Essence Festival of Culture - A Virtual Experience! 7/2 - 5/2020

Essence Festival of Culture - A Virtual Experience! This year’s second weekend of the Essence Festival continues digitally with music, entertainment, empowerment and culture on July 2 to 5, 2020, streaming on ESSENCESTUDIOS.COM.

Enjoy music sets from some of your favorite festival artists as the explosive evening concert series goes digital! Catch the #ESSENCEFEST all-star lineup in performances to benefit and celebrate Essential Heroes, Black-owned businesses, and entrepreneurs. Catch your Hollywood faves in Q&As and be the first to see exclusive sneak peeks of the hottest upcoming releases! Get the tools you need to invest in yourself and makes strides in entrepreneurship, career, and personal finance. Plus, get the latest on the 2020 candidates, the issues that matter most, and why your voice counts! Kickstart your path to recovery with meditation, conversations, workouts, and tutorials designed to boost your mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, and financial wellbeing. Step inside a virtual beauty sphere with top brands, makeup artists, hair stylists, skincare experts and more! Stream live tutorials and get expert tips to accentuating your own flawless beauty with products and brands that are making a splash across the globe. Tune in for Sunday worship featuring powerful words of praise and legendary Gospel performances.

Enjoy the Essence Festival - a benefit series to receive, sustain and thrive!

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.

Creole Tomato Festival - A Virtual Festival on 6/13 & 14/2020

Join in the fun of the Creole Tomato VIRTUAL Festival on June 13th & 14th, brought to you by the French Market District. This Festival honors Louisiana's produce, farmers and unique cuisine of which the Creole tomato is a star. Click here for more information & enjoy!

Boogaloo In Place! Enjoy Classic Bayou Boogaloo Performances this weekend!

Bayou Boogaloo is an annual springtime favorite celebrating community, art, music and culture along the banks of Mid-City’s beloved Bayou St. John. This year it’s been postponed, and while we’re bummed we can't be out on the bayou this weekend, that doesn't mean we can't Boogaloo In Place! Join the festivities on Facebook this Friday-Sunday for LIVE stream videos of some classic Boogaloo performances for 2016! 

Friday, May 15th - 6:15 to 9:15pm Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers * The Wailers

Saturday, May 16th - 12:15 to 9:15pm Creole String Beans * Lost Bayou Ramblers * Irma Thomas * Lowrider Band

Sunday, May 17th - 2:20 to 8:30pm Billy Iuso & Restless Natives * George Porter, Jr. and Runnin’ Pardners * TBD

*All times listed are for New Orleans, CDT!

Enjoy New Orleans JazzFest ... from home! Week 2, Day 8 - Final Day!

While JazzFest is canceled, you can still enjoy the best of the Fest! Today WWOZ presents the final day of JazzFesting in Place, with some of the best performances in the history of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, straight from the Archive of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation.

Listen “live” at https://www.wwoz.org/listen/player/ to the broadcast from 9am - 5pm L.A. time, 11am - 7pm NOLA time!

Check out the schedule, affectionately known as “The Cubes”, and one last time, check the WWOZ website for the most up-to-date schedule!

Happy Jazz Fest, y’all! See you next year!

P.S. If you can, bcomee a Guardian of the Groove & help support WWOZ, the station that keeps Jazz Fest on the air! Click here to donate.

Enjoy New Orleans JazzFest ... from home! Week 2, Day 7

While JazzFest is canceled, you can still enjoy the best of the Fest! WWOZ is presenting JazzFesting in Place, broadcasting some of the best performances in the history of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, straight from the Archive of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation.

Today & Sunday you can listen “live” at https://www.wwoz.org/listen/player/ from 9am - 5pm L.A. time, 11am - 7pm NOLA time!

Check out the schedule, affectionately known as “The Cubes”, and check back with the WWOZ website in the morning for the most up-to-date schedule!

Happy Jazz Fest, y’all!

P.S. If you can, bcomee a Guardian of the Groove & help support WWOZ, the station that keeps Jazz Fest on the air! Click here to donate.