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The legendary, collectible Jazz Fest Bible. OffBeat Magazine's yearly comprehensive guide to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, printed since 1988.
April 18th
How George Porter Jr. Keeps the Heart of New Orleans Funk Beating. When most artists attain legendary status, they usually cut their gigs down to a high-profile few...
April 18th
The Perpetual Motion of a Folk-Punk Icon. DiFranco is one of the most influential independent artists of her generation and not only is she a music-maker, she’s known for actually creating the artist-owned record label phenomenon..
April 18th
From Jamaica to Congo Square, the 2026 Jazz Fest celebrates global roots and local soul and music that is manna from heaven for music lovers. This print guide will help you in choosing from the panoply of cultures, rhythms and sounds available at Jazz Fest to ensur
April 18th
Jon Batiste has planned a big Jazz Fest weekend. For the festival’s first Friday, the Grammy-and Oscar-winning singer, pianist and composer headlines at the Festival Stage. He returns Sunday with Jon Batiste Presents Swamp in the Blues Tent...
Suzannah Powell is formally breaking up with her Boyfriend. The performance alter-ego that she’s worked under for the past 15 years is being retired, and this year’s will be the final Boyfriend show at Jazz Fest...
April 18th
We hope you will access and enjoy our AI-driven “OffBeat Festival Concierge” that we recently introduced in conjunction with LocalGroove.live, under the direction of our friend and longtime OffBeat subscriber Steve Pollock.
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