New Orleans' annual Voodoo Music Experience will return to City Park from October 24-26. As in years past, the multi-day gathering will feature national touring acts like R.E.M., Stone Temple Pilots, Nine Inch Nails, Erykah Badu, Dashboard Confessional, Death Cab for Cutie and DeVotchKa, along with regional favorites such as Rebirth Brass Band, Ivan Neville and Dumpstaphunk, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Marva Wright and Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

Voodoo will also present a number of surprise collaborations, pairing New Orleans musicians with some of the festival's biggest stars. Other confirmed acts include Panic! at the Disco, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Cold War Kids, Joss Stone, Ghostland Observatory, Lupe Fiasco, Joseph Arthur, Wyclef Jean, Man Man, King Britt's tribute to Sister Gertude, Blind Boys of Alabama, Cowboy Mouth, The Lee Boys, Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, among many, many others. In addition, Chali 2na will reunite with his former collaborators Ozomatli, while Irvin Mayfield will perform with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.