Music & Culture

Snug Harbor

This is a restaurant, bar and jazz club all under one roof. After you eat one of the best juiciest burgers in the city or feast one some classic creole cuisine, you can then sit down in a very intimate atmosphere and hear some fabulous music. Snug is located in three rooms of a renovated 1800’s storefront located in the Faubourg Marigny, just outside the French Quarter.   Snug Harbor boasts modern jazz greats as well as traditional jazz musicians. It

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Fritzel’s European Jazz Club

Considered one of the best bars and Jazz clubs in New Orleans, this German style pub is one of the few remaining bastions of “traditional” jazz in the city.   Housed in an 1831 building Fritzel’s is home for some of the city’s best musicians and is its oldest operating jazz club. The music is first class and fun. Artists from every continent have played here.   They do not serve food here but as they say “our drinks are delicious!”

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Frenchman Street

Most folks coming to the city have never heard of Frenchman Street. But if you want to get a taste of what Bourbon Street used to be like before all the strip joints and souvenir shops, then this is where you want to be.   In the neighborhood right next to the Quarter, it has wonderful music joints, great restaurants and and active street scene where you can hear live music served up by lively brass bands.   It’s a four-block stretch of live music, bars,

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Preservation Hall

Just a few steps off Bourbon Street this place started in an art gallery in the early 1960’s and quickly became an institution featuring mature jazz musicians who had been around since the early days of the art form. Many had known and performed with Louis Armstrong and were there at the very birth of Jazz.   See the children in the photo? That’s to let you know that all ages are welcome here. Nothing is served here, no booze, no

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