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New Kids on the Block, Boyz II Men, Paula Abdul to Team Up in New Orleans
New Kids on the Block, Boyz II Men and Paula Abdul will come to New Orleans when the Total Package Tour takes over the Smoothie King Center on Friday, May […]
Second Line Brewing to Celebrate “Tom Hanks-Giving”
New Orleans’ Second Line Brewing will celebrate a quintessentially American holiday and a quintessentially American actor when “Tom Hanks-Giving” comes to the Mid City brewery this month. Starting this Wednesday, […]
Anders Osborne is Organizing “Send Me a Friend” to Assist Musicians in Recovery
Anders Osborne and Oskar Blues Brewery’s Can’d Aid Foundation will team up to launch Send Me A Friend, a national network of temporary sponsors—“sober friends”—who can assist touring musicians with […]
Norah Jones to Perform in New Orleans
Norah Jones will return to New Orleans on Saturday, March 4 when she headlines a concert at the Saenger Theatre. The singer-songwriter, who is known for her brilliantly-delivered fusion of […]
Sting Announces New Orleans Show
Sting will perform at New Orleans’ UNO Lakefront Arena on Wednesday, February 22. Singer-songwriter Joe Sumner and San Antonio-based Tex Mex band The Last Bandoleros will open for him at […]
NOLA Crawfish Festival to Return During Jazz Fest Season
The NOLA Crawfish Festival will return for its second incarnation from May 1-3, 2017. Scheduled for the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday between the first and second weekends of Jazz Fest, […]
Dumpstaphunk Releases Election Day Single with Trombone Shorty, “Justice”
This year’s election has been controversial for a number of reasons, but if there’s one thing we can all get behind it’s new music from Dumpstaphunk. The fact that Trombone […]
Throwback Thursday: Phil Spector’s “Chapel of Love”
The Dixie Cups’ “Chapel of Love” is an American classic. Recorded in 1964, the song famously knocked The Beatles’ “Love Me Do” off Billboard’s #1 slot, launching the New Orleans […]
Premiere: Miss Mojo, “Feel My”
OffBeat is excited to premiere “Feel My,” a single from up-and-coming New Orleans outfit Miss Mojo’s forthcoming EP. Miss Mojo mixed funk and soul with pop-like lyrics and melodies to […]
Billy Joel to Perform at New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center
Billy Joel will return to New Orleans for a concert at the Smoothie King Center on Friday, February 10. The performance will mark the singer, songwriter and composer’s first solo […]


