Voodoo Experience

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Voodoo Experience


location = New Orleans, Louisiana, US
years_active= 1999 - present
dates = Late October (weekend before 31 October)
genre = Alternative rock, Hip hop, Electronica, Indie rock, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Jam, Blues, New Orleans Bounce, R&B, Ska, Rap, Gospel, Hard rock, Brass Band, Jazz, Reggae, Metal
website = [http://www.thetenthritual.com Official Website (The Tenth Ritual)]

Voodoo Experience or "Voodoo Music Experience" is a multi-day music festival in New Orleans, Louisiana held the weekend before Halloween at City Park since 1999.

The Voodoo Experience has hosted over 450 artists and close to a million fans over its 9-year tenure [ [http://www.thetenthritual.com/?content=history History ] ] and has been twice nominated for Pollstar's Music Festival of the Year. [ [http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/2001winners.htm 2001winners ] ] [ [http://www.pollstaronline.com/CIC2004/pollstar-awards.htm pollstar-awards ] ]

The Voodoo Experience is known for its blending of high profile national artists from all genres such as 50 Cent, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and 311 with local Louisiana musicians including The Original Meters, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue and Dr. John.

History

Creation

The Voodoo Music Festival was first held on 30 October 1999 at Tad Gormley Stadium in City Park. Planned and executed by Steve Rehage, CEO of Rehage Entertainment, the festival consisted of three stages and many local and national acts.

Growth

The Voodoo Festival started with very humble beginnings in 1999 as a one day music festival in Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans with an attendance of about 8,000 people, the main attratching artist was Wyclef Jean and The Fugees. The following year expanded to 2 days and drew attention with a performance by Eminem, whose fame had exploded just before the festival, this brought Voodoo to the attention of music fans from around the world. In 2006, Voodoo separated the show into 3 distinct areas (Le Ritual, Le Flambeau and Le Carnival) on six stages. Each area was designed to showcase uniquely different sides of the personality of the festival and New Orleans. “Le Flambeau” features music and sounds consistent with the hometown style of The Big Easy. “Le Ritual” features more mainstream music we’re all familiar with, and finally “Le Carnival” features indie bands, burlesque, and circus acts. In 2007, The festival expanded to 3 days and broke all previous attendance records with an estimate 100,000+ fans. [http://www.neworleanscvb.com/articles/index.cfm/action/view/articleID/1857/typeID/27]

Hurricane Katrina

In 2005, the Voodoo Music Experience was an early post-Hurricane Katrina event, billed as the "first full-scale, large entertainment event within city limits since the disastrous hurricane and subsequent flood hit the city on August 29." [cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1511337/10122005/nine_inch_nails.jhtml?headlines=true |title=Voodoo Music Experience Returning To New Orleans For A Day |accessdate=2008-07-13 |author=Gil Kaufman |date=2005-10-12 |work=MTV |publisher=] At the insistence of event producer Steve Rehage, the festival was held as a free tribute concert for the first responders, military, volunteers, and returning residents six weeks after the storms. The festival took place at Riverview Park, a part of Audubon Park, and featured Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Secret Machines, The New York Dolls and local bands including Cowboy Mouth and ReBirth Brass Band. cite news |first=Keith |last=Spera |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Rockin' relief; Two months ago, it appeared the Voodoo Music Experience would be another Katrina casualty. But you'd never have known it on Saturday, when the festival's trademark mix of local and national acts rocked Riverview Park |work=Times Picayune |language=English |date=2005-11-01 |id=ISSN|10553053 |accessdate=2008-07-08 ] As New Orleans recovered, Voodoo Experience returned fully to City Park in 2006 with a record-breaking attendance of over 100,000.

2007 and 2008

In 2007, the festival was expanded from two to three days. On October 24 2008 the festival celebrates its tenth anniversary, dubbed "The Tenth Ritual." The festival changed its name to "Voodoo Experience" dropping music from its title in 2008.

