Issue Articles
Lollapalooza ’96 Arrives July 23rd
This year’s Lollapalooza show will play 25 dates throughout the United States and Canada with audiences of between 35,000 and 50,000 people beginning in June and running through the first […]
The Best and Worst of Jazz Fest ’96
In still another record-breaking year at Jazz Fest, we were able to (1) Withstand the onslaught of Phish fans who crowded into the city and onto the Fair Grounds to […]
The Festivals of Summer ’96
Just when you thought it was safe to go back out there, a whole slew of festivals get cranking as the heat starts rising. Zephyrfest ‘96 (June 2) The […]
First Annual Best of the Beat Awards
On the last night of January, the staff of OffBeat and a thousand or so of our closest friends from the music industry gathered at the House of Blues for […]
OffBeat’s Best of the Beat Music Awards
Ever since we started publishing OffBeat in 1988, we’ve wanted to do something special to honor the great musicians and music industry people here in New Orleans-an awards event where […]
Carnival Tales: A Multitude of Local Minstrels Spin Tales of Mardi Gras of Yore
A multitude of local minstrels spin tales of Mardi Gras of yore. SEWING FEVER: BO DOLLiS AND MONK BOUDREAUX Big Chief Monk Boudreaux tries to describe the sewing fever […]
