Issue Articles — Mojo Mouth
Make It Festive
As you can see from our cover, we have officially entered festival season with our French Quarter Festival issue. What we do best in New Orleans is music (of course!), […]
Not For Sale
For 18 years, OffBeat has promoted New Orleans and Louisiana music. Our mission is to expose local musicians and music businesses to a wider audience, including the business and governmental […]
The Party and the Music
It’s Party Gras time. Being the curmudgeon that I am, that “Party Gras” crap really annoys me. Yeah, we throw the greatest damn party in the world. Welcome, have a […]
The Cult
OffBeat is a magazine that focuses on local music and culture. Most of us who work here are so immersed in everything New Orleans that we tend to forget that […]
Music Museum on Canal Street?
When I was a kid, a trip downtown was a big deal. I remember going to the movies with my grandmother (I think I managed to talk her into seeing […]
Mojo Mouth: It’s Time To Vote
It’s hard to believe another year is winding down. As usual we’re gearing up to publish our annual Louisiana Music Directory, which should hit the streets some time in November. […]
A Different Culture
Now that the “Who’s the new producer of the Jazz Fest?” controversy has been somewhat contentiously settled (we think), with the selection (again) of Festival Productions, Incorporated New Orleans, we […]
Welcome to the “Big Easy”-Not!
For all you folks who are just moving to New Orleans for (you hope) four years of college; for all New Orleans ex-pats who now live in the greener and […]
Hot Fun at SummerFest
They said it was impossible. No one would come. A festival in the heat of a New Orleans August? No way! But Satchmo SummerFest is working, and getting bigger and […]
The Marshall Plan
The Jazz & Heritage Foundation has hired Don Marshall, whose latest job as Director/Professor of the Graduate Program in Arts Administration and previous experience as director of the Contemporary Arts […]
