"DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS"
Louis Armstrong
ABOUT
The NOLA Music Awards is a prestigious award showcase giving appreciation, recognition and honor to our national and local artists who have exemplified the essential aspects of Jazz and Urban Culture. The NOLA Music Awards will be a four day event filled with jam sessions, seminars, live-art installations and cyphers, culminating in the end event, the awards show.
New Orleans artists thrive with a distinct southern demeanor and confidence delivering pride, pain and celebration. With respected references and influences from jazz greats such as the late great Louis Armstrong and Mahalia Jackson, as well as hip-hop and bounce artists like Soulja Slim & Magnolia Shorty, New Orleans maintains the pulse of music.
The NOLA Music Awards contributes to the local youth by providing internship and mentorship opportunities with music and stage production throughout this event. Our mission is to empower creative young people to become successful adults. We provide educational experiences in the arts and entrepreneurship to New Orleans-area children and youth, fostering and supporting their individual ambitions.
Protecting Our Culture: NOLA Music Awards focuses on community and revitalization; to highlight its strength and resiliency, by providing the information, resources and motivation for the community to move forward from within. It is imperative that we gain support from the New Orleans entertainment community so that we can stand in unison to educated our youth, protect our music and entertainment culture for future generations. We believe entertainment is the one area that has the greatest impact on our youth; therefore if we come together on one accord, we can have greater positive and global impact on society and culture than any other relevant force in the world. We, as supporters of entertainers, have a duty to ensure that our youth and culture not only survive, but also thrive and carry on the work of those who came before them.