DJ Soul Sister's annual birthday party returns to Tipitina's

Where she went to school: Weber graduated from Cabrini High School in 1993 before attending the University of New Orleans, but her musical education started much earlier than that thanks to local radio and record stores.

Is there one track she always plays? "No. When I'm playing, it's not about songs. It's about feelings. And that's in the moment. … Before every show, I will pull a selection, an assortment of records, based on that feeling going into it. … The next show I do will be completely different."

How many records she pulls for each show: "For an hour, I"ll bring about 150, and I might play about 5 percent of that. But you always want to bring more than you're going to play, so if you feel a feeling, whatever record you feel, you want to make sure it's there for you."

Her favorite celebration restaurant: "Dooky Chase's. In fact, my mother and I have a reservation for dinner there coming up to celebrate my birthday and hers too."

Editor's note: This story was corrected to show that DJ Soul Sister's Birthday Jam was on Sept. 16, 2023, not the following weekend.