Voodoo Experience returns to New Orleans Halloween weekend

Voodoo Experience returns to New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — The Voodoo Experience alternative music festival returns to New Orleans for the three-day Halloween weekend with a diverse lineup that includes Eminem, Kiss, Jane’s Addiction and Widespread Panic.

The event runs Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at City Park. Also on the schedule of 150 acts are Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School Of Medicine, Lenny Kravitz, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic.

This will be rapper Eminem’s first full performance in more four years, and it is his only scheduled concert for 2009. Kiss is slated to perform Halloween night, while Kravitz will close the festival on Nov. 1.

Besides alternative punk and rock groups, Voodoo offers a host of Louisiana favorites, including Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Trombone Shorty.

The festival is set among City Park’s lush lagoons and oak trees and celebrates music, as well as New Orleans food, arts and culture.

Details at www.thevoodooexperience.com.