High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Voodoo Experience also commonly referred to as Voodoo Fest (mostly by locals) is a multi-day music and arts festival in New Orleans, Louisiana that was originally held on Halloween weekend in 1999, it has since moved between the weekend before Halloween and Halloween weekend throughout the years. The festival returned to Halloween weekend in 2009. Headlining this year's festival were Kiss, Eminem, Jane's Addiction, Widespread Panic, and The Flaming Lips. Eminem announced on his Sirius satellite radio show, Shade45, that the Voodoo Experience would be his only performance in 2009.