Voice of the Wetlands Cancelling Festival 2022

March 28, 2022
Press Release Voice of the Wetlands
Re: Cancellation of 2022 Festival

Due to the general uncertainty remaining in the aftermath of both Hurricane Ida and two years of Covid-related turmoil, including damage to the festival site, it was announced today by Voice of the Wetlands president Tab Benoit that the 2022 festival will not be held. It was last held in October, 2019, which marked its 17th year.
“We hope to be back again next year, and take the time needed to put on the kind of event people are used to” Benoit said.

The three-day event is a celebration of Louisiana coastal culture, featuring music, art and food with an emphasis on awareness of the environmental and cultural challenges faced by the regions.

The 2020 Voice of the Wetlands (VOW) Festival, scheduled for October in Houma, LA, has been cancelled. The continuing uncertainties surrounding the pandemic and the potential risks involved with holding the festival contributed to the cancellation, according to Tab Benoit, VOW founder and president. 2020 would have marked the 17^th year of the festival, first held in 2004.

Voice of the Wetlands is a 501-c-3 organization, founded by Houma musician Tab Benoit and other local activists in 2004 to bring awareness to the environmental challenges facing coastal Louisiana. Their award-winning annual festival celebrates the unique cultural diversity of the region through music, food, a celebrated art market, and informative displays. Performers such as Dr. John, Elvin Bishop, Joe Bonamassa and Jimmy Hall have appeared, along with regional favorites Louisiana LeRoux, Zebra, Chubby Carrier, the Radiators and many others over the years.

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The Voice of the Wetlands organization is saying farewell to one of its own. Percy Rodriguez has served VOW since 2006 first as a volunteer then shortly thereafter as the festival’s Volunteer Coordinator. At the beginning of 2012, VOW Board Chairman, Tab Benoit, requested that Percy assume the additional duties of Communications Director for the organization. Over the years, his work has been exemplary in serving the interests of VOW, the citizens of south Louisiana and the needs of VOW’s extensive volunteer workforce.

We wish Percy well in his future ventures and we thank him for his outstanding efforts and assistance through the years.

 

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Voice of the Wetlands shall not be held responsible for any events of Force Majeure (events or circumstances which are beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of Voice of the Wetlands) including but not limited to:Acts of God to include but not limited to adverse weather conditions regardless of severity, flood, fire or other physical natural disaster; and

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