Marketing Partners & Charitable Relationships

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc. promotes, preserves, perpetuates, and encourages the music, culture, and heritage of communities in Louisiana through festivals, programs, and other cultural, educational, civic, and economic activities.


Bender Presents

Born in 2014, Bender Presents specializes in unique and exciting concerts experiences in the entertainment capital of the world, Las Vegas, Nevada. The flagship event "Big Blues Bender" has become the premiere blues music festival in the United States. Hosting full-scale music festivals within the footprint of a Las Vegas Resort & Casino provides Bender guests with the perfect blend of round the clock entertainment and those creature comforts that Las Vegas is known for. Year over year Bender Presents continues to innovate and improve both in guest experience and quality of entertainment.


Crawfish Fest

Michael Arnone's Crawfish Fest

What started as a small crawfish boil for 70 people homesick for boiled crawfish in 1989, has turned into Michael Arnone's Annual Crawfish Fest. Featuring the best Music and Food that Louisiana and New Orleans has to offer. Cajun, Zydeco, Delta Blues, New Orleans R&B, Brass, Gospel and Jazz on 3 Stages. 


No Depression

No Depression comprises a quarterly print journal and daily-updated website all about roots music — country, folk, bluegrass, blues, singer-songwriters, etc. — any “music of the people.” A legacy brand in music journalism (it began as a for-profit, bimonthly magazine in 1995), No Depression is now published by the 501(c)(3) FreshGrass Foundation and stands as an innovative leader in independent media. In print, No Depression publishes exclusive long-form music journalism highlighting the biggest stars, as well as underreported issues in roots music today. And online, readers can find breaking news stories, feature profiles, album reviews, original concert photography, and exclusive live performance videos. Visit nodepression.com to learn more, subscribe, and donate.


OffBeat Magazine

OffBeat Magazine has been the definitive source on New Orleans music and culture since 1988 and has published thousands of interviews, reviews, features, podcasts, photos, and videos focused on local music and culture bearers. OffBeat.com is the best way to experience in-depth coverage of the deep traditions of New Orleans music — from all forms of jazz and blues to R&B, funk, rock, Cajun and zydeco, to bounce, hip hop, and so much more. OffBeat’s free Weekly Beat newsletter and social media @offbeatmagazine keep you informed on what’s happening in America’s most musical city. It’s easy to access our comprehensive music listings calendar and regular features focusing on the icons of local music at OffBeat.com, where you can also sign up for the Weekly Beat.

OffBeat has always supported and promoted local musicians and bands, as well as the festivals and venues that keep our music scene healthy and growing. We thank you for your support and love of New Orleans music a rare cultural treasure for the world to enjoy. The Big Easy Cruise is a superb way to immerse yourself in the inimitable sounds of New Orleans, and we are thrilled to be a part of the inaugural cruise.


Bethel Woods

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts inspires, educates, and empowers individuals through the arts and humanities by presenting a diverse selection of culturally-rich performances, popular artists, and community and educational programming. Located 90 miles from New York City at the site of the 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, NY, the lush 800-acre campus includes a Pavilion Stage amphitheater with seating for 15,000, an intimate 440-seat indoor Event Gallery, the award-winning Museum at Bethel Woods: The Story of the Sixties & Woodstock, and a Conservatory for arts education programming.