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Voodoo Experience Turns 10
The annual Halloween event, which has been dubbed The Tenth Ritual by organizers, will take place October 24-26 in New Orleans’ City Park.
More than 90 acts, including a number of local artists, are scheduled to appear.
The line-up (as of June 20) is: R.E.M., Stone Temple Pilots, Nine Inch Nails, Erykah Badu, Dashboard Confessional, Death Cab for Cutie, DeVotchKa, Panic at the Disco, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Cold War Kids, Joss Stone, Ghostland Observatory, Lupe Fiasco, Joseph Arthur, Wyclef Jean, Man Man, The Gutter Twins, Morning 40 Federation, Tokyo Police Club, Innerpartysystem, Colour Revolt, Thievery Corporation, Extra Action Marching Band, Manchester Orchestra, King Britt tribute to Sister Gertude, Ozomatli Reunited with Chali 2na, Irvin Mayfield featuring the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Cowboy Mouth, The Lee Boys, Kermit Ruffins & The BBQ Swingers, Reverend Horton Heat, Old 97’s, Marc Broussard, Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Rebirth Brass Band, Ivan Neville and Dumpstaphunk, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Preservation Hall Jazz band with Marva Wright, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Fatter Than Albert, Treme Brass Band, John Boutte, The Dan Dyer Band, Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, The Iguanas, Soul Rebels, Bonerama, DJ Soul Sister, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Shamarr Allen, Rockie Charles, Paul Sanchez and His Rolling Road Show, DJ Butterfoot, Deacon John’s Tribute to New Orleans R&B featuring Wardell Quezerque, Preservation Hall Hot 4 with Special Guests, Melody Clouds, Walter Wolfman Washington, The New Orleans Bingo! Show Plus Special Guests, Shudder to Think, Clint Maedgen +9, Fleur De Tease, Paul Varisco & The Milestones, New Orleans Jazz Vipers, One Man Machine, Big Al Carson, The Happy Talk Band, Bones, Noisician Coalition, The Tin Men with The Valparaiso Men’s Chorus, New Orleans Sunken City Circus featuring: Pain Tribe, C-Ba$, Tap Water Mind Control, and Activity 3, Worms Union, Oscillation Communications, Ratty Scurvics Singularity, Crimes Against Nature, Sirena Serpentina, Illusion Fields, Good Guys, Nag Hammadi, Andre Williams, My Graveyard Jaw, NOOMOON Tribe, Widetrack, C-Ba$, Sideshow, DJ Proppa Bear, sHeLLShoCk, Ray Bong, White Bitch’s Prey Drive, Hands of Nero, Big Blue Marble, The Vettes, Sons of William, Sista Otis, Rotary Downs, Quintron & Miss Pussycat.
Tickets, priced at $115 for a weekend pass, are available beginning June 23 at TheTenthRitual.com and Ticketmaster.com.
LOA VIP Experience passes, priced at $450, are also available and include three-day admission with in/out privileges, grandstand viewing of the main stage, reserved parking, full bar services, exclusive New Orleans cuisine, private bathrooms, a Tenth Ritual poster autographed by the artist and more.