Big News! We’re so excited to officially congratulate our brand-new Fall 2025 House Band at School of Rock Metairie!

South Arts has announced the upcoming cycle of applications Jazz Road Tours, a grant program that supports approximately 50 jazz artists annually with individual grants up to $15,000 to help tour their practices around the nation. Applications are open now and will close on Oct. 15, 2025.

A host of local musicians and touring acts will have shows in New Orleans this fall. Here's a preview of some of those concerts to look out for.

10 songs by New Orleans musicians, just a small sample, that reflect on the storm and life in its aftermath.

Happy Birthday to the one and only Louis Armstrong! Born on this day in 1901, the legendary Satchmo changed the world of music forever — and his impact still echoes through every brass band, jazz stage, and joyful heart.

The schedule for the 33rd annual Cutting Edge CE Conference has been announced.

Ozzy Osbourne, the father of British heavy metal, singer, songwriter and media personality, died Tuesday, July 22, 2025, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 76.

Texas could use some help here in the Texas Hill Country. Not sure all of you know, but the Guadalupe River flows through the middle of New Braunfels. The damage in our surrounding areas (mainly Kerr County) has been devastating, heartbreaking, scary...all the things. Most everyone we know has lost someone or been affected in some way by this disastrous event.

For decades, people have been using the unique sound of rock music to explore questions of who we are, to wrestle with the intersections of identity, and to express ourselves. Over the course of the twentieth century, expressions of queerness were criminalized and marginalized, often making queer music one of the only safe places to voice these feelings. Queer themes in rock music can be found in songs by the LGBTQIA2S+ community and allies alike.

Thanks to your amazing support, School of Rock Metairie was voted Favorite Music Program in NOLA Family Magazine’s 2024 Family Favorites!