Houmapalooza, an outdoor music festival to be held in Courthouse Square in historic downtown Houma, will be on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from noon-10pm. The all-day event will feature 10 independent bands performing their original music starting at noon. The lineup is: 12 (noon)The Upstarts 1pmThe Josh Garrett Band 2pmThe Beautiful Hips 3pmTruth Universal and DJ E. F. Cuttin’ 4pmSouthern Redemption 5pmAwake the Bride 6pmThe Jak Locke Rock Show 7pmArchAnimals 8pmImagine IAM 9pmCoyotes The lineup for the spring includes bands from across Louisiana, and features original music of different genres including funk, indie rock, rock, progressive rock, hard rock, ska/reggae, and hiphop among others. A second stage will also be featured during the festival highlighting local gospel groups. The second stage is a new addition the festival, and will feature a different genre of music for each festival. This spring festival will feature gospel, and the fall festival will feature Cajun music. The lineup for the Gospel Stage is: 12(noon)Mt. Olive Senior Choir 1pmMagnolia Methodist 2pmChris Burrell and the New Dimension 3pmRECC Choir (youth) 4pmRECC Choir 5pmHoward Nixon and the New Rising Sun Soul Specials 6pmJoel Jones Male Chorus The festival is free to the public, and picnic blankets and lawn chairs are welcome (no ice chests allowed). There will be a wide variety of drinks and food available for purchase. Please visit www.houmapalooza.com or call The Houma Regional Arts Council at 985-873-6367 for more information.