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re: Essence Fest demands ten to twelve million a year from New Orleans.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 1:36 pm to Cell of Awareness
Posted on 5/25/26 at 1:36 pm to Cell of Awareness
How about they find another city willing to host the festival?
I’ll wait until they find a taker.
I’ll wait until they find a taker.
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Posted on 5/25/26 at 1:50 pm to Cell of Awareness
One of the things I am proudest of in my consulting career is authoring the language that kept Essence and Jazz fests from being eligible for the film tax credits.
This post was edited on 5/25/26 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 5/25/26 at 1:54 pm to Tiger Prawn
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If they can’t cover their expenses with ticket sales and corporate sponsorships, then sounds like its no longer a financially viable eve
Yea. They’re just admitting the market doesn’t support what they’re trying to put out, assuming it’s run above board (no clue personally). Not the city’s problem.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 1:58 pm to Cell of Awareness
Instead of demanding subsidies, since apparently they're not profitable at all, they can either scale back operations or they can frick off to somewhere willing to pay the extortion rate.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 2:16 pm to Cell of Awareness
My first thought is to tell them to "Go Pound Sand".
It's also my continuing and final thought on that matter.
It's also my continuing and final thought on that matter.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 2:16 pm to Cell of Awareness
Let them walk.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 2:27 pm to gumbo2176
Posted on 5/25/26 at 2:32 pm to SixthAndBarone
quote:and you will here the restaurant’s staffs rejoice
Pay them that to keep it out of NO!
Posted on 5/25/26 at 2:34 pm to BowDownToLSU
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and you will here the restaurant’s staffs rejoice
Yes, we will hear the restaurant’s staff rejoice.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 2:35 pm to cgrand
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“independent, third-party verification” that all contractors had been paid and biweekly financial reports.
I will give Moreno credit here. Rather than saying "frick NO" and dealing with the accusations of racism. She just demanded access to their finances. Knowing damn well they would never, ever, not in a million years allow that. So she said NO without saying NO.
Really smart actually.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 2:40 pm to TigerintheNO
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so they could expand it to Baton Rouge
Yeah F that. Last thing BR needs.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 2:52 pm to jbgleason
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“independent, third-party verification” that all contractors had been paid and biweekly financial reports.
I will give Moreno credit here. Rather than saying "frick NO" and dealing with the accusations of racism. She just demanded access to their finances. Knowing damn well they would never, ever, not in a million years allow that. So she said NO without saying NO.
Really smart actually.
Pretty smart on her part.
Why cnat the Essence Festival fund there own festival?
Posted on 5/25/26 at 2:57 pm to jbgleason
quote:yes exactly. shes smarter than the needful grifter by orders of magnitude, and knows how to manage shite like this professionally
I will give Moreno credit here
Posted on 5/25/26 at 2:57 pm to cgrand
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But in her letter responding to the Essence proposal in March, Moreno said she was concerned that the festival was on track to repeat the same mistakes from 2025.
Boy this is gonna cause some meltdowns among the left in New Orleans who support Moreno and Essence
Posted on 5/25/26 at 2:58 pm to TigerintheNO
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so they could expand it to Baton Rouge and the parishes around New Orleans.
frick this. Keep that horrible event bottled up in NOLA
Posted on 5/25/26 at 3:09 pm to Btrtigerfan
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The fact that it lost money last year and wants public money this year almost confirms it was always propped up with NGO money. State funded ism.
Bingo.
And no event whose goal is to “promote black excellence” should get a penny of public funding.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 3:18 pm to Cell of Awareness
Nevermind that since 2022 Essence Festival has been owned by Disney - let Disney foot the bill.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 3:29 pm to geauxtigers87
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the company that puts on the festival didnt even pay vendors until well after the festival ended right? this is straight up extortion. and you know they'll cry racism if they dont pay up. essence is a joke.
They still owe money from last year around the city
Posted on 5/25/26 at 3:31 pm to Btrtigerfan
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The fact that it lost money last year and wants public money this year almost confirms it was always propped up with NGO money. State funded ism.
It’s always gotten substantial subsidies to put on the show
The city/state have been ok given that essence also was a big win in the very slow summer
Then recently it became less of a win when the team running it got worse and worse
Posted on 5/25/26 at 3:39 pm to Stateguy
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Question - in all seriousness - for the people who would know Does the city or state pay organizers of things like JazzFest, FQ Fest, Mardi Gras parades, Sugar Bowl? I'm not talking about absorbing possible costs - like police fees - but make direct subsidies to these other events?
Mixed
Sugar bowl, Super Bowl, conventions in lower demand windows etc….
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