Bar, Live Music entertainment in New Orleans
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Saturn Bar
In the solar system of New Orleans’ bars, Saturn is planet punk and yet much more. Originally, it was simply an eclectic neighborhood bar where a working-class crew of regulars appreciated, in an un-ironic way, the outsider art and leopard- skin furniture. Then the hipsters started moving in. Today the Bywater community, punk scene and hipster enclaves live together in peace and camaraderie, united by neon lighting, flashy gambling machines and great live music.
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One Eyed Jacks
If you are thinking ‘I could really use a night at a bar that feels like a 19th-century bordello managed by Johnny Rotten, ’ – well…you’re in luck. There’s a sense very dangerous women in corsets and men with Mohawks and an army of gypsies with bottles of absinthe could come charging out of the walls at any moment. And the acts, which consist of punk, post punk and the like, are consistently good, especially if you’re tired of brass and jazz.
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Dragon’s Den
When it comes to rock, ska, punk, drum-and-bass and hip-hop, the Den consistently hosts some of the best acts in New Orleans. It’s a decent, two-story venue that can get overcrowded, but when the attendance is just right it feels close enough to be intimate and big enough for you to bust some moves – which you’ll inevitably want to do, as the music here, including the rock, tends to be stuff you can get down to.
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Igor’s Checkpoint Charlie
Igor’s is so grungy it could start a band in early ’90s Seattle. It serves greasy food, good beer and a pleasant minimum of attitude (for some reason it feels like the sort of place where the bartenders should be jerks, but they’re actually pretty cool). Acts you’ve likely never heard of constantly tromp through the stage, and many of them are surprisingly very good.
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Circle Bar
A bar that looks like a New Orleanian vampire's mansion run through a drug den, with casual folk and indie shows most nights.
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