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Louisiana Music Factory to Hold Frenchmen Street Soft Opening Saturday
In early December, OffBeat reported that longtime French Quarter record store the Louisiana Music Factory was relocating from its familiar Decatur Street locale to Frenchmen Street in the Marigny where […]
610 Stompers Annual Sweet 610 Debutante Ball Friday at Sugar Mill
With carnival time on the horizon, it’s about time we started having fun. This Friday (February 7), New Orleans’ own all-male, tube sock wearing, polyester short sporting, satin jacket clad, […]
OffBeat Joins 2014 Hangout Music Festival as Media Partner
In January, the Hangout Music Festival announced the lineup for its fifth annual beachfront retreat in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Set for May 16-18, 2014, the three-day, six-stage, 60-plus band festival […]
Late Night Jazz Fest Tickets for the Word at the Joy Theater on Sale Friday
The word around town is that this Friday, February 7 at 11:00 a.m. tickets will go on sale to see jam band supergroup the Word perform at New Orleans’ Joy […]
February 6 To Be Declared Willie Mae Seaton Day, Honoring Scotch House Matriarch
UPDATE: Thursday, February 6. 9:30 a.m. Ms. Seaton’s great-granddaughter and grandson contacted OffBeat to inform that unfortunately, Ms. Seaton had to be brought unexpectedly to see doctors at the hospital […]
French Quarter Fest 2014 Line-Up Announced, Poster Released
New Orleans’ largest free festival, the French Quarter Festival, announced its 2014 programming this morning; a line-up that once again expands the growing annual fest with a new stage, new […]
Jazz Fest 2014 “Aural History” Official Poster Released
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and its historic home on St. Peter Street in the French Quarter are the subjects of this year’s official “Aural History” Jazz Fest poster. The […]
Blood Drive and Benefit Concert for Musician Doug Potter on February 9
This Sunday, February 9, the New Orleans Musicians Clinic will host a mobile blood drive at the in tandem with the benefit concert taking place just across the street at […]
Soul Rebels and DJ Soul Sister featured in VH1 documentary, “Finding the Funk”
Though New Orleans’ jazz legacy is a well-documented and widely recognized phenomenon, local funk pioneers, for one reason or another, are not acknowledged nearly as much as their musical predecessors […]
Memories of My Beloved Dad: Ernest “Rocking” Tabby Thomas
When OffBeat first reported the passing of the “King of the Swamp Blues,” Ernest “Tabby” Thomas, on New Year’s Day 2014, it was a devastating loss to the Louisiana music […]
