WWNO Benefit Concert
Looking for a way to support WWNO while having some fun?
Join WWNO for an inaugural Benefit Concert in celebration of Public Radio Music Day on Wednesday, October 29th from 5:00pm to 7:30pm at the Broadside!
Bring your dancing shoes, your kids, and get ready to boogie to the sounds of Stanton Moore Featuring Joe Ashlar, Danny Abel and Brad Walker and Big Sam's Funky Nation and connect with WWNO hosts and staff as well as the community of like-minded supporters who love public radio!
WHEN: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 5:00pm to 7:30pm
WHERE: The Broadside - 600 N Broad St, New Orleans
About Public Radio Music Day
On October 29, 2025, the noncomMUSIC Alliance will host the sixth annual Public Radio Music Day. In the wake of massive funding cuts to public media, this year’s celebration is critically important to shoring up support for public radio music and celebrating the daily contributions it brings to communities.
Public Radio Music Day is a nationwide celebration uniting public radio music stations, lawmakers, fans, artists, and other members of the music industry to celebrate and spread the word about the special role noncommercial stations play in the music industry both locally and nationally. This year, our theme — “Live. Local. Essential.”— highlights the vital role public radio music stations play in communities across America. Local stations connect their communities, bolster musicians and music economies — especially in supporting live performances — and play an essential role in preserving regional history and culture.
Local Station Happenings
Our station will be joining the “Live. Local. Essential.” celebration with an inaugural Benefit Concert at The Broadside from 5pm to 7:30pm, featuring Big Sam’s Funky Nation and opportunities to connect with WWNO Hosts, staff, and fellow lovers of public radio. The concert is family friendly and will be outdoors, rain or shine (except in cases of extreme weather). Tickets are available at https://wwnoconcert.brownpapertickets.com/
Locally, our listeners and supporters of WWNO know who we are and how we’re dedicated to the New Orleans music scene. On Public Radio Music Day, we want to highlight how public radio stations bring people together in our community to discover and enjoy local music, and offer opportunities to bridge divides around a shared love of music.
About Public Radio Music:
• A network of hundreds of local public radio music stations that serves communities across America, reaching tens of millions of listeners weekly.
• On air, online, on video, on stage, and on-the-go, local public radio stations provide a platform for innovative noncommercial music programming and music discovery.
• Public radio music provides access to music genres that in many cases may only be heard on public radio, from classical to jazz to bluegrass, rock, urban alternative, and other regional and eclectic sounds of Triple A.
• From knowledgeable local hosts and expert curation to educational programs and community initiatives, local public radio music stations play an essential and often singular role in boosting artists and music discovery and in educating and enriching communities.
About the noncomMUSIC Alliance
The noncomMUSIC Alliance celebrates public radio's role in connecting musicians, performers, and artists with the audiences who enjoy and support their music. We are an alliance dedicated to boosting the work of noncommercial public radio as an essential component of music discovery, curation, preservation, performance, and community.
The Alliance is committed to:
• Raising awareness of noncommercial music and its public service mission
• Advocating to lawmakers on behalf of noncommercial music stations
• Uniting public radio stations, listeners, artists and other music industry leaders who value noncommercial music
• Serving as a resource for public radio music stations
