Skankfest X lands Nov 13-15 in New Orleans
The tenth Skankfest has dates, and it is the final one in New Orleans before the move Luis J. Gomez teased this week.
Skankfest X has dates. The festival's account, @skankfestnyc, posted that Skankfest X presented by YoKratom is happening Nov 13-15 in New Orleans, alongside a clip of @tonyhinchcliffe at last year's Skankfest.
Skankfest X presented by YoKratom is happening on Nov 13-15 in New Orleans!
That puts a bow on the New Orleans era. Luis J. Gomez said earlier this week that the festival is definitely not returning to NOLA in 2027, that a deal is already signed, and that the new home is somewhere Skankfest has never been. He has not said where.
What we actually know
Two things, and only two. November 13 through 15, New Orleans, with YoKratom on the banner. And a 2027 edition in an unnamed city that Gomez says will be very different than any Skankfest they have ever done before.
Everything else is still blank. No lineup has been posted in these sources beyond Hinchcliffe appearing at last year's event in the clip the festival used to make the announcement. No venue, no on-sale detail, no hint at the 2027 city other than Gomez's promise that it is new territory for the festival.
The real story
The dates matter more than usual because of the timing. Gomez announced the move out of New Orleans before the last New Orleans show had a date attached, which means the November run arrives already labeled as a farewell. Anyone who has been putting off the trip has one weekend left to do it in this city.
It also explains the tone of Gomez's post. He is not easing out of a venue quietly. He wrote that shit is gonna get crazy, which reads less like a logistics update and more like a pitch for whatever is coming in 2027. Teasing a signed deal without naming the city keeps the guessing going for months, and it turns the New Orleans weekend into the place people will show up expecting an answer.
For now, the reveal is a number and a place. Skankfest X, November 13 to 15, New Orleans. The tenth one, and the last one there.
If the new city gets named before November, it will almost certainly come from Gomez's account rather than a press release, which is how the 2027 news broke in the first place. Until then, the only confirmed Skankfest on the calendar is the one in the city the festival is leaving.
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