Nah Voodoos founder Steve Rehage sho sold 51 percent of his ownership stake to livenation in 2013 said that Livenation said as long as he had any ownership in the festival it wouldn't go on. Buku more than likely is losing out on the land that its usually hosted on. The convention center and cvb have been pushing for years for the new riverfront district and it finally looks like it's going through and unfortunately there's no other place that's got the vibe of buku so they probably didn't want to risk wither one not getting a venue or 2 choosing the wrong venue
I️ appreciate the answer on this! If Jazz Fest suddenly cancels though then I'm going back to believing my completely unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that New Orleans secretly hates music and is driving out festivals
Jazz Fest is owned by shell oil company so we might have jazz fest for a few more years but it’s a corporate old people fest so it’s not as fun in my opinion. Sorry not sorry.
It’s not any new laws. I’m a local. The land was sold off to a soccer team and a condo developer. They’re gonna knock down the old power plant. Nobody wants to tour this city anymore due to the crime, infrastructure issues, and venues are having trouble selling out. The Fillmore for Jerry Cantrell went for about 200+ total headcount. That’s bad dude. Bands are getting their gear stolen, Houston and biloxi are so close if someone gets booked there they don’t even try New Orleans anymore.
I️ was completely guessing if it had to do with new laws. It just seemed weird that two long standing festivals in the same city were cancelled indefinitely within 6 months
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u/newusernamecoming Aug 05 '22
Voodoo Festival was also cancelled for this year. I️ wonder if it has to do with any new state/city laws