All photos by Brian Benton |
With a stacked line-up of rock, hip-hop, EDM, and of course some good ole’ Louisiana jams, the 16th annual Voodoo Music + Arts Experience hit New Orleans with a bang this past weekend. Friday brought Outkast and Halloween costumes galore. Saturday was Skrillex and 30 Seconds to Mars and to close things out on Sunday, a hit-filled two and a half hour set from the Foo Fighters.
The Voodoo crowd on Saturday |
Photos by Brian Benton (brianfbenton.com, IG: @brianfbenton) are below and in order by day. My personal highlights: gypsy punks Gogol Bordello, Dirty Bourbon River Show’s flaming tuba and 30 Seconds to Mars in what they said will be their “last show in the United States for a very, very long time.”
Friday
Twenty One Pilots |
Twenty One Pilots |
A guest appearance by Daft Punk |
Sturgill Simpson |
Bleachers |
Royal Teeth |
Royal Teeth |
A group of Waldos |
Rise Against |
Rise Against |
Slayer |
Slayer |
Outkast |
Outkast |
Saturday
Wild Cub |
A Voodoo fan |
ASTR |
Action Bronson |
Death from Above 1979 |
Death From Above 1979 |
Ms. Lauryn Hill |
Ms. Lauryn Hill |
Wild Feathers |
Wild Feathers |
Givers |
Givers |
30 Seconds to Mars |
30 Seconds to Mars |
Sunday
Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors |
Dirty Bourbon River Show |
AWOLNATION |
A crowdsurfer at the Le Plur Stage |
One of Voodoo’s many amusement rides |
World/Inferno Friendship Society |
World/Inferno Friendship Society |
John Butler Trio |
John Butler Trio |
Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue |
Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue |
Gogol Bordello |
Gogol Bordello |
Foo Fighters |
Foo Fighters |