When I was covering music in 2021, it was nearly impossible to frame a story without mentioning the COVID-19 pandemic that decimated the live music industry for two years. Every 2021 story was about ...

Like red beans and rice, barbecue and the blues belong together. Unlike red beans and rice, neither barbecue nor the blues are typically associated with New Orleans. The Crescent City Blues & BBQ ...

Music lovers have returned to festivals with a vengeance, but they've also become pickier and more environmentally conscious. So tourism authorities have to adapt to their new priorities. “It was the ...

Barcelona's Primavera Sound music festival, one of Europe's largest, will resume next year in an expanded version after being cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, two sources with ...

In 2022, we attended some of the biggest and best festivals out there like the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, its country counterpart Stagecoach, the multi-genre Latin fest Bèsame Mucho, the ...

A handful of festivals are striving to become carbon neutral by reducing waste, using high-tech dance floors and offsetting emissions. By Debra Kamin In Nashville this past August, about 5,000 ...

Doja Cat performs onstage at the Coachella Stage during the 2022 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 17, 2022 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella) ...

The sounds of muffled percussion and audience cheers reverberate throughout the grounds. Brand activations, makeshift bars and restaurant pop-ups control traffic as a sea of bodies move from set to ...