OffBeat (music magazine)

OffBeat
Editor-in-chiefJan V. Ramsey
CategoriesMusic magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Founded1987
First issue1987
Final issue2024
CompanyOffBeat, Inc.
Based inNew Orleans
LanguageEnglish
WebsiteOfficial website
ISSN1090-0810

OffBeat is a New Orleans, Louisiana monthly local music magazine founded by Jan V. Ramsey in 1987. The magazine, published by OffBeat, Inc., focuses on the popular music of New Orleans and Louisiana, which is generally R&B, blues, jazz, rock, hip-hop, funk, and many other traditional styles of music popular in Louisiana. OffBeat was the first magazine in New Orleans to resume publishing after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, despite losing all its staff and its printer.