The Festival
2026
SPARKLE & BUBBLES
Get Your Sparkle On!✨
Sparkle Stations: $5
Rock & Rouge features a dedicated Beauty Area where our Beauty Advisors apply a touch of sparkle glitter at the Beauty Station, giving guests a fun, glowing festival look.
Sparkle Ambassador Members: $100
Begin your experience with a walk down the red carpet to one of our Beauty Stations, where a Rock & Rouge Beauty Ambassador will greet you and add a touch of sparkle to your cheeks and eyes. Sashay on down the red carpet over to the Sparkle Tent and enjoy all‑day pours of Sparkling Wine, Mimosas, or fresh handcrafted Mocktails and paired with light fare from Ayu Bakehouse. Your all-inclusive experience in becoming an Ambassador Club Member will receive reserved seating near the stage for a full VIP experience.
Parties of (2) $180; Parties of (4) $360. Your donation helps fund our annual festival and a portion of your contribution goes towards tuitions to STEAM organization summer camps who serve our kids communities with a focus on girls’ camps. When possible we do give micro-grants to women in need of financial assistance with rent or medical drug payments. We’re only beginning but have been proudly building slow & steady going into our 9th year. Please help pledge your donation of $100 and support our cause that gives space for women and girls leadership in the city we love so much, our New Orleans. Thank you for your consideration. For advance purchase, please email: therockandrouge@gmail.com
Ambassadors Club
wristband $100
Launch QRCode and enter amount for payment. You will pick-up your wristband(s) at Will-Call. You may also visit our “Admissions” page
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2024
Rock & Rouge Photo Shoot Talent 2024
We thrive on empowering creativity through dynamic collaborations. So Glam Me Over Beauty & Estée Lauder join forces with us to spearhead our annual photo shoot, held at the vibrant New Orleans Deutsche’s Haus. We’re grateful for our visionary partners who make it all possible. Take a look!
Photos by Armand Richardson
Rock & Rouge Photo Shoot sponsored by Estée Lauder 3
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2023
OCTOBER 7th & 8th
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Rock & Rouge Women’s Music & Food Festival & Beyond New Orleans @ Lafayette Square, Central Business District (CBD)
500 Saint Charles Ave.
The only outdoor empowerment music & food festival for women & girls sponsored by Music Performance Trust Fund (MPTF) & American Federation of Musicians Local 174-496
This year Rock & Rouge has gone UNION!
Rock & Rouge’s music artists are under New Orleans Musicians Union Local 174–496 contracts and sponsored 100% by the Musicians’ Performance Trust Fund. Union Strong!
League Of Women Voters will, also, be on site for voter registration at Lafayette Square.
Beautiful Lafayette Square will be the backdrop for our reboot fron 2020’s world wide shut down. We are a grassroots Festival & Organization. Empowered by the stunning grasses of Lafayette Square, we’re across the street from Gallier Hall and surrounded by Federal buildings, restaurants and hotels between Saint Charles Avenue and Camp Street.
Its free & open to the public.
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2022
Rock & Rouge Women’s Music Festival & Beyond
Los Angeles 2022 launches its West Coast debut at Club Bahia 1130 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90012
FOOD AND BEVERAGE
Club Bahia is a music club but also serves up a tasty kitchen of Mexican cuisine & continental “bar food” favorites of dishes. Coffee & Tea is also served. Check out their QR Code for more information.
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The Rock & Rouge 2020 is here!
We are pleased to announce our new location at Lafayette Square Park S Maestri Pl, New Orleans, LA 70130 in the Central Business District (CBD) between St. Charles and Camp Street.
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The Rock & Rouge 2018
Please enjoy this collection of photos from our Inaugural Rock & Rouge 2018 at the Old U.S. Mint on Esplanade.
