PickleJar Entertainment Group, Inc. (OTC Pink: PKLE) announced today that it has been chosen to provide ticketing services for the Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival, a leading blues festival in the Gulf Coast region. The engagement represents a new commercial deployment of the company’s Venue Managed Services (VMS) platform and marks a strategic expansion of PickleJar’s live event technology footprint.
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 a full artist lineup to be announced in the coming weeks.
Through the PickleJar platform, festival organizers will gain access to a suite of tools designed to streamline ticket sales, improve attendee access, and capture valuable audience data. Key features include flexible ticketing fee structures to support organizer margins, direct-to-consumer ticket sales with integrated pre-event fan engagement, data capture tools for audience insights, and year-round attendee communication tools to build loyalty and reduce audience-acquisition costs for future events.
This deployment aligns with PickleJar’s strategy of converting single-event engagements into longer-term platform relationships. The company’s VMS platform is part of a three-pillar revenue model that also includes nationally syndicated radio through PickleJar Up All Night—now airing on more than 82 affiliate stations—and artist promotion and fan engagement through its integrated technology platform. Each business unit is designed to complement the others, capturing fan data at multiple touchpoints while supporting diversified revenue streams.
“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.
For investors, the Bogalusa engagement reflects the continued commercial buildout of PickleJar’s live event strategy. Regional festivals such as the Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival represent an underserved market for modern, integrated ticketing and fan-engagement solutions. PickleJar’s platform is built to serve this segment, offering capable tools at accessible price points while allowing the company to build audience-data assets and longer-term client relationships.
PickleJar’s VMS platform is a key component of the company’s vision to unlock the potential of shared entertainment experiences. By embedding secure payment technology, data intelligence, and content distribution, PickleJar’s artist-promotion programs, venue managed services, and mobile apps create a 360° view of how fans connect with music and moments. More information about the company is available at www.picklejar.com.
The Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival draws audiences from across the Gulf South and continues to grow its reputation as a premier live music event. Details about the 2026 festival can be found at https://www.bogalusablues.com/info.
