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Thanks to Humid Beings for this gracious article…

On behalf of the Humid Beings and Dirty Coast family, we would like to congratulate Foburg Festival on a successful endeavor!

This past weekend marked the first ever Foburg Festival, a compilation of artists, and participating venues on Frenchmen Street in the Marigny, making a much appreciated pit stop in New Orleans on their way to SXSW 2010 in Austin, Texas. Foburg attracted more than 5,000 festival-goers, throughout the weekend.

The goal behind Foburg, presented by the Noir Collective, was to introduce new artists to the ever-expanding New Orleans alternative music scene. Many of the bands participating in Foburg Festival traveled to NOLA from the greater Gulf South, while others stopped by Frenchmen Street amidst their national tours.

Titling the festival, Foburg, as the name of the neighborhood in which it took place is pronounced, and not as it is spelled, Faubourg, was more than just the creators taking a friendly jab at New Orleanians for their tendency to mispronounce. Because Foburg Fest focused “on rock music and a counterculture [of New Orleans],” the Noir Collective chose music clubs on Frenchmen Street, “well known for its traditional New Orleans sounds,” to highlight the “progressive”, and vaguely ironic, aspects of the festival.

Constantly promoting and giving back to the city of New Orleans, each evening of music during Foburg Festival at each of the participating venues, Dragon’s Den, Blue Nile, DBA, Checkpoint Charlie’s, The Maison, and R Bar, was sponsored by local companies and/or collectives. With weekend passes available for purchase for only $30, decreasing by $10 each day, providing access to each of the venues throughout the entire festival, catching a bunch of different shows was a cinch and a blast! Not to mention that the entire festival was smoke-free, sponsored by LetsBeTotallyClear, making the shows that much more enjoyable, and breathable. If you needed a nicotine fix, you could catch one on your way to the next venue…. catch the rest of the article HERE.