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Apple Barrell
This roughshod local seats about eight people, but good folks congregate here, so rubbing elbows isn't an unpleasant experience. Somehow the joint makes room for live musicians. Usually it's someone reliving Dylan's acoustic period. Upstairs is the casual Italian eatery Adolfo's, and this is a good spot for a drink before dinner.
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Cafe Brasil
On the corner of Frenchmen St, a hip, bohemian crowd dances to reggae, Latin jazz and acoustic bands.
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Circle Bar
In an old house between an empty lot and a vacant office building, the Circle Bar looks a little forlorn from the street. Inside, however, the dimly lit former bedrooms and parlors are jam packed with smartly dressed hipsters who come for live music and cocktails. The musical line-up is an ecclectic mix of alt rock, punk, jazz, funk and ironic blends of all the above. It's on Lee Circle, just around the corner from the Ogden Museum. You can look at some art and be here in time for happy hour.
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d.b.a.
Mellow until it fills up for live music and late-night partying; the extensive drinks menu and window seats will keep you busy while you wait.
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Donna's Bar & Grill
Shoulder up to the bar, grab a plate of red beans and rice and groove to jazz, blues or brass bands in this homey room on the edge of the Quarter.
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Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar
Long touted as one of New Orleans' better venues for modern jazz, Dos Jefes is also a great spot for a smoke. Patrons can select from a list of 40 fine cigars, light up and puff plumes of sweet-smelling smoke into the room. The club has broadened its appeal of late with the addition of blues and roots performers. Coco Robichaux makes frequent appearances.
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House of Blues
Specializing in big-name, touring acts, the main hall can be cavernous. The smaller upstairs Parish room offers a little more soul.
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Howlin' Wolf
This Warehouse District mainstay hosts bigger local acts as well as touring rock and alt-rock bands.
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King Bolden's
A smart looking club on Rampart St, King Bolden's mixes it up with DJs spinning soul, hip hop and reggae early in the week, and live jazz and brass bands performing through the weekend.
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Maple Leaf Bar
Riverbend's pride and joy - its pressed-tin ceiling and close atmosphere get especially heated late. Rebirth Brass Band plays Tuesdays.
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Mid-City Lanes Rock & Bowl
What we have here is the unlikely marriage of live music and bowling. Owner John Blancher books quality artists to play, and two-stepping to hot zydeco while bowling pins crash is an unreal experience. Add perky teenage bar staff and unusual side acts like lip-synching black Elvis impersonators, and you realise that Blancher is a genius of the absurd.
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One Eyed Jacks
This club hips up the heart of the Quarter. The swanky front barroom is no slouch, with the plush wallpaper and lurid paintings of a Storyville parlor. Acoustic bands - gypsy jazz and the like - play early shows. The main theater is a stunner, mid-20th century style to a tee, with chandeliers, an oval-shaped bar and little tables and little table top lamps. The setting is particularly suitable for the retro burlesque shows that take place here.
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Palm Court Jazz Café
A mature crowd of trad jazz fans enjoy this supper-club alternative to Preservation Hall. No sitting on the floor for the shows in this roomy club. Palm Court has an excellent music calendar, with a regular lineup of local legends. Shows start at .
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Preservation Hall
A veritable museum of traditional and Dixieland jazz, Preservation Hall is a pilgrimage to see jazz how it used to be many years ago. But like many religious obligations, it ain't necessarily easy, with no air-conditioning, limited seating and no refreshments (you can bring your own water, that's it).
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Republic New Orleans
In a space formerly occupied by Howlin' Wolf, Republic New Orleans offers much the same fare, with a greater emphasis on regular gigs by local artists. Funk and blues bands - including Walter 'Wolfman' Washington - frequently take the stage.
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Snug Harbor
In the Marigny, the city's premier contemporary jazz venue is all about world-class music. Ellis Marsalis has a standing Friday-night gig.
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Spotted Cat
It's always worth checking in at this friendly space while on Frenchmen St. It's about as intimate as it gets, with a 1ft-high stage crammed into a room full of tables and an upbeat crowd congregating in the bar and out on the sidewalk. Shows often start early here ( or ), making this a good place to start the evening, and a convenient link between dinner and visiting the clubs on Frenchmen St.
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Tipitina's
Always drawing a lively crowd, this legendary Uptown club rocks out like the musical Mecca it is: local jazz, blues, soul and funk stop in, as well as national touring bands.
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Vaughan's
On Thursday night, Vaughn's is as good as New Orleans gets. That's the night trumpeter Kermit Ruffins raises the roof and the crowds spill out onto the street. Between sets Kerm often dishes out barbecue from the smoker on the back of his pickup truck. The rest of the week, Vaughan's quietly serves the neighbourhood well.
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