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This week, we’re chin-deep in the Best of the Beat here at OffBeat World Headquarters. On Wednesday, we have our industry-only Business Awards at the newly renovated Joy Theater, and Friday we have the Best of the Beat at Generations Hall starting at 6 p.m. All week long, we’re working with WVUE on Best of the Beat-related programming as part of the Fox 8 Morning News; this morning Publisher Jan Ramsey was in the studio with Rob Masson, and tomorrow she’ll visit along with our Heartbeat Award winner this year, Mary Howell. Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses will play live in the WVUE studio on Thursday morning, and they’ll open our show Friday night at Generations Hall. Here they are performing live last year at Preservation Hall.

Tickets to the Best of the Beat are on sale now for $30 at OffBeat.com; they’ll be $35 the day of the event.