‘Forestival’ creates an organic experience at A Studio in the Woods, November 12

The arts and nature festival “Forestival” creates an organic experience for all ages needing to get in touch with themselves and nature.  It will feature live music, guided nature hikes […]

What’s happening this weekend in NOLA (11/4-6)

This weekend in NOLA, the city keeps chugging away following a busy Halloween weekend with many events filling the calendar. For parents, there are tons of family-friendly events this weekend, […]

The Best of the Beat 2021-2022 Nominations

OffBeat founder/publisher Jan Ramsey decided that our musicians and music businesses deserved an awards event of their own and put together a concept for a music awards program that would honor only local musicians. Originally held at the House of Blues, the Best of The Beat Awards were only open to the music community (that has changed over the years to include local music fans). In the first event, rock band Better Than Ezra was the big winner and took home Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for Deluxe and Song of the Year for “Good.”

Bayou Boogaloo announces additional acts and food vendors

The 2022 Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo, presented by Friends of Bayou St. John, will make its return to the banks of Bayou St. John for three days from May 20-22. The […]

The Weekly Stream: New Orleans online concerts, March 20-26

As music venues and musicians across New Orleans adapt themselves to the drastic changes brought on by the ongoing novel coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, many are providing music fans with online and […]

Folk Alliance International’s conference to showcase many Louisiana musicians

New Orleans will host the Folk Alliance International’s 32nd conference this January 22 – 26, 2020. The Folk Alliance International conference is a global gathering of folk musicians that spotlights […]

[Photos] The Deslondes Present: Mashed Potato Records

The Deslondes hosted a music revue featuring a number of artists under the Mashed Potato umbrella, at the Tigermen Den on Friday, March 2, 2019. Spear-headed by The Deslondes‘ Sam […]

Check out the lineup for the week-long New Orleans French Film Festival

New Orleans Film Society (NOFS) has announced the 2019 lineup of films and music performances for the New Orleans French Film Festival. The festival will present 17 feature-long films, 3 […]

The Nominations: The complete list of nominees for the Best of the Beat

  The OffBeat Music and Cultural Arts Foundation’s Best of the Beat Nominations are in. We solicited nominations from musicians and others in the music community. We then gave the […]

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Cast your votes for OffBeat’s 2018 Best of the Beat Awards!

The OffBeat Music and Cultural Arts Foundation’s Best of the Beat Nominations are in. We solicited nominations from musicians and others in the music community. We then gave the results […]