Voodoo Music and Arts Experience brought sights and sounds to City Park in New Orleans from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2.
While all were there for the music lineup, they stayed for the three day wonderland of fashion, art and food.
Street style took on a new meaning at Voodoo, with attendees wearing their Halloween best on Oct. 31. Carly Duhe, a Voodoo guest, channeled Lydia Deetz from “Beetlejuice” with her grandmother’s lace, black dress. Some attendees, like Haley Tucker, kept the costume theme all weekend. She said she was “Ice” while another friend was “Fire” and attempted the frosted look with ice blues, including blue spray-in hair dye.
Other costumes included superheros, cops, gumball machines and bacon suits.
For the shows on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, the weather was much chillier, causing guests to break out their boots, jackets, tights and high socks.
For Emilee Abadie, that involved an Urban Outfitters’ sweater paired with LF ripped boyfriend jeans and combat boots. For Matt Hartman, a patterned, vintage hat added flair to his layered look of a jacket, button up and pants. Mason Mayfield also changed up the slacks and button up look by choosing to color block with a light pink button up and a light teal pair of slacks.
Some attendees combined costume and casual by adding accessories that are a little more out there. Brittany Green added a shoulder feather piece from Funky Monkey to her black Rue 21 dress.
All attendees agreed the festival gave them an opportunity to dress a little bit crazier than they normally do. While they kept true to their personal style, the constant free spirit atmosphere gave the chance to wear that strange accessory, or out-of-the-box outfit.
As for the music, the performances on the main, Ritual stage did not disappoint.
Friday’s best included performances by Royal Teeth, Twenty One Pilots and Outkast.
Twenty One Pilots created a great show full of high energy that involved stage and jumps and dives. Outkast also performed a high energy show, with almost all of Oct. 31’s guests cramming to be as close to Andre 3000 and Big Boi as possible.
For Saturday, the three top headliners were Flow Tribe, Thirty Seconds to Mars and Arctic Monkeys.
For 3 p.m., Flow Tribe created a set that put life into the stage and prepared for the later shows. Thirty Seconds to Mars had a show that was very fan-based through Jared Leto repeatedly stating his appreciation for its fans. The finale included a mass of fans dancing and singing on stage. Arctic Monkeys finished the night with its set and an encore that included primarily new songs, but also tried and true hits. The set sounded and looked great— starry light show included.
As for Sunday, much wasn’t happening until Foo Fighters at 6:30 p.m.
It was obvious many people didn’t bother to wake up early to see early shows, and they didn’t start pouring in until about 4 p.m.
The smaller stages held a mix of hits or misses. It was obvious many of the attendees were there for the headliners and the other artists were just bonuses. While some, like The Suffers, Monica Heldal, Naughty Professor, Luxley and Bleachers all gave good shows, they were afterthoughts.
The primary thoughts on many people’s minds was Outkast and their outfit choices.
Meg Ryan is a 20-year-old mass communication sophomore from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.