French Quarter Festivals, Inc. (FQFI) announced its 2024 Holidays New Orleans Style Concert Series at St. Louis Cathedral and the inaugural New Orleans Eve concert—a festive countdown to the New Year. Presented in partnership with NewOrleans.com, these family-friendly conce... Read more

Here are a few highlights from the 2024 Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival, held in Lafayette Square October 11-13! Special thanks to our volunteer photographers Louis Crispino, Demian Roberts, and Sarah Kehoe for their contributions. We've also got full sets from the entir... Read more

You are invited to be part of a very special WWOZ celebration on Friday around 11am CT as the Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas, will be the very first artist to perform LIVE on WWOZ from our new state-of-the-art Gia Maione Prima performance studio. Tune in at 90.7 FM ... Read more

The WWOZ Groove Gala returned to Tableau and Le Petit Theatre on Thursday, September 12! This year's Groove Gala performers included Irma Thomas, Kermit Ruffins, Little Freddie King, Wendell Brunious & Tom Hook, Doreen Ketchens, Gerald French, and DJ Neil Pellegrin. It was ... Read more

On Friday, September 27, the Queen of Bounce, Big Freedia, is headlining a landmark concert at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans with special guests Ani DiFranco and Leyla McCalla! This event marks the FIRST-EVER mass registration of women for clean economy jobs in U.S. hi... Read more

James Booker grew up splitting time between New Orleans and Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Labor Day weekend, 100 Men Hall, a Black energy center that hosted legendary musicians as part of the Chitlin Circuit, will host the fifth annual Booker Fest, a fundraiser for the hall. ... Read more

Another successful Satchmo SummerFest is in the books! Here are a few photo highlights from this year's festival! Satchmo SummerFest is an annual festival held the first weekend of August, around the time of Louis Armstrong's birthday, at the New Orleans Jazz Museum. The f... Read more

Temperatures are (way) up in New Orleans and that means that Satchmo SummerFest is only a few weeks away! The festival dedicated to the life, legacy, and music of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong returns to the New Orleans Jazz Museum on Saturday, August 3 and Sunday, August 4, 20... Read more

Tipitina's is back with their Free Fridays summer concert series! Doors are open to everyone 21+ at this weekly Friday event, happening May 24 through August 30. Doors are 8pm; show at 9pm. Here's the schedule: May 24: Soul Brass Band w/Le Trainiump May 31: Flow Tribe w/M... Read more

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s Johnny Jackson Jr. Gospel Is Alive! Celebration presented by Peoples Health will be held on Monday, April 29, 2024 from 9:30am to 11:30am at the Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, 2515 Franklin Avenue. The concert is free and open t... Read more