Musician Treatment Foundation Benefit Concert on Saturday, July 18!

Preservation Hall Jazz Band is headlining the first-ever Musician Treatment Foundation Livestream Benefit Concert, a benefit concert to help #KeepTheMusicPlaying for everyone! This event also includes performances by Elvis Costello, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, The Accidentals and many other incredible musicians. The event will take place this Saturday, July 18, at 7 pm NOLA time and 5pm L.A. time, on mtfusa.org/events/livestream-benefit-2020.

The concert is a fundraiser to help provide healthcare for musicians who help make New Orleans the musical and cultural treasure it is. This is not a live event, but there are musicians, artists and guests who will be speaking throughout. And though tickets are free, you must register. So, kick back, put your heels up, pour your favorite beverage, and enjoy some of the best music in the land!

Live Oak Music Festival - On the Radio! June 19 - 21, 2020

Join us for a three-day romp through the Live Oak Music Festival archives. We’ll also be featuring some current releases from artists who have performed at Live Oak and those who we hope to have as part of our 2021 festival. Following Live Oak tradition, you’ll hear songs from a wide array of genres like soul, funk, bluegrass, world, reggae, and more. We’ll also feature live, local performances from some of our favorite local artists, most of whom have performed at Live Oak in the past. With the help of Big Big SLO, we’ll have a live audio-video stream mixed in throughout the weekend.

Get Down and GiveNOLA Virtual Concert on May 27th!

This YLC Wednesday at the Square: Get Down and Give NOLA digital concert will harness the power of music to unite our community behind a common cause – multiplying our impact by giving together. While we couldn't get together in-person this spring, we're excited to share that we'll be gathering virtually to celebrate what would have been an incredible season.

The musicians from this year's line-up, as well as several beloved alumni, are donating songs for you to enjoy at our Get Down and Give NOLA virtual concert. They're eager to share their messages with you on what it means to be proud to call New Orleans home. Watch live at 5pm NOLA time, 3pm L.A. time, on May 27 on the YLC Wednesday at the Square Facebook page or on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSUa-GMXJUx693u1COdNXbg).

Enjoy performances by: Alexis & the Samurai, Amanda Shaw, Anders Osborne, Andrew Duhon, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Daria + The Hip Drops, Dave Jordan + Rurik Nunan, Erica Falls, Flow Tribe, Galactic, Kermit Ruffins, Little Freddie King, Lost Bayou Ramblers, Marc Broussard, Margie Perez, Marcia Ball, N.O.B.A.B.E, New Orleans Johnnys, The Quickening, The Revivalists, Robin Barnes, and Shamarr Allen.

Young Leadership Council, in partnership with AOS Interior Environments and the Greater New Orleans Foundation, is hosting this event. 2020 was the fifteenth-anniversary season for YLC Wednesday at the Square. Please consider donating $15 to help support our 2021 season and YLC’s nine community-service projects. GiveNOLA Day is Tuesday, June 2, and you can pre-schedule your gift online today at https://www.givenola.org/young-leadership-council

Band Together! Benefit Concert for New Orleans Music Community, today, 4/25!

Tune at 1pm L.A. time / 3pm NOLA time! Click here or on the image below.

The Band Together Benefit has a simple yet singular mission: to help the New Orleans musicians whose livelihoods have been decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In New Orleans, a once-thriving ecosystem of live music and tourism is now gone, taking with it the opportunity for countless local performers to land the gigs they need to live. The Band Together Benefit was borne out of a desire to create not only an opportunity for financial relief for musicians in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, but also an opportunity for New Orleans musicians to help other musicians. Our city has bred some of the world’s most influential and successful performers, but the local economy is largely dependent on the lesser known talents who bring millions of people to town each year. From street performers in the French Quarter to world-class bands on Frenchmen Street, the value these musicians bring to New Orleans is unquantifiable. The vision for the Band Together Benefit is to showcase some of New Orleans’ superstar talent while simultaneously providing a platform for emergent acts, all of whom will perform in an effort to raise money for peers who may not have the same access to opportunity.

Artist Lineup: 
Like New Orleans itself, the Band Together Benefit features a multiplicity of genres and styles ranging from traditional jazz to zydeco, bounce to funk. The concert features headlining performances from multiple Grammy-winning solo R&B artist and Maroon 5 keyboardist PJ Morton, Grammy-nominated jazz-hip hop-soul hybrid Tank and the Bangas and Grammy-winning funk and R&B musician Jon Cleary. Other all-star musicians include Stanton Moore of funk juggernaut Galactic, New Orleans jazz giant Kermit Ruffins, New Orleans funk icon Ivan Neville of Dumpstaphunk, platinum-selling singer Cupid, as well as funk keyboardist Nigel Hall, rockers Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes and Billboard Top 20 soul-funk band Water Seed. Additional performers include pop vocalist Dawn Richard of Danity Kane/Dirty Money, 2 Time Grammy-nominated zydeco powerhouse Sean Ardoin, funk-rock band Flow Tribe, multi-faceted brass musician Glen David Andrews, bounce vocalist HaSizzle, Grammy-winning rock guitarist Shane Theriot, Latin bandleader Jose Ceballos, zydeco accordionist and harmonica player Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes, soul-funk-reggae-hip hop vocalist and guitarist Kelly Love Jones,  synth-pop band LeTrainiump and R&B/soul vocalist Caren Green.