New Orleans Entrepreneurs, get excited for a week of music, innovation, and culture at this year’s New Orleans Entrepreneur Week; now NOEW Fest! Taking place at Gallier Hall, Generations Hall, and the Broadside, NOEW Fest will welcome NOEW attendees from across the region with informative sessions and discussions, from the Rapid Rise of Health Tech to AI in the Workplace, with live music included in the schedule. Check out the full session schedule for next week here.
NOEW 2023 is produced by the nonprofit business accelerator The Idea Village and presented this year by JPMorgan Chase & Co. and is proud to be the premier event on the Gulf Coast celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship, innovation, and culture in all forms, in a signature-style event that only New Orleans can host.
To register for a free NOEW Access Pass or purchase a NOEW Fest or NOEW VIP pass, visit here.
NOEW returns March 27 – April 1 and is now named NOEW Fest, a celebration within NOEW that features major musical headliners and cultural entrepreneurs. Live music programming will take place on Thursday, March 30; Friday, March 31; and Saturday, April 1. While NOEW has featured live music at various events in the past and through ongoing partnerships with Wednesday at the Square, the new NOEW Fest will feature over a dozen artists at back-to- back concerts and will feature the role of innovation in culture and the many ways that creativity and entrepreneurship are connected.
In addition to an agenda filled with educational discussions hosted by The Idea Village, attendees can also enjoy a curated daily lineup of rising musicians and artists including Letrainiump, People Museum, Pell and more.
- March 30 @ Generations Hall, 5:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.: White Denim, Juno Dunes,
SaxKixAve, DJ Mel, DJ Jess, Carmine P. Filthy - March 31 @ Generations Hall, 5:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.: Pell, Brass-a-holics, Letrainiump, DJ Mel, DJ RQ Away, Carmine P. Filthy
- April 1 @ The Broadside, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.: People Museum, Water Seed, Young Fellaz Brass Band, DJ T-Roy, Sean Hobbes + the Hi Res
In addition to the above lineup, live music at NOEW 2023 will also host free concerts in partnership with Wednesday at the Square on Wednesday, March 29th, featuring Galactic – a nationally recognized jam band spanning across genres including funk, rock, jazz and hip hop, and Yusa – a Cuban singer-songwriter.
“NOEW has traditionally ended on Friday evening after IDEApitch. This year we are thrilled to offer attendees spectacular live music shows Wednesday through Saturday that encourage attendees to participate in the inaugural NOEW Fest and celebrate the cultural aspects that make our entrepreneurial ecosystem so unique.”
- Jon Atkinson, CEO of The
Idea Village
In order to produce NOEW Fest, The Idea Village chose to partner with leading local
music producer and experienced curator Sig Greenebaum, and his company, Sigfest Events. Greenebaum is a veteran New Orleans based music festival, esports, and live experience producer. He recently co-founded NOLAxNOLA, a celebration of New Orleans music venues and artists, in addition to his past accomplishments as Festival Director of the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience, Elements Music Festival, and Spring Awakening, and as the Global Head of Live Events for Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch League.
Purchase of a NOEW Fest Pass or NOEW VIP Pass is required to attend NOEW Fest. The NOEW Fest Pass is available for $99.00 and the NOEW VIP Pass is available for $250.00.
To register for a free NOEW Access Pass or purchase a NOEW Fest or NOEW VIP pass, visit here.
About New Orleans Entrepreneur Week
Now in its 12th year, NOEW (pronounced noh-wee!) brings together business owners, startup
founders, industry leaders, forward-thinking investors, and business-minded creatives committed to imagining and building an exceptional future for New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region through entrepreneurship. This year, the celebration will offer attendees a dynamic six-day experience with national and local industry leaders across startup/business, technology, music, food and more. Produced by the non-profit business accelerator The Idea Village and presented this year by JPMorgan Chase & Co, NOEW is the premier event in the Gulf Coast celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship, innovation, and culture in all forms, in a signature-style event that only New Orleans can host.
About The Idea Village
The Idea Village’s core belief is that entrepreneurship is an agent of social and economic change. As an early champion of entrepreneurship in New Orleans, the organization has played an integral role in catalyzing the city’s entrepreneurial movement. In addition to supporting over 16,000 entrepreneurs, The Idea Village has successfully elevated New Orleans’ reputation as a hub of innovation, entrepreneurship, and business. By serving as a catalyst and developing programs that provide direct support and education to founders and early-stage companies, The Idea Village helps entrepreneurs build innovative and industry-leading companies that generate revenue and jobs and help create a more vibrant, inclusive, and resilient local economy
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