2025 Rock & Rouge Women’s Music & Food Festival & Beyond
Date & Time
Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 11:00 am to Sun, 26 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Lafayette Square | New Orleans, LA
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ROCK & ROUGE WOMEN'S MUSIC & FOOD FESTIVAL & BEYOND+++++a Rock & Rouge Foundation special event+++++
Sponsored by New Orleans Recreation & Culture Fund and
Rock & Rouge Foundation
⚜️EMPOWER. REPRESENT. PRESENT.⚜️
Rock & Rouge Women's Music & Food Festival & Beyond returns to Lafayette Square on Saturday & Sunday, October 25–26, 2025, from 11AM-7PM, presented by Rock & Rouge Foundation. 🎸🥁
We're back! Alive, kicking, and louder than ever!!
Founded in 2017, Rock & Rouge Women's Music & Food Festival & beyond came into its inaugural in June 2018. Since then, our movement has grown in substantial ways helping our community of women and girls and everyone in-between.
Come join Rock & Rouge for this year's festival of fun as we continue the tradition of spotlighting incredible women & girls by elevating empowering voices across our four cornerstones this Halloween weekend! We will feature female-fronted bands, local women food vendors and guest speakers and our girls S.T.E.A.M. tent to learn new things that's fun for all children!!
This year we'll offer an array of experiences, including our VIP Wristband entry of unlimited flowing bubbles in a variety of cocktails at the Rock & Rouge Ambassadors club🎼
TALENT
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FOOD VENDORS
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STEAM WORKSHOPS
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SPEAKERS
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EXPERIENCES
Health - Sassercise - (Sponsored by Rock & Rouge Health Tent)
Health & Beauty go hand-and-hand. So, this year we are debuting our newest experience. Rock & Rouge Health is partnering with Valerie Sassyfras' vocalist turned health guru extraordinaire in her humorous "Girls Night Out" low-impact exercise program that's fun for the whole family. Scheduling begins at 10AM @ 45min. intervals with 15 min. breaks with only 20 slots per class available. Advance sign-ups will be announced soon.
Beauty Tent - Sponsored by Estee Lauder (Ambassadors Club)
✨We are, thrilled to continue our Rock & Rouge Beauty Experience inside our Ambassadors Club. Last year, we had Estee Lauder, Glam Me Over Beauty and SassyA cosmetics at our Rock & Rouge beauty stations giving demonstrations & beauty advising tips with free samples, glitter touch-ups and more. We look forward to having this experience again and this year's sponsorship by Estee Lauder!!
Sparkle Tent - Sponsored by.... (Ambassadors Club)
After your beauty experience, sparkle your way over to our wristband Sparkle tent, a dedicated space for drinking bubbles and light fair. More announcements on wristband sales commencing, will be coming soon!
Men's Experience - Sponsored by.... (End Zone)
In 2018, we introduced our men's experience called the Dug Out. Now its become the END ZONE coinciding with Fall and Football season and our awesome SAINTS! The End Zone has men's home brews on hand for sampling and a tasting contest voted by YOU the Taster's Choice award! The Grand Prize is a a beer Stein from our generous partner at the New Orleans Deutsches Haus.
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OUR PAST HISTORY
Why should you be so excited for this year's Rock & Rouge Women's Festival? Well, here are some highlights from past years:
- Incredible Women Talent such as: Grammy winner, Soul Queen of New Orleans Ms. Irma Thomas, The Vettes, Naydja Cojoe, Kelly Love Jones, Big Pearl & the Fugitives of Funk, Lynn Drury, Carolyn Broussard, DNola, Caroline Cotto, Valerie Sassyfras, & others!
- Women-led food vendors served up mouthwatering Creole, Southern, Mexican, and French dishes.
- Inspiring talks from featured guests such as New Orleans' own Mardi Gras Indian Queens of the Nation Laurita Dollis, Women in Higher Education, Businesswomen Today, Women in Politics, Music in A Major, F* Cancer, Combating Social +, Economic Oppression, & Asia Dillon Sassy A Cosmetics.
- Girls 6–14 dove into fun S.T.E.A.M. workshops with crafts, drumming, and gaming, sponsored by Microsoft, ElectricGirls, Dara Quicks' "She Comes In Pearce" to help educate young minds.
- Family-friendly experiences
- Men's Experience
We look forward to adding even more to the upcoming 2025 Festival!
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Join us as we celebrate the strength and spirit of womxn through music, food, and shared experience.
Follow this event for artist lineups, vendor updates, and ways to get involved.
Together, we are building something bigger than a festival — we’re building a better world for womxn. 👩🎤🎶
To learn more about our mission, events or to be a vendor or volunteer please check us out at: www.therockandrouge.com
or email us
Volunteer inquiries:
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Vendor inquiries:
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Thanks & we look forward to hearing from you and seeing you there!
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Event Location
Lafayette Square, Henry Clay Statue, St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130, United StatesEvent Host
The Rock & Rouge
