Posts Tagged ‘Festivals’
A Closer Look at the 1st Annual Nolafunk Jazzfest Series
As one of the newcomers to the late night scene (helping fill a void left by Superfly Presents’ reduced presence on the late night scene in 2012 (only 2 shows this year)), the First Annual Nolafunk Jazzfest Series 2012 lineup is now complete with the addition of Daptone Records’ Afro-Cuban... more
VIDEO: Visualize Da Vibez at BUKU 2012
Chicago-based video production site Da Vibez put together a killer audiovisual montage of last month’s 1st Annual BUKU Music & Art Project down at Mardi Gras World. The video features scenes from both days and glimpses of performances by Wiz Khalifa, SKRILLEX, Diplo, Gramatik, Avicii, Porter Robinson and more. Paints... more
PHOTOS: 2012 French Quarter Fest
The 29th Annual French Quarter Fest once again reigned over the downtown area this past weekend, attracting masses of live music fans from near-and-far to the largest free music festival in the South for over 275 hours of locally-based music on over 20 stages. Photographer Jimmy Grotting was able to... more
Jazz Fest 2012 Releases Schedule Cubes, Pres Hall to Close Gentilly on May 6th
Check out the 2012 Jazz Fest Cubes HERE This morning, the 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival unveiled the schedule cubes at the annual “Month-Out” Press Party held at the Fairgrounds, signifying that Fest is only a month away. After a brief performance by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in... more
PHOTOS and VIDEOS: Hogs for the Cause 2012
>Despite muddy conditions, yesterday was yet another massively successful Hogs for the Cause. Festival goers were greeted with a sunny day in City Park and turned out in droves to soak up the food, NOLA Brewing beer and every variation of pig-based feed imaginable (bacon ice cream?). Hogs has a... more
Herbie Hancock Launches International Jazz Day with Sunrise Show in Congo Square
Herbie Hancock Launches International Jazz Day Herbie Hancock has announced plans for the launch of an International celebration of jazz, and has announced plans to center the diplomatic worldwide event around the 1st weekend of this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The official kick-off will be on April 27... more
VIDEOS: Sunday @ The 2012 Buku Music and Arts Project
We’ve got a whole lot more photos and thoughts to share from a rather glorious Sunday at the 2012 BUKU Music & Arts Project. For now, check out some videos from Gravity A, G-Eazy, A-Trak, SBTRKT, Big Gigantic and SKRILLEX. Stay tuned and enjoy. Gravity A G-Eazy G-Eazy – Make... more
VIDEO ROUNDUP: Jazz Fest Fab Five Rookie Squad
After the lineup was unveiled, the first theme that struck us was the unprecedented caliber of the female artists in this year’s lineup. But also, a noteworthy attribute of the lineup that struck us was the admirable job festival organizers did tapping into not only (a) some great young artists... more
Buku Project Finalizes Lineup, Announces Official Late-Night Experience
The Buku Music + Art Project has finalized their lineup (see below) and announced the Bassik at BUKU: The Official Late-Night Experience, on March 17, 2012, featuring Wolfgang Gartner. Also on the bill are Archnemesis, Plastic Plates, Salva, and Nguzunguzu.
Tipitina’s Announces 2012 Fess Jazztival, Instruments A Comin’ Details
Tipitina’s announced their 11-night Fess Jazztival lineup this morning, and the annual late night-during-Jazz Fest run starts on Thursday, April 26th this year and runs ’til Sunday, May 6th. Dirty Dozen Brass Band will kick it off on the 26th and Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk will close it down once again... more
Foburg Announces 2012 Lineup
The Marigny/Bywater South-by-Southwest stop-through indie fest known as Foburg Fest, now in it’s third year after the New Orleans Indie Rock Collective launched in 2010, has rolled out the lineup for this year’s event, and will take place March 9-11, this year a safer distance from Mardi Gras fallout than... more
House of Blues NOLA Jazz Fest 2012 Late Nights Announced
House of Blues just unveiled their annual late night Jazz Fest schedule and once again it is slam-packed with familiar festival favorites, a few newcomers, and a couple of spectacular second weekend Superjams up in the friendlier, darker and tinier confines of the Parish Room.
