Winter Circle Productions, in association with MCP Presents, has just announced a new music event for New Orleans -- The BUKU Music + Art Project on March 17-18, 2012 at Mardi Gras World in the Warehouse District of New Orleans right on the Mississippi River. Headliners for the weekend are the Grammy-nominated artists Skrillex, Avicii, and Wiz Khalifa. The initial artist lineup is below, with more details, pre-parties and late-nights, and more artists to be announced after the New Year:

Saturday, March 17, 2012
Avicii
Wiz Khalifa
Diplo
Holy Fuck
Mord Fustang
Pictureplane

Sunday, March 18, 2012
Skrillex
YelaWolf
Big K.R.I.T.
Big Gigantic
SBTRKT
Sepalcure

Tickets go on sale at www.thebukuproject.com at noon CST on Thursday, December 29, 2011.