Big Freedia live in concert.
ON TOUR

Big Freedia

17
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

69
%
Based on 
17
critic concert
reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 17 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Big Freedia is rated as a neither good nor bad live performer, with mediocre shows overall. Big Freedia concert reviews describe live shows and performances as unforgettable, danceable, and infectious.

ON TOUR

Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, United States (April 25)

Latest release

Central City (June 23, 2023)

artist info

GENRE
electronic
ORIGIN
New Orleans, United States (1/28/1978)
BIO
If "gay rapper" is an oxymoron where you come from, how to get your head around the notion of a gay rapper performing in a sports bar? What in most cities might seem plausible only as some sort of Sacha Baron Cohen-style provocation is just another weeknight in the cultural Galapagos that is New Orleans.
HAS PERFORMED with

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

Chunky Glasses (USA)

November 20, 2019
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Big Freedia at 9:30 Club DC - 10/29/2019

Parklife DC (USA)

November 4, 2019
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Whats more New Orleans than a crawfish boil and king cake? Bounce music! The uninhibited twist on hip-hop is as beloved in NOLA as Go-Go in the nations capital. Freddie Ross, Jr.

Twin Cities Media (USA)

October 29, 2018
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Some performers don’t need an introduction or explanation. Sometimes you go to a show and you are able to just let loose and have the complete time of your life whether you’re by yourself or with friends.

NOW Magazine (Canada)

June 18, 2018
60
%
Unlike in past years, the stage was on the southwest corner, with the regular stage converted into a VIP lounge.

PLAYBACK Stl (USA)

November 20, 2015
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St. Louis, USA on November 13, 2015

Shuttlecock Music Magazine (USA)

November 1, 2015
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Big Freedia November 14th, 2015 The Riot Room - Kansas City, MO Big Freedia: Queen Diva Saturday night would prove to be a sweaty and rewarding one for the hundred plus people filling The Riot Room.

Nola.com (USA)

November 4, 2014
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The street-level, infectiously danceable party-time indigenous rap has evolved a lot since the early 1990s — from the singsong melodies of gangsta-bounce pioneers like early Cash Money signees U.

Past critic reviews published in

Shepherd Express (USA), The Key (USA), Grimy Goods (USA), Surviving the Golden Age (USA), The Snipe News (Canada) and more

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