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12th Annual Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival Returns March 6
The 12th Annual Danny Barker Banjo & Guitar Festival will take place March 6–29, 2026, at venues across New Orleans. The multi-week event features concerts, educational programs, interviews and community […]
Big Easy Cruise Releases Initial 2027 Lineup
After back-to-back sold-out sailings in 2025 and 2026, The Big Easy Cruise will return for its fourth voyage January 16–23, 2027, once again transforming a Holland America ship into what […]
Nolatet Announce New Album on the Way, Stream Their Latest Single
Acclaimed New Orleans ensemble Nolatet has announced the release of its third album, Somethin’ To Relax With, via RPF Records/Royal Potato Family on April 3. The group reunites the legendary Crescent City rhythm section of […]
Rosie Flores Joins Robert Plant at the Saenger Theatre Next Month
Guitarist, singer and songwriter Rosie Flores will return to the road this spring, stopping in New Orleans in March, as special guest on Robert Plant’s 2026 “Saving Grace” tour, marking […]
Noel Rockmore’s French Quarter Years Revisited at Ogden
Noel Rockmore, the mercurial artist who chronicled New Orleans’ musicians, misfits and bohemians with unsparing realism, made the French Quarter his adopted home from the late 1950s through the 1990s. […]
PJ Morton to Headline This Year’s French Quarter Festival; Airbnb to Sponsor Musicians
French Quarter Festivals, Inc. (FQFI) announced last week that Grammy Award-winning New Orleans native PJ Morton will headline the 2026 French Quarter Festival. Morton leads an expansive lineup of Louisiana […]
‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Comes to Big Couch
A Streetcar Named Desire, the 1947 drama by Tennessee Williams set in the charged confines of a New Orleans apartment, will be staged this spring as part of the Tennessee […]
DOWN Pays Homage to Local Legend Dr. John with Cover, Watch the Video Now
New Orleans’ own DOWN is probably one of the most legendary heavy metal supergroups in the world. Pantera vocalist and Grace King alum Phil Anselmo, Corrosion of Conformity’s Pepper Keenan, […]
Threadhead Cultural Foundation Awards Grant to Ingrid Lucia
Former OffBeat cover star Ingrid Lucia has been awarded funding from the Threadhead Cultural Foundation as part of its Round 17 grant cycle. Lucia’s project, the 39th funded in the […]
Stephanie Jordan Headlines Jazz & Heritage Concert Series
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s Jazz & Heritage Concert Series continues Saturday, February 28, with vocalist Stephanie Jordan presenting The New Jazz Standard at the George and Joyce […]
