Lil Wayne’s 2022 Lil WeezyAna Fest, scheduled for Saturday, postponed to October

Hometown Lil Wayne fans must wait a little longer for the return of Lil WeezyAna Fest.

The 2022 Lil WeezyAna Fest that was scheduled for Saturday (Aug. 27) at Champions Square, has been postponed to Oct. 29, Wayne announced via Instagram on Thursday night.

“It is with my sincerest apologies that I must announce…due to unforeseen circumstances, Lil Weezyana Fest will be postponed until Oct 29,” he wrote on his official Instagram account.

“To my fans, you know I always want to deliver the best show possible and we hope this has not inconvenienced you in anyway. The festival was sold out thanks to you. Please hold on you to your tickets and I will see you in October. I promise to make it up to you and to my city.”

No reason was given for the postponement other than “unforeseen circumstances.” 

Saturday was to have been the festival’s comeback after a two-year COVID hiatus and a return to its original home at Champions Square after a near-disastrous detour to the UNO Lakefront Arena grounds in 2019. 

The inaugural Lil WeezyAna Fest in 2015 commemorated the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the city’s recovery, as well as Lil Wayne’s ascent to the top of the hip-hop hierarchy.

The sixth edition is now scheduled for Halloween weekend. That weekend normally hosts the Voodoo Music + Art Experience, but promoters announced this summer that Voodoo would not take place this year. 

Postponing WeezyAna Fest also means that the streets near the Caesars Superdome will be less busy on Saturday night. Country star Luke Bryan is set to headline the Smoothie King Center on Saturday, meaning his fans and fans headed to WeezyAna Fest at Champions Square on the opposite side of the Dome would have competed for parking.

Now Bryan’s fans will have Saturday night all to themselves downtown.