Skankfest X hits New Orleans November 13 to 15
The festival's tenth edition has a date, a city and a headline name.
Skankfest has a date and a city. The festival's account says Skankfest X is November 13 to 15 in New Orleans, with a simple pitch attached, come party with us.
Come party with us at Skankfest X!
The lineup teasing has started too. In a separate post, Skankfest told fans to come see the legend @shanemgillis and all the rest of your favorites. That is the festival's own billing, not Gillis's, and it is the only name the account has put front and center so far.
Come to Skankfest X to see the legend @shanemgillis and all the rest of your favorites!
Three days, one city
The short version for anyone planning around it. Three days, November 13 through 15. New Orleans. Shane Gillis on the bill.
That is all the account has committed to in writing. No set times, no venue breakdown, no full roster in the posts themselves, just the window and the pitch. If you are the kind of person who books flights off a tweet, the dates are the part that matters, and they are locked.
Why the X matters
The name is doing some work. Skankfest X is the tenth, and a tenth of anything gets treated like a milestone by the people throwing it. The tone of the announcement matches that, less a schedule and more an invitation.
It also lands in a stretch where the Skankfest world has been in the news for reasons that have nothing to do with lineups. Luis J. Gomez spent the back half of October saying his lawyers had told him to keep quiet about a lawsuit, then said he could finally talk about the Skankfest lawsuit on Real Ass Podcast. A festival announcement with a hard date is a different kind of update, and a cleaner one.
The real story is that the brand is still booking, still selling and still leading with its biggest draw while the legal side plays out somewhere else. November 13 to 15, New Orleans. Shane Gillis, billed by the house as the legend.
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