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A to Z: All You Need to Know Is in Our Jazz Fest Guide
How do you choose from the variety of cultures, rhythms and sounds available at Jazz Fest? Our guide should help and ensure for a great experience. Happy Jazz Fest! Remember […]
Heartbeat of the Funk: Jon Cleary’s Music is Universal, Not Regional
What’s changed since Jon Cleary won a Grammy? Not a whole lot. Not that he doesn’t have gratitude for the coveted award, but his main memory of the ceremony in […]
John Prine Announces New Orleans Show with Shovels & Rope
John Prine will perform at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans on Friday, December 2. He will be supported by husband-and-wife duo Shovels & Rope, who were scheduled to headline […]
April 2016 Letters to OffBeat Magazine
MARDI GRAS ATTENDANCE These letters are in response to Jan Ramsey’s blog post “Mardi Gras on the skids?” wherein she observed that the parade routes weren’t nearly as crowded with […]
Jazz Fest Confirms New Rules for Chairs, Tarps at Main Stages
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will institute new rules in order to avoid the crowd-created gridlock that has plagued the event in past years, particularly during last year’s […]
Jazz Fest Reveals Daily Music Schedules
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has unveiled its daily music schedules for 2016. The info–aka “the cubes”–was released today during the festival’s annual “Month Out” press conference at […]
Greyboy Allstars Announce Jazz Fest After Show with Vulfpeck, Pimps of Joytime
The Greyboy Allstars will return to New Orleans for a Jazz Fest after show on Friday, April 22. The gig will take place at the Joy Theater, and will feature […]
Early Bird Jazz Fest Tickets Now On Sale
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival tickets are now on sale for the early bird price of $60 per day. Tickets will stay that price until February 3, when they […]
Jazz Fest Announces 2016 Lineup
Stevie Wonder, Neil Young with Promise of the Real, Paul Simon, Pearl Jam, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, My Morning Jacket, Snoop Dogg, Van Morrison, Steely Dan, Beck, J. Cole, […]
Obituary: Allen Toussaint
(1938–2015) Allen Toussaint, the widely influential New Orleans composer, arranger, producer and pianist, died at age 77 in the early hours of Tuesday, November 10, 2015. He had suffered a […]
