The Best of the Beat Music Awards, presented by the OffBeat Music & Cultural Arts Foundation, is the annual awards ceremony honoring local music and musicians. The event features food from great local restaurants (including the Gumbo Shop, Nirvana, Breaux Mart, Barracuda, Bao & Noodle, King Cake Hub and many more), music from the best of our local musicians, including the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra members Alexey Marti Group; J & The Causeways; the Soul Rebels; Preservation Hall Jazz Band Tribute to Charlie Gabriel; Charlie Wooton Project featuring Arsène DeLay; and DJ Raj Smoove and guests. Come celebrate the best of New Orleans music and musicians of 2019 with a big blow-out!

At the January 30 awards ceremony and party, meet local musicians and music biz folk and enjoy food from over a dozen local vendors. The Best of The Beat is a project of the OffBeat Music and Cultural Arts Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is a co-production of Positive Vibrations Foundation and this year takes place at the New Orleans Jazz Market.

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Stay tuned for more restaurant announcements!

Check out photos from last year’s Awards here.

Sponsored by: OffBeat Media, Positive Vibrations Foundation, The New Orleans Jazz Market. New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, New Orleans Jazz Museum, WWL-TV, WYES, WWNO, WWOZ and WHIV (WHIV will broadcast the event live!).