PickleJar Entertainment Group, Inc. (OTC Pink: PKLE), a music and entertainment technology company, announced that it has been chosen to deliver ticketing services for the Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival, a prominent blues festival in the Gulf Coast region. This engagement represents a new commercial deployment of the company’s Venue Managed Services (VMS) platform and extends PickleJar’s footprint in live event technology.
Held annually in Bogalusa, Louisiana, the Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival has established itself as a cornerstone destination for blues music in the Gulf South. The 2026 festival is scheduled for September 25 and 26, with the full artist lineup to be announced in the coming weeks.
Through its VMS platform, PickleJar will power ticketing for the festival, helping organizers streamline sales, improve attendee access, and capture audience data. The platform offers flexible ticketing fee structures to support organizer margins, direct-to-consumer sales with integrated pre-event fan engagement, data capture tools for audience insights, and year-round attendee communication tools to build loyalty and reduce acquisition costs for future events.
“We’re excited to partner with the Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival to support their continued growth,” said Kristian Barowsky, President and Co-Founder of PickleJar Entertainment Group. “Our platform is designed to help organizers better serve their attendees through competitive ticketing, while giving them the tools to stay connected with fans year-round and build momentum for future events. Each VMS deployment like Bogalusa adds to the live event model we’re building.”
“We are excited to partner with PickleJar to help us grow the festival and understand our patrons in greater detail, so we can serve them better as we grow bigger and better each year,” said Michelle Goode, Executive Chair of the Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival.
This engagement aligns with PickleJar’s three-pillar revenue model: nationally syndicated radio through PickleJar Up All Night, artist promotion and fan engagement, and live event services via VMS. Regional festivals like Bogalusa represent an underserved market for modern ticketing and fan-engagement solutions, and PickleJar’s platform aims to serve this segment with capable tools at accessible price points while building audience-data assets and long-term client relationships.
For more information about PickleJar, visit www.picklejar.com. For details on the Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival, visit https://www.bogalusablues.com/info.
