The lineup for BUKU Music + Art Project, New Orleans’ cutting-edge boutique festival, has been announced for its highly-anticipated return to the Big Easy on March 25-26, 2022. Dedicated festival fans will finally get the chance to return home to the creative playground of BUKU for a celebration of music, art, and community on the 10-year anniversary of the beloved event and first show back since 2019.
BUKU has been cultivating a boutique festival experience that proudly reflects New Orleans‘ progressive, artistic, and diverse subculture for the past decade. Multiple indoor and outdoor stage environments, inspiring art installations and creations from local graffiti artists, pop-up breakdancing crews, and plenty of surprises await attendees over the course of two unforgettable days while taking in the historic New Orleans skyline.
The packed lineup includes Porter Robinson, Rezz, Alison Wonderland, Liquid Stranger, Lane 8, TroyBoi, Amelie Lens, and more.
BUKU has put together a lineup for the 2022 edition that features some of music’s most influential and unique artists from a variety of genres. Headlining sets will be performed by Grammy Award-winning artist and fashion icon Tyler, The Creator, Australian psychedelic rock band Tame Impala, and three of electronic music’s most well-known artists, Porter Robinson, Rezz, and Alison Wonderland.
Glass Animals, horror-core rap duo $UICIDEBOY$, famed emo and punk heroes Taking Back Sunday, Long Beach rapper Vince Staples, Colombian R&B singer Kali Uchis, and West Coast rap phenom Baby Keem are among the other headliners and highlights on the 2022 lineup. This is followed by bass producer and Wakaan founder Liquid Stranger, Denver melodic-house producer Lane 8, Ohio rapper and singer Trippie Redd, genre-blending South London producer TroyBoi, and Houston hip-hop artist Maxo Kream.
Belgian techno pioneer Amelie Lens, Philadelphia rapper and singer Tierra Whack, Internet hyperpop duo 100 gecs, acclaimed Dreamville artist Bas, hard-hitting electronic act SVDDEN DEATH, French atmospheric dance producer CloZee, house music leaders Dom Dolla and John Summit, and more will perform at BUKU.
BUKU is dedicated to fostering the local music scene by featuring artists from New Orleans and surrounding cities, in addition to bringing in top-tier musicians from around the world. TVBOO, sfam, GLBL WRMNG, Neno Calvin, 504icygrl, ANTWIGADEE!, BluShakurX, Rob49, Stone Cold Jzzle, Tatyanna XL, Treety, and others are among the talented standouts who are making waves in the area for the 2022 lineup.
The BUKU festival 2022 celebrates music, art, and the community in New Orleans.
BUKU gives attendees the opportunity to participate in an authentic New Orleans experience in a setting that truly captures the city’s spirit, set against the backdrop of the Market Street Power Plant along the Mississippi River’s banks. BUKU has become known for its dedicated #BUKREWE community who help to set the festival’s vibe from start to finish with wild costumes, unhinged self-expression, and a myriad of personalities, making BUKU one of North America’s most unique places to party.
All things BUKU, including the Take Action Project (“TAP”), are centered on civic duty. The program’s immediate and long-term goals are to use BUKU’s platform to raise awareness about various social and environmental justice issues, as well as to take action by organizing fan-mobilization campaigns to raise funds and volunteer time in support of various charitable and community organizations.
BUKU will continue this mission in 2022 alongside Upbeat Academy, a non-profit that inspires and empowers New Orleans youth through music education, who also act as the beneficiary of proceeds from every ticket sold to BUKU. On BUKU’s website, you can learn more about these programs as well as details about the festival’s community component.
Tickets for BUKU are now available for pre-sale on the festival’s official website. Those interested can sign up for the December 17th presale for a limited time, while the General Onsale will take place on December 20th. This includes general admission tickets as well as a GA Plus option that includes premium viewing at all main stages.
BUKU will offer two types of VIP packages in addition to general admission tickets. For the VIP option, guests will receive access to the BUKU rooftop and VIP viewing decks with amazing views of the two main stages, air-conditioned restrooms, VIP only bar & food options, a fast track entry lane, and access to the VIP chill area with seating, water refill, charging, and more. All of these benefits, plus access to Grand Oaks Mansion with an open bar, VIP viewing decks with lounge seating, a free locker with charging capabilities, unlimited re-entry to the festival site, and a guest list to one official BUKU after party of your choice, are included in the TOO BUKU package.
