NEWS
Rock & Rouge PR: Cancellation due to Covid-19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Event: The Rock & Rouge Women’s Music & Food Festival & beyond
Company: Rock & Rouge Foundation Inc.
Contact: Abigail Braud
Date: Monday, May 13, 2020
Phone: 504-523 6276 office
Email: info@therockandrouge.com
New Orleans, Louisiana, May 13, 2020 – Unfortunately, we must announce that The Rock & Rouge Women’s Music & Food Festival & beyond 2020 has been cancelled. At first, we had hoped to postpone the festival to September 2020 in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 and Governor John Bel Edwards’ ban on public events. However, New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell has since strongly advised against holding festivals for the remainder of 2020.
As we have previously stated, public safety and health is our top priority. In order to protect our community and comply with our government and health officials, we see no other option than to cancel The Rock & Rouge Women’s Music & Food Festival & beyond for 2020. The Rock & Rouge Foundation remains driven to celebrate and empower women in our community. We anticipate the return of live music, food, and celebration of our culture in 2021, and we hope to see you there. Our sincerest gratitude extends to our community, partners, sponsors, donors, volunteers, and everyone in this difficult time!
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Rock & Rouge PR: COVID-19 Update
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Event: The Rock & Rouge Women’s Music & Food Festival & beyond
Company: Rock & Rouge Foundation Inc.
Contact: Caroline Giepert
Date: Monday, March 16, 2020
Phone: 504-523 6276 office
Email: info@therockandrouge.com
Monday, March 16, 2020 11:40 AM – Following the announcement of Governor John Bel Edwards last Friday afternoon banning all public events over 250 people, The Rock & Rouge Women’s Music & Food Festival & beyond will not be held this upcoming Saturday, March 21st in Lafayette Square. While we are saddened and disappointed, we understand that public safety is the top priority and will continue to listen to and support state and local officials.
We will instead move forward with hosting this event in September 2020 in Lafayette Square. We hope to see everyone there in the fall to celebrate and empower all women in our community. Please stay tuned over the coming months as we will announce any updates and changes. Thank you to our community, partners, sponsors, donors, and everyone in this difficult time!
Please email info@therockandrouge.com with any questions.
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BULLETIN: The Rock & Rouge has added the Charmaine Neville Band to the line-up on the “Women Who Rock” Stage.
The Rock & Rouge 2020 is here!

1/10/2020 Announcement:
(sandwiched between Camp Street and St. Charles Avenue across from Gallier Hall.)
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The Rock & Rouge 2018
Thank you one and all for coming out to the inaugural Rock & Rouge Women’s Music & Food Festival. This empowerment of women was a great success. It couldn’t have been so awe-inspiring without the support of our sponsors, panelists, food vendors, artists, musicians, volunteers, and of course you, the fans!
If you missed this amazing event, you can click here to view our digital scrapbook of The Rock & Rouge 2018.
EXTRA, EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT:
For immediate release- June 15th, 2018
The Rock & Rouge Women’s Music & Food Festival & Beyond has pushed its date from June, 16th to Saturday, June, 30th 2018 due to weather conditions and safety concerns. We are still accepting volunteers and please email us if you’d like to participate to volunteers@therockandrouge.com. There will be a change in our lineup, but Irma Thomas is still our headliner! We apologize that we have lost Lynn Dury and Shawn WIlliams due to their tour schedule. Please look on their websites for their tour dates.
We hope to see you there!