Lineups

2008 lineup

On 26 June 2008, festival organizers announced that Lil Wayne, from New Orleans' Hollygrove neighborhood, will be joining the 2008 line-up. [ cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Lil Wayne to do the Voodoo |url= |work=AP |publisher=Yahoo News |date=2008-06-26 |accessdate=2008-07-13 |url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_en_mu/people_lil_wayne ] On September 5th, 2008 festival organizers announced The Mars Volta, N*E*R*D, TV on the Radio, Irma Thomas, Butthole Surfers, Ben Jelen, Fishbone and more than 40 other performers joined the 2008 Voodoo lineup.Friday October 24th:
*Stone Temple Pilots
*TV on the Radio
*Erykah Badu
*Reverend Horton Heat
*The Gutter Twins
*Joss Stone
*Wyclef Jean
*Angels and Airwaves
*Man Man
*The New Orleans Bingo! Show
*Extra Action Marching Band
*Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
*The Dirtbombs
*The Iguanas
*New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
*Marva Wright and the BMW's
*The Zydepunks
*Rockie Charles
*Ben Jelen
*Leo Nocentelli
*101 Runners
*Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts
*The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker and Big Sam's Funky Nation
*Big Sam's Funky Nation
*King Britt Tribute to Sister Gertrude
*New Orleans Jazz Vipers
*Big Blue Marble
*Sons of William
*Washboard Chaz Blues Trio
*DJ Tom Harvey
*Voodoo Social Aid A Pleasure Club presents DJ Soul Sista's Annual Downtown Throwdown
*DJ Butterfoot
*Nag Hammadi
*Ray Bong
*White Bitch's Prey Drive
*Tap Water Mind Control
*Worms Union
*My Graveyard Jaw
*Pain Tribe
*New Orleans Sunken City Circus
*Shellshock
*Andre Williams
*Oscillation Communications
*One Man Machine
*Gravity A
*CHANT
*Common Thread
*Mad Mike
*The LowDown ThrowDown
*The Wall Street Traitors
*The Bad Off
*Hurray for the Riff Raff
*Wooded Teeth
*F.I.S.T.Saturday October 25th:
*Nine Inch Nails
*Lil Wayne
*The Mars Volta
*Ghostland Observatory
*Thievery Corporation
*DeVotchKa
*Shudder to Think
*The New Orleans Bingo! Show
*Extra Action Marching Band
*Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
*Bonerama
*Fishbone
*Manchester Orchestra
*Innerpartysystem
*Old 97's
*Walter Wolfman Washington
*Marc Broussard
*Hot 8 Brass Band
*Dead Confederate
*Dan Dyer
*Dr. Michael White
*Treme Brass Band
*Clint Maedgen +9
*Rotary Downs
*John Boutte
*Sam & Ruby
*Shamarr Allen
*Fleur de Tease
*Fatter Than Albert
*The Happy Talk Band
*The Knux
*Ashes Divide
*Voodoo Social Aid A Pleasure Club presents DJ Soul Sista's Annual Downtown Throwdown
*DJ Butterfoot
*C-Ba$ Sideshow
*Nag Hammadi
*Big Al Carson
*Paul Sanchez and The Rolling Road Show
*Widetrack
*Noomoon Tribe
*DJ Proppa Bear
*Good Guys
*Ratty Scurvics Singularity
*DJ Soul Sister
*Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue
*Rabbit Junk
*Dave Gregg & the Barefoot Philistines
*DJ Slice
*Crooked
*Worlds Most Dangerous
*American Disaster Party
*Deep in the Ninth
*Under the Green
*F.I.S.T.Sunday October 26th:: 

*R.E.M.
*N.E.R.D.
*Panic At the Disco
*Dashboard Confessional
*Lupe Fiasco
*Butthole Surfers
*Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
*The New Orleans Bingo! Show
*Extra Action Marching Band
*Cold War Kids
*Ozomatli Reunited w/ Chali 2na
*Tokyo Police Club
*Cowboy Mouth
*Irma Thomas
*Blind Boys of Alabama
*The Morning 40 Federation
*Deacon John’s Tribute to New Orleans R&B
*Wardell Quezerque
*Dirty Dozen Brass Band
*Preservation Hall Jazz Band
*Soul Rebels Brass Band
*Eli "Paperboy" Reed and the True Loves
*Quintron and Miss Pussycat
*Hot Club of New Orleans
*Tin Men with the Valparaiso Mens Chorus
*The Vettes
*Bones
*The Lee Boys
*Melody Clouds
*Voodoo Social Aid A Pleasure Club presents DJ Soul Sista's Annual Downtown Throwdown
*DJ Butterfoot
*C-Ba$ Sideshow
*Sista Otis
*Sirena Serpentina
*Hands of Nero
*Illusion Fields
*Crimes Against Nature
*Paul Varisco and The Milestones
*Valpraiso Mens Chorus
*Manwitch
*F.I.S.T.

