The Best of the Beat Awards have come and gone, but memories of the amazing party will remain for years.
With performances from Sweet Crude, the Honey Island Swamp Band, the New Orleans Suspects, Rory Danger and the Danger Dangers, BateBunda, and an all-star tribute to Lifetime Achievement in Music Award Winner Ellis Marsalis, there was something for every New Orleans music fan in attendance.
Check out some great shots from this year’s Best of the Beat Awards.
All photos by Kim Welsh. Click here to view the gallery on Flickr.

Trumpet Mafia at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Jason Marsalis at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Ashlin Parker at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

New Orleans Suspects at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

New Orleans Suspects at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Sweet Crude at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Sweet Crude at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Rory Danger and the Danger Dangers at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Rory Danger and the Danger Dangers at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Rory Danger and the Danger Dangers at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Sweet Crude at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Hurray for the Riff Raff at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Ivan Neville at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Tank and the Bangas at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Phil Frazier at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Rodger Dickerson at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Pat Jolly at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Ellis Marsalis at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Honey Island Swamp Band at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Honey Island Swamp Band at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Honey Island Swamp Band at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015

Honey Island Swamp Band at the OffBeat Magazine Best of the Beat Awards, Generations Hall, January 22, 2015