Jazz Fest 2012 Late Night Schedule / Ticket Links
Check back periodically, this post will be updated as more shows are announced. Go crazy.
Jack White Set to Headline Hangout 2012
Jack White Will Perform @ 2012 Hangout Music Fest According to reliable festival trackers Consequence of Sound and as a press release detailing his tour dates confirms, the former White Stripes frontman Jack White will headline the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama on May 18th. The full lineup has... more
LMB NYC: 2012 NOLAFUNK Mardi Gras Ball(s) @ Hiro Ballroom
Big Easy music fans in the Big Apple have a chance to le bon temps roule during this year’s Mardi Gras season thanks to this multi-night showcase by NYC’s purveyors of live NOLA funk. The 6th Annual NOLAFUNK.com Mardi Gras Ball(s) event will take place at New York’s Hiro Ballroom... more
Hangout 2012 Lineup Release Waiting Game
Last year, Jazz Fest released its lineup in mid-January, about a month later than the year prior and the local competitor taking place two weeks and 200 miles away down the coast came out with their sterling 2011 lineup a couple weeks later on February 1st. Judging by the facts... more
Jazz Fest 2012: METERS Announce Show @ The Howlin’ Wolf May 5th
After playing four festival-related one-off shows last year (two at SF’s Outside Lands, Bonnaroo and Voodoo Experience), the four original members of The Meters have announced their first New Orleans club gig in 30 years for a second Saturday late night show during Jazz Fest on May 5th at The... more
Jazz Fest 2012 Adds Bruce Springsteen, Releases Daily Lineups
Bruce Springsteen @ Jazz Fest 2006 || Photo by Michael Weintrob / JamBase More colossal news coming in today for Jazz Fest 2012 as organizers announced the addition of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band to close out the first weekend of the Festival on Sunday, April 29. This news... more
VIDEO ROUNDUP: The Ladies of Jazz Fest
The overriding WOW(!) factor that jumped out most when the 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival lineup was released was the caliber of both the newer and established female artists in the lineup. This year the Jazz Fest organizers hit the nail on the head with their attention to... more
WATCH: Marco Benevento Trio @ Bear Creek 2011
Thanks to CHeeSeHeaDPRoDuCTioNS and Funk It, an insane amount of high-quality videos have surfaced since the Bear Creek Music Festival ended over a week ago. For fans of the Jazz Fest late night scene, it doesn’t get much better than Bear Creek’s yearly lineup offerings and this year’s festival appeared... more
VIDEO: 2011 Bear Creek Music Festival Mashup
Randy over at Funk It! does some amazing videography work and this might be his best yet – a 16-minute video that manages to blow through 26 different performances from the 2011 Bear Creek Music Festival. Apparently Mr. Funk It managed to capture over 14 hours of footage from the... more
Hangout Fest 2012: Tickets On Sale 11/18
The 3rd Annual Hangout Music Festival is on once again and the Gulf Coast beach fest will take place May 18-20, 2012 at the same Gulf Shores, AL locale. Last year’s lineup included Black Keys, My Morning Jacket, Widespread Panic, Flaming Lips and Foo Fighters and the initial major artist... more
Hangout Festival 2012 Announcement This Friday
A big announcement regarding the 2012 Hangout Music Festival appears to be coming on Friday 3 p.m. CST, as indicated by the ticking clock on the festival’s home page. It will be interesting to see how they follow up the 2011 festival, a resounding success by most accounts I’ve heard... more
JAZZ FEST 2012: Rumors, Guesses, Wishes & More
The Voodoo Experience is now in the rearview and the relentless fall concert schedule is starting to slow down (although one could easily keep themselves busy on the live circuit until NYE) and therefore it’s time to start speculating about the 2012 Jazz Fest lineup. Hard to say who will... more