2007 lineup

Friday October 26th:
*Rage Against The Machine
*Kings Of Leon
*Toots and the Maytals
*M.I.A.
*Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
*Jason Isbell
*Galactic featuring Chali 2na (of Jurassic 5)
*Porcupine Tree
*JJ Grey & MOFRO
*Dax Riggs
*Earl Greyhound
*Lez Zeppelin
*Soul Rebels Brass Band
*Donald Harrison plus the Congo Nation
*Bonerama
*CC Adcock and Lil’ Band O’ Gold
*Hot 8 Brass Band
*Theresa Andersson
*Dan Dyer
*Ghost
*Zydepunks
*Jose Conde y Ola Fresca
*Meriwether
*Vavavoom
*Fatter Than Albert
*Amy Cook
*DJ Tom Harvey
*Eyelash Carpets
*Noisician Coalition/Noise Parade
*LUX
*Hands of Nero
*The Mad Mike Experience
*Heavenly Trip To Hell
*Palanquin Diaries
*Slew Foot
*Gravity A
*EllisD & Ray BongSaturday October 27th:
*The Smashing Pumpkins
*Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
*Sinead O’ Connor
*Tiesto
*New Orleans Social Club
*Spoon
*Preservation Hall Jazz Band
*Ghostland Observatory
*Toubab Krewe
*Motion City Soundtrack
*Mute Math
*Kermit Ruffins and the Barbeque Swingers
*The New Orleans Bingo! Show
*Dexateens
*Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
*Circa Survive
*Coheed & Cambria
*Big Sam’s Funky Nation
*Fleur De Tease
*Rotary Downs
*Porter-Batiste-Stoltz
*Rockie Charles
*Sam and Ruby
*Panorama Jazz Band
*The Happy Talk Band
*Henry Butler
*Jamie McLean Band
*Dave Gregg and the Barefoot Philistines
*Ratty Scurvics Singularity
*NOOMOON Tribe
*Chant w/Curse Mackey
*Sista Otis
*My Graveyard Jaw
*Widetrack
*Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship?
*Brass Bed
*DJ Slice
*DJ Proppa Bear
*Pain Tribe w/Tapwater Mind Control and Revo Industries,
*Gokh-Bi SystemSunday October 28th:: 

*Wilco
*Dr. John
*Fall Out Boy
*Common
*Plain White T’s
*The Black Crowes
*Irma Thomas
*Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
*Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
*Ska Cubano
*Zap Mama
*Quintron and Miss Pussycat
*Marc Broussard
*Paolo Nutini
*Gym Class Heroes
*Morning 40 Federation
*Liquidrone
*Cute Is What We Aim For
*The New Orleans Bingo! Show
*Mighty Clouds Of Joy
*Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
*Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave
*The Furious?
*Ballerinas
*Amanda Shaw and the Cute Guys
*Christian Scott, Deacon John
*Groove Sect
*Good Guys
*Crooked
*Illusion Fields
*LOID
*Nag Hammadi
*Sirena Serpentina
*Trevor Green
*The Syndrome
*TheTransmission
*Sinister Trailer Park
*WORMS UNION
*Noisician Coalition
*Snuff Sugar, Aurora Aerial

2006 lineup

Saturday, October 28th:
*Red Hot Chili Peppers
*The Meters
*Social Distortion
*Shooter Jennings
*Secret Machines
*Blue October
*Brazilian Girls
*Ferry Corsten
*Broken Social Scene
*Drive-By Truckers
*Kinky
*Jamie Lidell
*The Living Things
*Joseph Arthur
*Otra
*Mutemath
*Fatter Than Albert
*Jose Conde y Ola fresca
*Ellipsis
*Soul Rebels
*Terra Diablo
*Trombone Shorty
*Imagination Movers
*Ballzack
*Amanda Shaw
*NOOMOON Tribe
*Worms Union
*Nag Hammadi
*Pain Tribe
*Zydepunks
*Spoonfed Tribe
*Ray Bong & Mad Mike
*Six Foot ShallowSunday, October 29th:
*Duran Duran
*Wu Tang Clan
*The Flaming Lips
*My Chemical Romance
*Kings of Leon
*Ozomatli
*Yerba Buena
*Jack's Mannequin
*The Rentals
*The Fiery Furnaces
*The Whigs
*Cowboy Mouth
*Kermit Ruffins
*Morning 40 Federation
*Big Sam's Funky Nation
*Hot 8 Brass Band
*Jon Cleary
*Sam and Ruby
*Dan Dyer
*NOOMOON Tribe
*Worms Union
*Nag Hammadi
*Pain Tribe
*F.I.S.T.
*Ratty Scurvics
*Singularity
*The Eyelash Carpets

2005 lineup

Because of Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 Voodoo Experience was split into two different sites (New Orleans and Memphis). The city of Memphis was gracious enough to let Voodoo host part of the festival at its AutoZone Park. Another part of the show took place at New Orleans' Audubon Park "Butterfly" held as a free show for the first responders, military, volunteers, and returning residents. The show drew between 20,000-25,000 people and featured several New Orleans musicians that hadn't played in the city since the storm. [cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001392836 |title=Voodoo Brings New Orleans Musicians Back Home |accessdate=2008-07-13 |author=Jonathan Cohen |date=2005-10-31 |work=Billboard |publisher=]

