct neighborhoods.

New Orleans event

On October 29, 2005, an invitation-only celebration (previous ticket holders exempt) for police, firefighters, National Guard, military and countless others who had aided in the recovery efforts of the city was staged at the Riverview "Butterfly" section of Audubon Park in New Orleans, one of the few public spaces in the city not damaged in the recent Federal levee failure disaster . Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, The Secret Machines, the New York Dolls, and Kermit Ruffins were among the artists who all came together in celebration of a city they love. [4]

It marked the first major multi-musical performance in the two months since Hurricane Katrina’s effects were felt in the city.

Memphis event

Voodoo in Memphis included a fundraiser for victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in AutoZone Park.

2006 - present

The 2006 Voodoo Music Experience saw the debut of three distinct areas on six distinct stages within the festival’s landscape: Le Ritual, Le Flambeau and Le Carnival. Each of these areas was designed to uniquely showcase different sides of the personality of the festival and its New Orleans home: "Le Flambeau" features music and sounds consistent with the style of The Big Easy; "Le Ritual" features more mainstream music; and finally "Le Carnival" features indie bands, burlesque and circus acts.

In 2007, Voodoo expanded to three days and broke all previous attendance records with an estimated 100,000+ fans in attendance.

In April 2013, the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience announced an initial 15 acts to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Voodoo. The initial 15 acts include Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Calvin Harris, Bassnectar, Paramore, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Afrojack, Boys Noize, The Gaslight Anthem, Big Gigantic, How To Destroy Angels, Cults, Alkaline Trio, Desaparecidos and Robert DeLong. The 15th anniversary Voodoo celebration also marked the debut of City Park’s Festival Grounds, a new permanent home for Voodoo. Home to Voodoo since its 1999 debut—with the exception of Voodoo 2005 which was displaced by the city’s hurricane damage—New Orleans’ 1,300 acre City Park is the region’s principal recreation site that attracts over seven million visitors each year.

Line-ups

2019

The 2019 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience will be held October 25–27, 2019. The lineup will consist of [5] :

2018

The 2018 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held October 26–28, 2018. The lineup consisted of:

2017

The 2017 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held October 27–29, 2017. The lineup was:

2016

The 2016 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 28–30, 2016.

[6]

2015

The 2015 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 30-November 1, 2015. [7]

Official lineup:

2014

The 2014 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 31-November 2, 2014.

Official lineup:

2013

The 2013 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from November 1–3, 2013.

Official lineup:

2012

The 2012 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 26–28, 2012. [8]

Official lineup:
Artists and art installations
  • Christina Sporrong and Christian Ristow "Sliver Claw"
  • Program12 & Susie Kim "The Vaudeville Theater"
  • Delaney McGuinness & Johnston Burkhard "Pinwheel Garden"
  • RE:BE Art Department "Artist Bar"
  • Christian Ristow "Face Forward"
  • Marcus Brown "Way"
  • Dave Rhodes "Doors of Perception"
  • Andrew Graham "Movement"
  • Hans Sachs
  • Manuel Kretzer "Cone v2"

2011

The 2011 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 28–30, 2011.

Official lineup:
Artists and art installations
  • Richie Jordan "Fountain De Lis"
  • Emilie Lejeune, Mike Landry and Matt Decotiis "Ephemeral Ambiance"
  • Hans Sachs
  • Manuel Kretzer "Cone v2"
  • "Live Mural Wall"
  • James Michalopoulos "Sparkie TouT Taux"
  • Stefan Beese "The VMX Knot"
  • Christian Ristow "Fledging"
  • Doron Gazit "Color & Air"
  • Jamin Murphy "Tensile"
  • Jerry Therio "Tree of Words"
  • Thom Rush "Swell Holding"
  • Christian Van Heusen & Jerry Therio "Neon Garden"
  • Buch Kanter "Mushroom Patch"
  • Delaney McGuinness & Johnston Burkhard "Pinwheel Garden"
  • Christiana Sporrong "Heron"

2010

The 2010 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 29–31, 2010.

Official lineup:
Artists and art installations
  • Photonic Bliss "Galactivation Station"
  • Dave Rhodes "Paper Airplane"
  • Munz, d6, Intruder Alert "Hotshot the Robot/ hugo3"
  • James Michalopoulos "Sparkie TouT Taux"
  • Program12 & Susie Kim "The Vaudeville Theater"
  • Thomas Rush "Swell Holding"
  • Hans Sachs
  • Manuel Kretzer "Cone v2"
  • Munz "Hotshot Robot"
  • Stefan Beese "Arachnid"
  • Charles Lumar & Lauren Domino "SOUSAPHORESCENCE"
  • Munz/ D6 "Robotronia"

2009

The 2009 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 30-November 1, 2009.

Official lineup:
Artists and art installations
  • Mark Griffin "Ladder"
  • Deirdre Sargent "Picnic Table Project"
  • Eyetrap/Benson Trent "Illusion"
  • Elliott Coon "Watch Your Eye", "Parlor"
  • Hans Sachs
  • Manuel Kretzer "Cone v2"
  • Molly Gochman "Welcome"
  • Mathias Gmachl
  • Rachel Wingfield "Pavilion of the Four Winds"
  • Jen Lewin "Light Harp"
  • Generic Art Solutions "O.K."
  • Daphane Park "Hammock Mother"
  • Stefan Beese "Passage"
  • Munz "Hot Shot The Robot"
  • Andrew Slaughter
  • Jeff Matson
  • Thaddeus Zarse
  • Joseph Keppel
  • Mantis
  • Mini Man
  • TungstenMonkey Collective
  • Tora Lopez
  • Emiliano Maggi
  • Mickey Sumner
  • John Oles
  • William Murphy
  • Kristian P. Hansen
  • Lisa Lozano

2008

The 2008 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 24–26, 2008.

Official lineup:

2007

The 2007 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 26–28, 2007.

Official lineup:

2006

The 2006 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 28–29, 2006.

Official lineup:

2005

The 2005 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held on October 29-30, 2005 in New Orleans and Memphis. [9] [10]

Official lineup:

2004

The 2004 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 29–31, 2004.

Official lineup:

2003

The 2003 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 31-November 1, 2003.

Official lineup:

2002

The 2002 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 25–27, 2002.

Official lineup:

2001

The 2001 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 26–28, 2001.

Official lineup:
  • Tool
  • Snoop Dogg
  • The Black Crowes
  • Bush
  • Gov't Mule
  • Karl Denson
  • John Mayer
  • Missy Elliott
  • Penelope Tuesdae
  • Will Hoge
  • Brand New Immortals
  • Tricky
  • G. Love and Special Sauce
  • Better Than Ezra
  • Dan Dyer
  • Spooks
  • Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
  • Brint Anderson
  • Treme Brass Band
  • Bamboula
  • Lil Rascals Brass Band
  • Anders Osborne
  • Marva Wright
  • Matt Nyce
  • Indieo
  • Julius Papp
  • A-Trak
  • DJ Craze
  • Stryfe
  • Rah Smoove

2000

The 2000 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held from October 27–29, 2000.

Official lineup:

1999

The 1999 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience was held on October 31, 1999.

Official lineup:

[12]

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