The Best of The Beat Awards is a project of the OffBeat Music and Cultural Arts Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) organization whose mission is to educate and enlighten the public on local music and culture, ...

Formed by Herbie Hancock in 1973, The Headhunters will perform Saturday, January 10 at The Jazz and Blues Market.

Widespread Panic • Lake Street Dive • Leela James • Lettuce • Alejandro Escovedo • Fred Wesley and his New JBs • Grace Bowers • Sweet Crude • Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. and The Legendary Ils Sont Partis ...

Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda will be celebrated in New Orleans on January 14 and 16 with a two-part performance and ...

Hogs for the Cause has announced the daily artist breakout for its 2026 festival, set for April 10–11 at the UNO Lakefront Arena.

Big Freedia: Live at the 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Munck Music) Big Sam’s Funky Nation: Live at the 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Munck Music) Mia Borders: Live at the ...

Gaudanse has announced the launch of its Key to Your HeART House Raffle, an ambitious new fundraising campaign.

Irvin Mayfield was sentenced to 18 months in prison in January 2022, but was released on January 9, 2023, after serving less than a year. Although Mayfield pleaded guilty to diverting $1.3 million in ...

Joseph Irrera, a native of Brooklyn, is living proof that “real men” listen to opera. Joseph, whose forebears came from Sicily, has composed hundreds of pop songs few human beings have been privileged ...

The red house at the corner of Frenchmen and Robertson stands out among its neighbors, the most brightly colored on a block dominated by grays and browns. No plaque marks the home today. The only clue ...

Billy Diamond, who was instrumental in the launch of Fats Domino’s career, passed away in Los Angeles, October 20 from natural causes. He was 95. Diamond was born in New Orleans on October 5, 1916, ...