Each year, Voodoo Music and Arts Experience is highlighted for the music, whether it’s the headlining acts or local bands. However, Voodoo is much more than music. Here are a few of my favorite experiences not found on stage on day two of the festival.

1. Pepsi Art Experience

Pepsi’s tent immersed attendees in art. It had a huge dome filled with bean bags for festival goers to lean back and gaze up at projections covering the top half of the dome. Projections of symmetric shapes, fractal patterns, colorful creatures and more filled the space. It was the perfect escape from the downpour that dominated Saturday afternoon and evening.

Outside of the dome, Pepsi set up tables with spiral art machines. Attendees filled out a postcard to send to themselves or a friend, placed it in the spinning machine and squirted inks onto the cards, creating their own one-of-a-kind art projects.

2. The vendors

I love weaving in and out of the vendor tents at festivals. It’s fun to see crafts from around the world offered by traveling vendors as well as items created by New Orleans natives. I’m always a sucker for the jewelry vendors who handcraft their pieces, but everything from art to clothes to soaps are offered.