Foburg, the indie rock festival started by the New Orleans Indie Rock Collective, has its lineup up now, and Ra Ra Riot and Das Racist top the bill. The Frenchmen Street festival takes place March 11-13.

Das Racist

Also, Air Traffic Control is bringing yet another group of musicians to New Orleans for an activism workshop that will end with a concert that has, in the past, gone under the name “Musicians Bringing Musicians Home.” Now titled Dear New Orleans – named for a benefit album it released last year – will conclude Thursday, February 17 with a concert at the Blue Nile featuring Bonerama, Sunpie Barnes and visiting musicians Cody Chesnutt, DJ Spooky: That Subliminal Kid, Grammy-nominated Helen Bruner + Terry Jones, Jenny Toomey & Kristin Thomson of Tsunami, M1, Mirah, Sage Francis, Shawn King and Zach Rogue. Tickets are on sale now.