After hosting its first two editions at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, NOLA Funk Fest last year relocated to a larger location at Spanish Plaza along the Riverfront. The annual music and culture festival is now more than doubling its footprint with its fourth edition Friday, Oct. 16, through Sunday, Oct. 18.
NOLA Funk Fest is moving across Canal Street to Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park, stretching from the plaza at the Audubon Aquarium to St. Louis Street with three stages, areas dedicated to Cajun and Creole culture and Black Masking Indians, a kids’ village and food and drink vendors.
This year’s lineup includes guest-filled headlining sets by Galactic and Georger Porter Jr. and a tribute to Allen Toussaint featuring Irma Thomas, John Boutte, Davell Crawford and many others. There also are performances by Dumpstaphunk, the Lost Bayou Ramblers with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Cimafunk, The Breaks, JoJo Hermann, the New Orleans Suspects with “Big Sam” Williams and more…