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Mardi

June 18th

101 Drummers

Maple Leaf (8:00PM)

Feel the Mardi Gras Indian beat with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

 

Christian Bradford and Jamison Ross

Gasa Gasa (9:00PM)

More live music on Freret, with Ross on the drums

 

Cody Blaine, Jayson Wayne Knox

Siberia (9:00PM)

Singer/Songwriter showcase also features Sneaky Pete, Nervous Dwayne, and Gardenia Moon, followed by open mic 

 

Rebirth Brass Band
Maple Leaf Bar (10:00 PM)
2 sets by the Grammy-winning brass band

 

Crescent City Farmers Market
Broadway St Market (9:00AM-1:00PM)
Weekly Tues Gig- Uptown edition of the city's prime local market

 

Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns
Spotted Cat (10:00PM)
Weekly Tues Gig- Booming swing and a voice that will make you melt. A lindy hoppers' delight.

 

Albinas Prizgintas

Trinity Episcopal Church (6:00PM)

Free organ every Tuesday night from one of the city’s premiere classical musicians

 

Charlie Miller

Little Gem Saloon (5:00PM)

Happy hour with a New Orleans trumpeter, no cover charge

Mercredi

June 19th

Walter Wolfman Washington

d.b.a. (10:00 PM)

Fiery blues on Frenchmen - every week

 

Wednesdays at the Point

Algiers Ferry Landing (6:00PM)

Today, Vivaz Latin Band and Paky Saavadra 

 

Curren$y's Jet Lounge

Blue Nile (10:00 PM)

The NOLA rapper's weekly party

 

 

Major Bacon

Banks Street Bar (10:00 PM)

Blues rock and BLTs!

 

SIN Night

Country Club (All Day)

Weekly Wed Gig- $3 martinis and free admission for the service industry folks.

 

 

Tom McDermott and Meschiya Lake

Chickie Wah Wah (8:00PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- Piano man meets a golden voice.

 

 

Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses

Mimi's (10:00PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- Gypsy jazz upstairs in the Marigny

 

Busker's Ballroom

Hi-Ho Lounge (8:00PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- from the street to the stage. Midnight Snax throwdown follows at 10pm.

 

Tin Men

dba (7:00 PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- The world's premiere washboard-sousaphone-guitar trio.

 

Treme Brass Band

Candlelight Lounge (9:00 PM)

Weekly Wed Gig- Pass on by and see the 6th Ward’s home band.

 

Marc Stone

Little Gem Saloon (5:00PM)

Traditional Blues, Gospel, and R&B in the CBD

 

Uptown Jazz Orchestra

Snug Harbor (8:00PM)

Delfeayo Marsalis’ award-winning orchestra

Jeudi

June 20th

Barry Stephenson's Pocket

Maison (10:00PM)

Come see the in-demand bassist perform with his own band tonight

 

Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers
Vaughn's (7:00 PM)
Red beans, rice, Kermit, and you'll get to bed early

 

Soul Rebels

Les Bon Temps Roule (10:00 PM)

Brass Uptown!

 

Hot 8 Brass Band

Candlelight Lounge (8:00PM)

Shake your brass in the Treme with a blend of hip hop, R&B, and pop

 

The Trio feat. Johnny Vidacovich & Guests

Maple Leaf (8:00PM)

One of New Orleans’ best percussionist invites his friends to the stage

 

Brass-A-Holics

PubliQ House (9:30PM)

Brass with electric guitar and keyboard

 


Voodoo Art Experience

Along with Music, Large-Scale Interactive Art Exhibit Will Be On Display at This Weekend's Festival



This weekend at City Park, Fest-goers find interactive steel sculptures complete with fiery antennas and multi-sensory fusion under the oaks. And the eyes will be watching. It’s not unusual for music festivals to incorporate visual art into their lineup, but New Orleans’ Voodoo Music Experience boasts a veritable bounty of large-scale installations from both local and international artists.

 

For the second year in a row, Tulane partnered with Voodoo in the Entrance Design Competition, a contest with specific parameters for Architecture students to enter for a chance to see their own large-scale, practical installation at the Voodoo gates.

 

Festival Producer Stephen Rehage and Stefan Beese are co-curators of the Fest's art, and they also chose the winner of this year’s contest along with Tulane School of Architecture Correspondent Chris Berends.

 

 

“This is our second competition with Tulane,” explained Beese. “We always try to create partnerships with local entities.”  

 

The winner of Tulane Entrance Design Competition is “MOVEMENT”by Andrew Graham along with his team of students. “It’s a very complex and interesting piece because it has different appearances from different viewpoints,” said Beese. The installation will be hung from a 12ft. tall, 30 ft. wide, and 6ft. deep structure.

 

 

Last year’s festival was all about sustainability, and Beese said the people at Voodoo haven’t abandoned environmentally friendly ideals. “Movement,” consists of reusable plywood panels that Beese said would absolutely be repurposed countless times in the future.

 

“We created an entrance that is about 500 feet long, it prepares you for what’s to come,” said Beese.

 

Beese is thrilled about the entrance to this year’s festival.

 

 

“One thing about it is it looks very distorted and kind of abstract,” said the curator. “It spells Voodoo from different viewpoints, and it actually spells ‘exit,’ near the exit of the venue. It’s multipurpose signage.”

 

Once fest goers experience “Movement,” they’ll be able to create their own music with “Way,” a sound bridge. Individual tiles each emit a distinct sound, which are activated by footsteps. Marcus Brown and Nathan Weidenhaft collaborated on the installation, which Beese promises will be a perfect way to sound off the celebration.

 

“I don’t want to give away what it says, but it prepares you definitely for the experience of Voodoo,” said Beese. “

 

Beese also felt the exhibition “Face Forward,” by Christian Ristow, was worth highlighting. The steel model acts as an interactive androgynous human face, offering festival visitors the opportunity to control the “12 fascia muscles,” controlled by different levers that will sit 30 ft. away from the structure itself. 

 

“I’m anticipating a lot of ‘wow,’ factor coming from this piece,” explained Beese. Not only is Ristow’s installation a fun, group-oriented activity, it offers revelers an emotive experience in which they can collaborate to produce true, human expressions on a grand scale. 

 

Dave Rhodes and Stefan Beese came together to design “Doors of Voodoo” an Isaac-inspired installation in keeping with the theme of recycling and rebirth.  

 

“There were so many doors and shutters around,” explains Beese. “All of these doors and shutters are kind of a tribute to New Orleans but also emphasize the reuse and make new after a storm,” said Beese.

 

The installation consists of upright, recycled doors and shutters scattered about a space, inviting visitors to interact with the exhibition by walking through different entrances.

 

“Silver Claw”by Christina Sporrong is back this year, a large-scale steel lobster with fire-spitting antennas that appears as if it is climbing out of the water.

 

Interested in learning more about this year's art offerings? Click here for a full list with descriptions.

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Contributors:

Dead Huey Long, Emma Boyce, Ian Hoch, Sarah Esenwein, Will Dilella, Chris Rinaldi, Lianna Patch, Phil Yiannopoulos, Cate Czarnecki, Jonas Griffin, Jennifer Abbot, Mary Kilpatrick, Elaina Patton, Mike Horst, Devin Bambrick, Katherine McGuire, Norris Ortolano, Joe Shriner

Staff Writers

Kerem Ozkan

Listings

Elisabeth Morgan

Puzzler

Paolo Roy

Art Director:

Michael Weber, B.A.

Assistant Managing Editor

Mary-Devon Dupuy

Managing Editor

Stephen Babcock

Editor:

B. E. Mintz

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