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Hangout Music Festival Releases Full Schedule
The full schedule for all six stages at this year’s Hangout Music Festival has been released. The festival, which takes place on May 16-18 in Gulf Shores, Alabama, will feature […]
Video Premier: Shamarr Allen’s “Kurt Cobain”
It’s been just over 20 years since Nirvana lead singer and grunge era icon Kurt Cobain took his life, and now New Orleans trumpeter Shamarr Allen has released a video […]
Solomon Northrup’s Descendents to Attend 12 Years a Slave Chamber Concert at Loyola
Descendants of Solomon Northup, the man portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie “12 Years a Slave,” will gather at a free Loyola University New Orleans Chamber Orchestra concert Saturday, April 12 […]
Photos: Crawfest 2014 at Tulane University
Despite dire predictions of torrential rain, Crawfest 2014 went off without a hitch at Tulane University’s Uptown campus on April 5. The daylong annual celebration featured two stages and unlimited […]
HNOC Bill Russell Lecture to Focus on the Boswell Sisters
The Historic New Orleans Collection will present the 15th annual Bill Russell Lecture Thursday, April 10, at the Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres St., focusing on the lives and career […]
WWOZ Honors Ellis Marsalis at Piano Night
The 2014 WWOZ Piano Night fundraiser will feature five hours of uninterrupted musical performances by Ellis Marsalis and other musical greats. This year’s event, which will take place on Monday, […]
Timecode:NOLA Film Festival Returns to French Quarter Fest
After a popular inaugural year in 2013, Timecode:NOLA will offer an expanded Film Festival at the 2014 French Quarter Festival featuring films about some of the region’s most memorable characters. […]
Harold Battiste Named a “Jazz Hero” by Jazz Journalists
New Orleans jazz music icon Harold Battiste was named a “Jazz Hero” by the Jazz Journalists Association on April 1. Battiste received the honor along with 23 other activists, advocates, […]
New Orleans Concert Picks of the Week: April 3 – April 9, 2014
Hungry for live music… Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of April 3 – April 9, 2014 featuring: Jon Cleary, Eric Lindell, Sunpie and the […]
Dat Dog Opens on Frenchmen Street
Dat Dog has opened its third New Orleans location at 601 Frenchmen Street. The beloved New Orleans restaurant will serve its signature sausages, wieners, fries and toppings at lunch and […]