Line-Up:
*Nine Inch Nails
*Queens of the Stone Age
*The New York Dolls
*Secret Machines
*Atone Pain Tribe
*Ballzack
*Big Sam's Funky Nation
*Billy Idol
*Bonerama
*Bravery, The
*Brazilian Girls
*Brotherhood of Groove
*Cake
*Carl Cox
*Dan Dyer
*Dan the Automator
*Death From Above 1979
*Decemberists
*Digable Planets
*Dr. John
*Fi Yi Yi - Spirits of the Mandingo Warrior
*The Flaming Lips
*Foo Fighters
*Frame of Mind
*Ghost
*Handsome Boy Modeling School
*HIM
*Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
*Jose Conde Y Ola Fresca
*Joss Stone
*Kermit Ruffins
*Rebirth Brass Band
*King Wilkie
*LCD Soundsystem
*Louis XIV
*Michael Torcher
*Mickey Hart's Voodoo Drum Circle
*Mindless Self Indulgence
*Morning 40 Federation
*My Chemical Romance
*Nag Hammadi
*Noomoon Tribe
*Prince Paul
*Red Rockers
*Ryan Adams
*Samurai Deli
*Social Distortion
*Something for Rockets
*Spam Allstars

2004 lineup

Line-Up:
*Green Day
*Velvet Revolver
*Cypress Hill
*The Killers
*Sonic Youth
*Kid Rock
*Beastie Boys
*De La Soul
*Talib Kweli
*The Polyphonic Spree
*A Tribe Called Quest
*Alter Bridge
*Ambulance LTD
*Catch Velvet
*Cowboy Mouth
*DJ Logic
*DJ Medi4
*DJ P
*Dropping Daylight
*Eisley
*Fall as Well
*Ferry Corsten
*Funk Fast Forward
*Ghost
*Gogol Bordello
*Gomez
*Gooding
*The Hanks
*John Digweed
*Joseph Arthur
*Juliette & The Licks
*KillRadio
*Lake Trout
*LTJ Bukem
*Mauro Picotto
*Metric
*Mix Master Mike
*Morning 40 Federation
*New Found Glory
*Northern State
*O-Fresh
*Particle
*Paul Van Dyke
*Phantom Planet
*Pixies
*Rock City Morgue
*Shinedown
*Slunt
*Snow Patrol
*Steel Pulse
*Sugarcult
*Supagroup
*Theresa Anderson
*Pleasure Club
*The Thrills
*Wylde Bunch

2003 lineup

Friday October 31:
*Godsmack
*P.O.D
*Adema
*Supagroup
*50 cent
*Ludacris
*The Subdudes
*Rabbit in the Moon
*Z-trip
*Kill Hannah
*Mindless Self Indulgence
*X
*Disco Biscuits

Saturday, November 1st:
*Staind
*Marilyn Manson
*The Donnas
*Cowboy Mouth
*Better Than Ezra
*Fuel
*Revis
*Paul Oakenfold
*?uestlove
*Felix Da Housecat
*The Roots
*Mos Def
*Blackalicious
*Karl Denson
*Gov’t Mule

Saturday, November 2nd:
*A Perfect Circle
*Queens of the Stone Age
*Cypress Hill
*Smile Empty Soul
*Rusted Root
*Galactic
*String Cheese Incident
*Bad Boy Bill
*DJ Dan
*RJD2
*Robert Randolph and the family
*Marc Broussard
*Howie Day

2002 lineup

Headliners:

*311, Michael Franti, No Doubt, Jack Johnson, Garbage, Counting Crows

2001 lineup

*The Black Crowes, Gov't Mule, Karl Denson, Penelope Tuesdae, Snoop Dogg, John Mayer, Missy Elliot, Will Hoge, Brand New Immortals, John Mayer, Tricky, G. Love and Special Sauce, Better Than Ezra, Bush, Tool, 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 lineup

Headliners:

* Ben Harper, Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, Stone Temple Pilots, Cypress Hill, Cowboy Mouth

1999 lineup

Headliners:

* Wyclef Jean and the Refugee All-Stars, Third Eye Blind, George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic, Moby, Ben Folds Five, The Roots, Train, Dr. John [cite news
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References

External links

* [http://fuse.tv/tours/voodoo-experience/index.html/ fuse live from the 2008 voodoo experience]
* [http://www.thetenthritual.com TheTenthRitual.com]
* [http://www.rehage.com Rehage Entertainment (Event Producer)]