Soundcheck: Five Questions with Emanuel Lain, Jr.

Leading question, do you think Armstrong Park is under-utilized and under-supported as a public space? When we first got started, concierges were telling tourists not to even cross Rampart Street. […]

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Jazz in the Park 2015 Lineup Announced

People United for Armstrong Park has released the official lineup for the Jazz in the Park’s seventh season, which runs from April 16 through June 11. Kermit Ruffins, Soul Rebels, […]

2015 Jazz Fest Official Poster of Bo Dollis Released

The official 2015 Jazz Fest poster depicting Big Chief Bo Dollis in his Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indian finery was released today by the Jazz Fest poster retailer, Art4Now. Reportedly […]

OffBeat Magazine’s Guide to New Year’s Eve in New Orleans

New Year’s Eve is fast approaching, and it seems like there’s a party at every venue in town. Here are some of our top picks: Jackson Square: It doesn’t get more […]

Photos: Bye Bye Hurricane Season Celebration in Armstrong Park

The Wild Magnolias brought some Mardi Gras Indian funk to Armstrong Park on Saturday, November 15, for the Bye Bye Hurricane Season Celebration. Bo Dollis Jr. led his tribe through […]

New Orleans Concert Picks of the Week: June 5 – June 11, 2014

Hungry for live music… Look no further! Here’s OffBeat’s look at New Orleans’ top concerts for the week of June 5 – June 11, 2014 featuring: Ed Volker, Royal Roses, Little Freddie […]

Jazz in the Park Season 5 Lineup Announced

The lineup for the fifth installment of the Jazz in the Park concert series in Armstrong Park has been announced. If the announcement itself is any indication of the upcoming […]

How “Mardi Gras Mambo” Became an Unlikely Carnival Anthem

Down in New Orleans where the blues was born, It takes a cool cat to blow a horn On LaSalle and Rampart Street, the combos play with a mambo beat […]

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My Music: The UpStarts’ Ian Cunningham

“That Last Waltz [The Band tribute show in December at One Eyed Jacks] was such a cool ensemble piece where all these different people from all these different musical genres […]

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WIN TICKETS: Anders Osborne’s
“Rock My NOLA Soul”
Christmas Spectacular

For the second year in the row, New Orleans guitar hero Anders Osborne invites some friends — and you — over to Tipitina’s to “rock his NOLA soul” for a […]