The Voodoo Music Experience was reportedly sold by longtime producer Stephen Rehage reportedly to a large dance music-oriented live music conglomerate, according to a Billboard Magazine report. Robert F.X. Sillerman's SFX Entertainment added Voodoo, along with other four other companies, to its portfolio, according to the report.

The Voodoo Music and Art Experience has moved around quite a bit, but it hasn’t failed to deliver since it launched in 1999. Just in time for Voodoo’s 15th anniversary, City Park is in the midst of redeveloping the former South Golf Course, turning the area into permanent festival grounds.

Bath salts and other synthetic drugs have been on the radars of Louisiana law enforcement for some time now. But a new substance is appearing, necessitating a new round of legal action, officials say. Today, the state announced a crackdown on a new synthetic drug known for being artificial LSD. 25-I, also known as Smiles or N-Bomb, was tied to the tragic death of 21-year-old Clayton Otwell, of Arkansas, who died after taking the drug at the Voodoo Music Experience over Halloween weekend. As of today, the substance is banned in Louisiana.

As festival-goers trickled in for the first day of this year's Voodoo Music Experience, they noticed new vendors, heady art and colorful rides.  Although carnival rides are not new to the fest new rides are added every year.  After the unfortunate demise of Jazz Land, one weekend at Voodoo is the best bet to get your amusement park kicks.

It's the last day of Voodoo, and there's a little something for everyone between the five stages at the festival. Rock out with Jack White, bump your head to some electronic music, get real with Nas, or enjoy The New Orleans Bingo Show's interactive blend of cabaret, rock, and traditional New Orleans music. Read on for Sunday's picks.

In a city of brass, jazz, and the occasional blues, one might not think there's a place for an indie-synth outfit, but the Vettes have been producing groovy dance tunes since 2008.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse didn't bring their Old Man or Heart of Gold to Voodoo Fest's final Friday set. Instead, the center of the quartet's two-hour tour was embedded between flurries of guitar wail in one of the band's latest songs, "Walk Like a Giant." "We saw the lights and spiritual shining/Getting closer every minute/Then we skipped the rails, and we started to fail/And we folded you, and it’s not enough," Young sang. "Think about how close we came." In those words, delivered as Young's face crinkled into a world-weary grimace, the man that wrote "Ohio" and had a hand in "For What It's Worth" comes to terms with all the promises that his generation never kept.

by Jillian Firnhaber

We catch up with Lee Bains of The Glory Fires somewhere between Houston and Austin. The band chatters away in the background. They’re far from their home in Birmingham, Alabama, and in the midst of a brief tour which will take them to Voodoo Fest on Saturday. It’s their first appearance on the NOLA Festival scene, and they’re ready to bring their Skynyrd-influenced Southern Rock to the stage.

Whether you came to Voodoo to bang your head or get down, Saturday's lineup offers the full gamut. Here's a smorgasboard of offerings that aren't worth missing from all five City Park stages:

New Orleans festivals aren’t known for healthy eating, but some of the food vendors at this year’s Voodoo Music Experience kept the animal lovers, the fitness freaks, and the gluten intolerant in mind. Of course, the festival boasts a long line of deep fried delights and famed local dishes, but in keeping with their sustainable, eco-minded theme, Voodoo offers some options for those who might not want a fried oyster po’boy with their daiquiri.