Now in its 11th year, the Voodoo Music Experience will enjoy another day of near-perfect weather for the fest.
On Saturday tens of thousands of fans rocked out to KISS, Jane's Addiction, Wolfmother, Black Lips and George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic.
Closing acts Sunday include Lenny Kravitz, the Flaming Lips and Meat Puppets.
"It's going to be a lot of fun," said Pepper Keenan, guitarist for the heavy metal band Down, which performed Saturday. "Mardi Gras is one thing, but this city is set up for a crazy holiday like Halloween."
In all, Voodoo will have more than 100 music acts. Rehage said the "musical gumbo" will also include word artist-slash-political activist Jello Biafra and K'Naan, a Somali-Canadian poet-rapper-musician.
The festival has grown steadily in attendance, drawing more than 100,000 fans in recent years.
Widespread Panic, which performs Sunday, is one of the groups that has been active in Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts. Lead singer and guitarist John Bell said the group plans to tour a New Orleans neighborhood where it donated $150,000 to build a house for victims of the 2005 storm.
"It's still kind of eery because you see a lot of places where houses used to be, some of the foundations and pillars that look like grave stones. But the community is really coming together," he said.
For complete info on the Voodoo Fest, click the following link:
thevoodooexperience.com/2009/index.php
(Photo courtesty Scott Satchfield, WWL-TV)
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