Rock legends and hip-hop megastars may not be enticing enough to lure University students away from the Georgia game this weekend.For its 10th anniversary, the Voodoo Experience Music Festival is going all out.At least 130 bands will perform during the three-day event, including ‘90s legends Stone Temple Pilots, Nine Inch Nails and R.E.M., and local favorites such as Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk and Cowboy Mouth. There will also be an array of Louisiana cuisine and art.But several students are forfeiting a weekend of great music and good food for a football game against a top-10 team.Nick Musso, landscape architecture senior, said many students will choose a night of football over a weekend of live music.”I think people are definitely going to the Georgia game over Voodoo,” he said. “But [Voodoo] will probably still have good numbers on Friday and Sunday.”Conners Ladner, landscape architecture senior, said he thinks many people will opt to go to the game as well.”The majority of students enjoy LSU football,” he said.Ladner said he is going to Voodoo on Friday and coming back for the game on Saturday.”The Georgia game is more important to me than Voodoo,” he said. “But I want to see Stone Temple Pilots and Man Man [on Friday].”Some students were torn between the football game and Voodoo.Meghan Dauzat, biology sophomore, was planning on attending the music festival but changed her mind as soon as the football schedule was posted.”I wanted to see Lil’ Wayne, but I love LSU football,” she said. “The game is away next year, and we aren’t even playing [Georgia] my senior year, so this is the only time to see them at home.”But there are some students who are willing to skip one of the biggest games of the season for a weekend of live music.Laura Falgoust, management junior, gave away her Georgia ticket so she could attend Voodoo.”I really like music,” she said. “And I figured I’d rather see all these people I probably wouldn’t get to see again.”Like many people going to Voodoo, Falgoust is anticipating the performances of headliners like Lil’ Wayne, Lupe Fiasco and Nine Inch Nails.Nick Gambino, creative writing senior, said he would rather go to Voodoo than the football game.He sold his Georgia ticket for $50 — the same cost of attending one day at Voodoo — so he could see particular bands.”I enjoy LSU football and try to go to every game, but I want to see Lil’ Wayne and Nine Inch Nails,” he said.Gambino said he won’t have the chance to see some of the musicians perform again.”I see LSU play often,” he said. “And to see these bands play is a once a year thing.”—-Contact Drew Belle Zerby at [email protected]
Students torn between Georgia game, Voodoo Fest
October 22, 2008