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Get a Free Ticket to Jazz Fest 2015 by Volunteering for OffBeat
OffBeat is currently seeking volunteers to distribute our Jazz Fest issue at the gates outside the festival. All volunteers who work two 5-hour shifts (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) will […]
Rain Decimates French Quarter Fest 2015 Attendance
French Quarter Fest organizers announced today that this year’s attendance numbers were roughly half of last year’s record breaking total. Thanks in large part to thunderstorms that shut down some […]
Percy Sledge Dies at his Home in Baton Rouge
Legendary R&B singer Percy Sledge has passed away at his home in Baton Rouge at the age of 73. Sledge, best known for his 1966 classic “When a Man Loves […]
Nine Lives at the Tennessee Williams Festival
Theater and literature weren’t the only things on the docket during the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival that took place around the French Quarter at the end of March. The festival […]
Tipitina’s Hosts “Family Affair” Eric Bolivar Benefit on April 9
This Thursday, April 9, Tipitina’s will host a benefit concert for renowned New Orleans drummer Eric Bolivar, who was recently diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease. The benefit, It’s A Family […]
WWOZ Launches Music Documentary Series at Indywood
There are all kinds of ways to appreciate music, and beginning this week, WWOZ brings us another. The radio station is kicking off a Sunday evening music documentary series at […]
Drawn to New Orleans: Dana Abbott
“New Orleans is a musician’s beacon,” said Dana Abbott, who just released her new soul-rock album, Moonlight. It’s been 10 years since the California-born singer, songwriter, and guitarist moved here […]
Free Hearing Screenings for Musicians on Monday, 4/6
This Monday, the Tipitina’s Foundation Music Co-op holds its monthly free hearing screenings for musicians, who often suffer hearing loss over the course of long, loud careers. Local hearing specialist Dina Zeevi […]
Video: Washboard Lissa and Nervous Duane
Clarinet virtuoso and electric guitar extraordinaire “Nervous” Duane performed last Sunday afternoon at new Frenchmen Street venue Rare Form with the iconic Washboard Lissa (Lissa Driscoll). We’re saddened to report […]
Big Chief Victor Harris Celebrates 50 Years of Masking
Big Chief Victor Harris of the Fi-Yi-Yi Mardi Gras Indians has been masking for half a century. As chief of the Fi-Yi-Yi, also called the Mandingo Warriors, one of the […]
