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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — After two years of cancellations due to the pandemic, the BUKU Music + Art Project returned to New Orleans for its 10 year anniversary.
On Friday night, about 18,000 festival-goers partied along the Mississippi.
Saturday night was no different, with a 20,000 maximum capacity.
Many local artists took the stage for the two-day festival.
Fans had a chance to see over 30 artists that took the stage each day on Friday Saturday.
For many of the artists, it was their first time at BUKU.
WGNO’s Michaela Romero got to speak with Tatayanna XL, a local artist from New Orleans at the festival on Saturday.
Tatayanna performed Friday night. She said she had a great first experience at BUKU.
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