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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 […]
WIN TICKETS: Dam-Funk Returns to New Orleans, Plays Maison with DJ Soul Sister
When it comes to modern funk, there is one artist that seamlessly blends classic funk principles with evolving technology and contemporary dancefloor culture. He goes by the name of Dam-Funk […]
Trey Anastasio Band, House of Blues, February 7-8, 2014
No matter if the reason Phish hasn’t played New Orleans in many moons stems from the abject horror Bayou St. John residents felt toward the hippie invasion of Jazz Fest […]
House of Blues New Orleans Celebrates 20 Years with Free Concert on February 1
This Saturday, February 1, New Orleans’ House of Blues turns 20 years old. To celebrate the two-decade milestone, the legendary music hall hosts a free 20th Anniversary concert featuring Kermit […]
