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Video: Faces of Frenchmen Ep 4: Sarah McCoy
We sit down with Frenchmen Street powerhouse Sarah McCoy and the members of her band The Oopsie Daisies for the fourth installment of our Faces of Frenchmen Street video interview series. […]
Soirée D’Evolution: Sean Yseult Launches Arcane New Exhibit
Sean Yseult (best known as the bass player in multi-platinum noise rock/heavy metal band White Zombie), will launch a unique photography exhibit called Soirée D’Evolution: Tableaux Vivants et Nature Mortes at […]
Ponderosa Stomp Releases 2015 Lineup
The 12th Ponderosa Stomp–a New Orleans-based festival that celebrates the roots of rock, blues, swamp pop, R&B, rockabilly, and more–is set for October 1st through 3rd, and they’ve just released […]
Threadhead Charity Raffle Closes Saturday
The Threadhead Charity Raffle, hosted annually by the 501(c) nonprofit organization the Threadhead Cultural Foundation, closes this Saturday at 6 p.m. Since 2005, the Threadheads have held the raffle as part of a “give-back […]
Morrissey Tickets On Sale Now At the Saenger
Morrissey kicks off his US tour in New Orleans at the Saenger Theatre on Thursday, June 11th, and tickets are on sale now. Former front man of iconic 80s British […]
Ooh Poo Pah Doo’s Treme Fest to be Held This Sunday
The Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar’s Treme Fest kicks off this Sunday at 10 a.m. with a second line (beginning and ending at the bar) and continues with a crawfish […]
Get a Free Ticket to Jazz Fest 2015 by Volunteering for OffBeat
OffBeat is currently seeking volunteers to distribute our Jazz Fest issue at the gates outside the festival. All volunteers who work two 5-hour shifts (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) will […]
Rain Decimates French Quarter Fest 2015 Attendance
French Quarter Fest organizers announced today that this year’s attendance numbers were roughly half of last year’s record breaking total. Thanks in large part to thunderstorms that shut down some […]
Percy Sledge Dies at his Home in Baton Rouge
Legendary R&B singer Percy Sledge has passed away at his home in Baton Rouge at the age of 73. Sledge, best known for his 1966 classic “When a Man Loves […]
Nine Lives at the Tennessee Williams Festival
Theater and literature weren’t the only things on the docket during the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival that took place around the French Quarter at the end of March. The festival […]
