NOLA.com: This weekend’s NOLA Funk Fest features Big Freedia, Tank and the Bangas, Bobby Rush and more

From NOLA.com: To borrow a catchphrase from the Essence Festival of Culture, the NOLA Funk Fest is a party with a purpose.

From Friday through Sunday, the second annual NOLA Funk Fest takes over the grounds of the Old U.S. Mint and the New Orleans Jazz Museum at 400 Esplanade Ave.

Pound for pound, its roster of mostly New Orleans music is as solid as any festival in town. The two-dozen-plus acts include Tank & the Bangas, Big Freedia, Marcia Ball, Jon Cleary, Bobby Rush, Dumpstaphunk and Geo Leo featuring the Meters' George Porter Jr. and Leo Nocentelli.