JamBase: NOLA Funk Fest Reveals 2024 Lineup Featuring Meters Celebration, Tank & The Bangas, Big Freedia & More
The NOLA Funk Fest announced its 2024 lineup including Meters celebration GeoLeo, Tank and the Bangas, Big Freedia and more. Presented by the Louisiana Music & Heritage Experience, the three-day event is set to take place at the New Orleans Jazz Museum October 18 – 20.
Country Roads Magazine feature on the LMHE
Jazz, sometimes referred to as “America’s classical music,” was born right in New Orleans. Blues, by most accounts, sprung up nearby—and from it sprouted Baton Rouge’s particular brand of “swamp blues”. Further Southwest, Louisiana French music, zydeco, and swamp pop emerged; all indigenous to Louisiana, too. Even Shreveport has a too-often neglected strain of country, gospel, and big band music history. Louisiana’s cultural capital is largely derived from the wide breadth of music born from its swamps, prairies, and city centers. So, why don’t we have a museum dedicated to the many stories of Louisiana’s music?
Funkin' It Up: NOLA Funk Fest Announces The LMHE
New Orleans' newest festival is comin' in hot and loud. They will be taking over the New Orleans Jazz Museum grounds and the surrounding areas from October 20-22 with food, drinks, symposiums, vendors, artists, a museum exhibit, and, of course, tons of music.
Funky Uncle webcast may grow into a $160 Louisiana music museum
Louisiana, as every music fan knows, is at the heart of American music. So how come it doesn't have a museum to reflect that?
Enter the Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience museum. The brainchild of a group of heavy-hitting industry professionals, the facility is planned to be a $160 million, 120,000-square-foot interactive museum, completely dedicated to all aspects of Louisiana music.