Voodoo 2016: Electric Voodooloo (10/28-30)

Tips would be to harden your liver before you come to town, even if you don't drink that much.  Voodoo is a party festival.  They set it up where it can be whatever you want it to be.  For instance, some of the younger attendees may never leave the EDM area.  Other people may follow rock or alternative all day.  Still others might want funk and NOLA stuff.

The last few years, there have been 4 stages.  The main stage caters to a mix of independent acts, rappers, rock bands and headliners.  The Le Plur stage is almost solely EDM and EDM styled acts. The other two stages alternate between weird, alternative, jazz, local stuff, rock, rap and other random genres they might bring in.  So if you are into rock, hiphop and jazz, you can do that.  You can post up all day at either of the smaller stages and have rail.  No one goes early in the day, so if you have an act you want to post up for at either the main stage or the EDM stage, you can get front center pretty easily.  You can also usually get really close 15-20 minutes before an act comes on (depending obviously). 

Some other things that come to mind are that Voodoo will put anyone after anyone else on the rock and rap stages.  So a stage can go from My Chemical Romance to Soundgarden, or like this year, Clutch > Santigold > Ozzy & Friends.  They don't necessarily mesh genres in succession by stage.

Food is usually decent.  It's easy to bicycle there, and that's what I'd recommend to anyone.  Security can be onerous, but once you're in, they pretty much leave you alone.  If you think of anything else, let us know and we'll try to help you out.