2015 CUTTING EDGE NEWWORK SHOWCASE

 

Friday 15, 2025

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Saturday, August 24

2024 CUTTING EDGE NEWWORK SHOWCASE

Saturday, August 264

2025 CUTTING EDGE NEWWORK SHOWCASE

 

Saturday, 16, 2025

Saturday, August 16

House of Blues

Big Mama’s Lounge & Voodoo Gardens

225 Decatur St

 

SpringBoard/Cutting Edge Artists Show

Multiple Stages (Voodoo Garden, big Mama’s Lounge)

Rock/Pop/R&B

2:00 – 8:00

Artist: Pauli Camou (Boston, MA), Betty Ke (Los Angeles), Victoria Tyler (Boston, MA), Katy Tunbridge (Los Angeles, CA), CASH MONROE(Lahaina, HI), Viktoria Vera (Boston, MA), Sugar Lime Blue (Nashville, TN), JANC (Dallas, TX), Lank G (Dallas, TX), Da’jon (Dallas, TX), G Wiz And The Soular System Memphis, TN), Katiana Castro (Dallas TX, Kane James Kirksville, MO), Sofia Élan (Los Angeles), Cookie Rabinowitz (South Jersey), Edj the I.C.E. Man (Houston, TX), EJ (Orlando, FL), 100 Meter Scream (Miami, FL), OUT OF THE ASHES (Miami, FL), Mettle (Dallas, TX)

 

R&B HipHop/Rap

8:00 – 8:15      CATT (Alexandria, LA)

8:20 – 8:35      Nelson Santana (Kenner, LA)

8:40 – 8:55      Devin Pierre (New Orleans, LA)

9:00 – 9:15      CHNDLSTKS (Slidell, LA)

9:20 – 9:35      Cook the Hardway (New Orleans, LA)

9:40 – 9:55      Bri Anna (New Orleans, LA

10:00 – 10:15  G I Peachez (New Orleans, LA)

10:20 -10:35   Reality3 (New Orleans, LA)

10:40 – 10:55  Rahsaana Ison (New Orleans, LA)

11:00 – 11:15  Allay Earhart (New Orleans, LA)

11:20 – 11:35  SM Bullet (New Orleans, LA)

11:40 – 11:55  TBA

 

 

House of Blues

Voodoo Gardens

225 Decatur St

 

8:00 – 8:30      OSKI   (Miami, FL)

8:45 – 9:20      Nordic Daughter (Idaho Springs, CO)

9:35 – 10:10    Chris Billiot & Randon Access (New Orleans, LA)

10:25 – 11:00  Amis du Teche (Lafayette, LA)

2025 CUTTING EDGE NEWWORK SHOWCASE

Saturday, August 16

Creators House

Performances, Workshops, Film Presentations

Saturday Cont’

 

The Broadside

600 N Broad St

 

JAMericana Féte

3:00 PM

Outside:

(Freddie Blue & the Friendship Circle, Loose Cattle, Paul Sanchez, Rorschach Blues Band, Will Vance & The Kinfolk, DiNOLA, Mia Borders, Lilli Lewis Project)

 

Inside

6:15 – 6:55   Cutting Edge Songwriters Camp Songwriters – Hosted by: Lisa Sanders

7:00 – 7:15    Tawanna Louis (Thibodaux, LA)

7:20 – 7:35    Torrie Lady Love (Baton Rouge, LA)

7:45 – 8:45    Mississippi Songwriters In the Round

8:55 – 9:35    What-A-Life Music Collective

9:45 – 11:00 TBA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creators House  

JAMericana Féte

The Broadside

600 N. Broad St, NOLA

 

Workshops, Performances, Film/Art Meetup, Arts Market

**Free Admission**

Saturday, August 16

1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

 

Supported by the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund, New Orleans & Company, Louisiana Seafood Board, Valhalla Amplification, DAWn Audio, Louisiana Produces, New Orleans Agaenda, BreakThru Media, Broadside and Broad Theaters

 

Musicians, Students, and Creative Entrepreneurs are encouraged to attend

 

Discussion – Filmmaker Profile – Presentations   

• Music – Artists’ Performances, Interviews, information on negotiating recording contracts, your music in Film/TV, Virtual Speed Meeting
• Tech – Music Tech, Esports, Equipment Demonstration, Podcast
• Film – Planning, Incentives,  

 

Creators House is an ongoing project focused on initiatives to support creators’ success. We thank 2112 Chicago Music, Tech, Film Incubator for introducing us to this dynamic concept of focused sharing and skill-building.

 

Locations:

Performance Room

Courtyard Bar

 

1:00 – 1:45 The Voiceover Project – McKinley Studios/GMc+Co. Strategic Communications Advertising Agency

From Grammy-winning recordings to successful advertising campaigns, McKinley Studios is now training voiceover and narration artists. McKinley Studios and GMc+Co Advertising Agency have launched many projects into the Creators space. In this discussion here about their exciting new training programs, which are already providing success.

 

2:00 – 2:45 Music Tech Conversation – Sponsored by DAWn Audio

Participants:

Diego Pinzon, Co-Founder, CEO, DAWn Audio (Moderator)

Richard (Rick) Fors, Partner, Valhalla Amplification

Kee Mayer, Partner, Valhalla Amplification

 

3:15 – 4:15 Film Meetup – Planning, Structuring a Film or Documentary, Tax Incentives, Financing, Rights Clearance

Participants:

Jim Dotson, General Manager WLAE TV/LAE Productions

Wendy Coleman Fleetwood, Director/Producer/Writer

Wayne Douglass Morgan, Filmmaker, President, Louisiana Produces, SAG-AFTRA New Orleans Board Member

 

4:25 – 5:05 Hot Trends in Performing – What Artists Should Know

Participants:

Henry Turner, Jr, Owner, Henry Turner, Jr. Listening Room

Don P, Radio Personality

John M, Author, Performance Matters

Marcia Groff, Entertainment Enterprises

 

5:15 – 6:00 Art Organizations Meetup/discussion: Information on upcoming meetings, programming, and happenings around town. Hosted by: Lilli Lewis  

Participants:

Marigny Hemenway, Event Management, Music Industry Public Relations, Musician, Bandleader

Erin Frankenheimer, Recording Academy 

Kia Robinson, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage fouindation

6:00 Cutting Edge Community Service Awards and Arts Organizations Reception

Recipients:

Community Service Award: WWOZ 90.7 FM

Community Service Award: Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans (MACCNO)