Weekly Beat: Gretna Heritage Festival Kicks Off, the French Market Gets a Farmer's Market, we've got Your New Year's Plans Already, and more!

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VOLUME 12, NUMBER 40 OCTOBER 2, 2014 New Orleans and Louisiana's Music and Culture Newsletter In This Issue GET TO GRETNA! THIS WEEK ON OFFBEAT.COM MOJO MOUTH THEY SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY... NEWS YOU CAN USE OFFBEAT VIDEO: TRUMPET MAFIA LOUISIANA MUSIC ON TOUR NEW ALBUMS MUSICAL HISTORY LESSON & VIDEO ADVERTISE  SUBSCRIBE   concerts  restaurants weekly poll: HOW DO YOU GET AROUND TOWN? click below! Our Sponsors THE GRETNA HERITAGE FESTIVAL TURNS 20 FULL GRETNA HERITAGE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE It's that time of year again! Some of the biggest and best names in rock and classic rock will be at the Gretna Heritage Festival this weekend! And we've got a full searchable schedule for you! OFFBEAT.COM AT A GLANCE CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH US AT THE JOY!   We will be ringing in the new year at the Joy Theater with the New Mastersounds, Dumpstaphunk, Jon Cleary, and you! Tickets go on sale tomorrow!   MORE @ A GLANCE:      We're giving away a pair of tickets to the Preservation Hall Ball tomorrow night! John "Papa" Gros and Friends will be at d.b.a. Saturday night.  June Victory and the Bayou Renegades will be at Ogden After Hours tonight!  Gretna Fest recently added a special new headliner, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts!  OFFBEAT VIDEO:   We sat down with burlesque performer Blu Rein, producer of The Roux: A Spicy Brown Burlesque Show for our latest OffBeat video.   MOJO MOUTH: A BLOG Jan Ramsey, OffBeat Publisher and Editor-In-Chief GONE FISHIN'   Joseph and I are taking some well-deserved time off this week, so you'll have to wait for a rant for a little bit from Mojo Mouth. But in the meantime... Take this week's poll here. LAST WEEK'S POLL What's your booze of choice? Vodka: 14% Bourbon: 29% Gin: 7% Tequila: 7% Scotch: 10% Rum: 16% Don't drink liquor: 17%   CELEBRATE! THEY SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY... Happy Birthday to bassist and composer James Singleton. OCTOBER 2 JOHN SINCLAIR: Poet and singer, Flint, 1941. JO-EL SONNIER: Accordionist, guitarist and songwriter, Rayne, 1946. WAYNE TOUPS: Accordionist, Crowley, 1958.   OCTOBER 4 KIM ROY: Guitarist, New Orleans, 1957.   OCTOBER 5 ROGER LEWIS: Saxophonist, New Orleans, 1941. BARBARA ANN SHORTS: Vocalist, New Orleans, 1949. MORGAN BLANCHARD: Singer Songwriter and pianist, Pierre Part, 1952. KEITH FRAZIER: Bass drummer, New Orleans, 1968. KENNY TERRY: Trumpeter, New Orleans, 1969.   OCTOBER 6 DAVE CLEMENTS: Bassist, New Orleans, 1952.   OCTOBER 8 JAMES SINGLETON: Bassist and composer, New Orleans, 1955. For a complete list of Louisiana birthdays, click here. If you're a Louisiana musician, send us your birthday (month-day-year) so we can wish you a good one!   Louisiana musicians, bands and music businesses:  If you haven't updated your FREE listings in the Louisiana Music Directory, do it NOW! Listings in the LMD database are used for voting in Best of The Beat beginning in December!  You must be listed in the LMD to vote.   Make sure your Louisiana musician friends and business are included!   NEWS YOU CAN USE FARMER'S MARKET COMING TO THE FRENCH MARKET Photo by Lemar Arceneaux The French Market is getting a great addition: a weekly Farmer's Market hosted by the Crescent City Farmer's Market!  MORE NEWS:   McClure's Barbecue celebrated its second location this past weekend with a great party.  Get ready for some Boudin, Bourbon, and Beer!  Get ready for a Mini Greek Festival! Blues heavy hitters Selwyn Davis and Joe Louis Walker are coming to the Blues and BBQ Festival. SPECIAL EVENT: Big Chief Bo Dollis will be honored at a special event at the Lyons Center at Tchoupitoulas and Louisiana on Saturday from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. OFFBEAT CONCERT PICKS The Preservation Hall Ball featuring the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Allen Toussaint, Ani DiFranco (pictured), and more, at the Civic Theatre at 7:30 p.m. this Friday.   OFFBEAT DAILY PICKS OF THE WEEK Thursday 2: Jazz in the Park featuring  Cyril Neville's Swamp Funk, Joe Krown Trio at Armstrong Park Friday 3: Lenny Zenith Band, Norco Lapalco at Siberia Saturday 4:   Tribute to Big Chief Bo Dollis at The Lyons Center Sunday 5: Michael Cerveris' Loose Cattle Hootenanny with guests at Kajun's Pub Monday 6: George Porter Jr. Trio at the Maple Leaf Tuesday 7: Jason Marsalis at Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse Wednesday 8: Cindy Scott at The Sandbar at UNO Check out all of OffBeat's   CONCERT PICKS OF THE WEEK     View OffBeat's COMPLETE CONCERT CALENDAR Thanks for reading this issue of  the Weekly Beat.   Please forward it to a friend who loves New Orleans music and culture!  OffBeat loves your input and feedback.  Please email comments to us at: WeeklyBeat@OffBeat.com, and please include your email as we may need your permission to publish your kudos, comments and criticisms. 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