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Jazz Fest 2014 Highlight: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

The Boss was back in town on the afternoon of Saturday, May 3, as Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band returned to the Fairgrounds for a triumphant Jazz Fest […]

Jazz Fest 2014 Highlight: Alejandro Escovedo

I have to say, one of the most pleasant musical discoveries of Jazz Fest 2014 for me has been Alejandro Escovedo. It’s difficult to use the word “discovery” in relation […]

Photos: May 2 at Jazz Fest 2014 by Willow Haley

Friday, May 2, 2014 at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival had it all. Christina Aguilera on the Acura stage, Charles Bradley in the Blues tent, Walter “Wolfman” Washington […]

Photos: May 1 and 2 at Jazz Fest 2014 by Kim Welsh

There has been a lot to see as the second weekend of Jazz Fest 2014 kicked off, and photographer Kim Welsh managed to capture a little bit of everything. We’ve […]

Photos: May 1 at Jazz Fest 2014 by Willow Haley

You can get pretty much everything at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival: music, culture, food, free hugs, acrobatics, blenders, and carpentry lessons. Photographer Willow Haley captured some of […]

Dan Willging’s Dispatches from Jazz Fest 2014

Editor’s Note: Longtime OffBeat contributor Dan Willging flew to New Orleans with his wife Julie Willging for the second weekend of Jazz Fest 2014. A colorful character himself, Dan chronicled […]

Photos: Jazz Fest 2014, Thursday, May 1

What many refer to as “locals Thursday” of the 2014 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was almost too good to be true. Everywhere you turned, beauty was in the […]

New Orleans Concert Picks of the Week: May 1 – May 7, 2014

Hungry for live music… Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of May 1 – May 7, 2014 featuring: Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave., Eric […]

Photos: Jazz Fest Bible Cover Artist Meets with Rebirth Brass Band

Artist Tami Curtis-Ellis met with members of the Rebirth Brass Band in the OffBeat offices today before Rebirth took the stage at the Louisiana Music Factory to get the band […]

Trombone Shorty Accepts Best of the Beat Awards

Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews is a busy man. When it came time to hand out the Best of the Beat awards for the past two years, he was on tour. […]