Funk Fest 2024

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Written By Melanie Cole

Big Freedia closed out the first night of NOLA Funk Fest at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, on Friday, October 18. photo by Melanie Cole 

2024

NOLA Funk Fest 2024: Three solid days and evenings featuring New Orleans favorites like Big Freedia, Geoleo, Jon Cleary and Tank and the Bangas - all on the grounds of the New Orleans Jazz Museum.

- photos by Melanie Cole and Ellis Anderson 

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photo by Melanie Cole 

Corey Henry and the Treme Funktet, photo by Melanie Cole 

photo by Melanie Cole 

photo by Melanie Cole 

Eddie Roberts and the Lucky Strokes, photo by Melanie Cole 

The New Orleans Suspects and the Dirty Dozen Horns, photo by Melanie Cole  

George Porter. photo by Melanie Cole 

photo by Melanie Cole 

photo by Melanie Cole 

photo by Melanie Cole 

Big Freedia photo by Melanie Cole 

photo by Melanie Cole 

photo by Melanie Cole 

Papa John Gros

Tribal Gold Feat with Big Chief Juan Pardo

George Porter, Jr. and Runnin’ Pardners

Marcia Ball 

Marcia Ball Band

Jon Cleary

Tank and the Bangas

 
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Melanie Cole

Brit by birth, Texan by persuasion, Melanie Cole was lured by the NOLA sirens in 2019. After college she accidentally found herself vagabonding around the globe in an international modeling career. By the 90s she’d ditched the runway heels for a thrift store army parka and torn jeans and began training as a graphic designer in Hamburg, Germany. She spent the following decades designing and developing print retail magazines for major publishing houses there.

Creating layouts that told stories in photos, together with her early years spent in front of a camera, honed her innate ability to capture the essence of a photographic story. She remains passionate about light, color, space, movement, people and their cultures, and visually documenting their stories.

Melanie lives with her two cats and loves to kayak LA/MS backwaters in her free time. Contact her at melanieshootsphotos@gmail.com and follow her at melnaieshootsphotos on Instagram.

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