Putting the French in French Quarter Festival, New Orleans’ Harmonouche will bring their eclectic combination of gypsy swing and traditional jazz to the French Quarter Festival this year. As a fusion of the words harmonious, harmonica and manouche (the French term for gypsy jazz), the band’s name symbolizes their multifarious musical composition as well as [...]
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation is raising the stakes this year in its second-annual Class Got Brass competition, offering$30,000 in instruments to the marching band programs of winning middle and high school brass bands. The contest, which began in 2012, was organized to address a well-known dilemma: While many New Orleans and Louisiana [...]
In the shadow of the Market Street Power Plant in Downtown New Orleans, the fledging BUKU Music + Arts Project prepares for its second year as one of the fastest growing alternative music festivals in the Gulf South. The Winter Circle Productions event returns to the Warehouse District March 8-9 with electronic, rap and indie [...]
Mardi Gras – it’s one of those unqualified celebrations whose essence seems to completely inundate the New Orleans experience. Whatever the occasion, New Orleanians consistently regale one another with their “Carnival Tales” in part to reconnect with this most sacred of Crescent City traditions, and to define their relationships with the city itself. In the [...]
For Patrick Crilly, finding a way for musicians and bands to directly benefit from electronic tipping services at their shows is as easy as having an email address. “The very, very first thing they need is an email address,” Crilly explains of his program and website Digital Tip Jar (DTJ), a web-based application in which [...]
It’s Super Bowl time, y’all, and in honor of the country’s largest sporting event, Rabadash Records and New Orleans’ own Al “Carnival Time” Johnson have released a new recording that updates the singer’s beloved Mardi Gras classic. Referencing Johnson’s 1959 hit, “It’s Super Bowl Time” was inspired by the coincidence of Carnival season with Super [...]
New Orleans’ Civic Theatre is slated to reopen this month after an extensive renovation, rendering this historic landmark one of the city’s most modern and technologically sophisticated theaters and performance venues. The building, which was constructed in 1906 by architect Sam Stone, is considered by some to be the oldest surviving theater in New Orleans. [...]
Bustout Burlesque, the renowned New Orleans 1950s-style burlesque program, returns for a two-show engagement this Saturday at the House of Blues on Decatur Street. Under the direction of creator/producer Rick Delaup, the shows will include performances by nationally acclaimed burlesque acts Miss Stormy Gayle, Athena, GoGo McGregor as well as the debut of Bourbon Street’s [...]
This weekend’s “Louisiana Purchase” event at the Neal Auction House will feature a horn section of sorts—that is, the sale of the truly one-of-a-kind Harrelson Satchmo trumpet built by world-renowned trumpet maker Jason Harrelson. As a friend and fan of Satchmo SummerFest, Harrelson created the trumpet with the intention of raising national awareness of the [...]
Updated: November 14, 11:45 a.m. OffBeat is giving away a pair of tickets of Fringe Fest 2012. To enter, simply fill out this form. This contest will close at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, November 15. The lucky winner will be notified by the end of the day. Good luck! Initial post: November 8, 2012, [...]
