New Orleans
'Tips,' as locals call it, is one of New Orleans’ great musical icons. The legendary Uptown nightclub, which takes its name from Professor Longhair’s 1953…
Must-see entertainment in Louisiana
French Quarter
There's no cover charge at this awesome venue for live jazz, which is so small that you really can't have a bad seat. The seating is kind of rustic:…
Cajun Country
This intimate venue on the back porch of the accompanying guesthouse is what Louisiana is all about: good music, good people and good beer. Everyone…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
In a city full of funky music venues, AllWays stands out as one of the funkiest. On any given night of the week you may see experimental guitar, local…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
The Cat might just be your sexy dream of a New Orleans jazz club, a thumping sweatbox where drinks are served in plastic cups, impromptu dances break out…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
Hip-hop, punk, brass bands, dance parties, live storytelling events and Mardi Gras Indians regularly pop up at Hi Ho, one of the most eclectic venues in…
French Quarter
Preservation Hall, housed in a former art gallery dating from 1803, is one of New Orleans' most storied live-music venues. The resident performers, the…
New Orleans
The premier night-time destination in the Riverbend area, the legendary Maple Leaf’s dimly lit, pressed-tin caverns are the kind of environs you’d expect…
Louisiana
This haunted house is a labor of love of many Baton Rouge residents, and is regularly voted one of the best in the country. You'll walk through a…
Cajun Country
Deep in the heart of Cajun country, Mamou is a typical South Louisiana small town six days of the week, worth a peek and a short stop before rolling on to…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
In the solar system of New Orleans bars, Saturn is planet odd. Originally it was an eclectic neighborhood bar where regulars appreciated the outsider art,…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
There may be bigger venues but Snug Harbor is still one of the best jazz clubs in the city. That’s partly because it usually hosts doubleheaders, giving…
French Quarter
This national chain of blues venues has put a lot of admirable work into making their New Orleans outpost distinctive: there’s tons of folk art and rustic…
French Quarter
If you’re in the mood for something a bit risqué, we’d recommend catching this burlesque show. These talented ladies, many of whom claim professional…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
This former church has been remodeled into a performing arts space that's infused with the sort of romantic dilapidation that very much fits the New…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
Kajun’s is guaranteed for a good cast of characters. This bar is technically a live-music venue too…if you count karaoke as live music. In any case, the…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
Imagine a seeming junkyard of odd scrapped metal and wood. Now imagine those raw materials being formed into weird 'play' exhibits – a humming tower…
New Orleans
Picture a grand Victorian mansion, all disheveled and punk, and you’ve caught the essence of this strangely inviting place to drink. Live acts of varying…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
There’s always an interesting crowd in Siberia, which hosts everything from punk rock to singer-songwriter nights and from heavy metal to bounce shows…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
Swank d.b.a. consistently schedules some of the best live-music events in town. Listening to John Boutté’s sweet tenor is one of the best beginnings to a…
Louisiana
We'll be honest – we weren't expecting to find an awesome independent movie theater out this way, but the Robinson forcefully dispelled our preconceptions…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
When you spin the Frenchmen St musical wheel, Negril is the stop for reggae, blues, Latin and world music. So if you’re craving that sort of groove, and…
Cajun Country
Saturday evening's 'Rendez-Vous des Cajuns' is a Cajun country roundup of music and a little bit of banter; it's performed live here and broadcast on…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
On most nights of the week this is a Bywater dive, but on Thursdays regular live music brings the house down. As small, intimate venues go, this can't be…
New Orleans
One of New Orleans’ better venues for live blues, alt-rock, jazz, comedy and roots music, the Howlin’ Wolf draws a lively crowd. The attached 'Den'…
Cajun Country
A good time to visit Eunice is on a Saturday from 9am to noon when this accordion factory and shop hosts a Cajun-music jam session. Musician Marc Savoy…
New Orleans
The Superdome hovers like a giant bronze hubcap between the elevated I-10 freeway and downtown’s skyscrapers. The immense indoor stadium, which seats more…
Louisiana
LSU's Tiger Stadium is also popularly known as 'Death Valley,' and lest you think that title is a little too grim, try coming here as an opposing team on…
Kermit's Treme Mother in Law Lounge
Tremé-Lafitte
Owned by iconic trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, this wonderfully odd bar is a Tremé standby and a popular spot for drinks during Second Lines. Or any time of…
Cajun Country
There's a deep counterculture vein running within Lafayette, a sort of bohemian backlash to the area's prevailing Christian conservatism, and this radical…
Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré
French Quarter
Going strong since 1916, Le Petit Théâtre is one of the oldest theater groups in the country. In its Jackson Sq home, the troupe offers good repertory,…
French Quarter
If you’ve been thinking, ‘I could use a night at a bar that feels like a 19th-century bordello managed by Johnny Rotten,’ you’re in luck. Jacks is a great…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
Improv theater, by its nature, can be hit or miss. The best sort hits more than half the time; New Movement hits well above this average. The company has…
Tremé-Lafitte
The Broad is a great movie theater, showcasing both Hollywood blockbusters and indie/art-house titles in the middle of the city. It's extremely popular…
Cajun Country
Shuffling its feet beside Pat’s Fisherman’s Wharf in Henderson, the Atchafalaya Club hosts a great variety of Cajun bands. The Foret Tradition regularly…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
This spot – truly, a former auto garage – frequently hosts events, readings and concerts, as well as gallery nights that kick off on the third Saturday of…
New Orleans
Built back in 1918, this Beaux Arts beauty is a grand-dame theater that has undergone many incarnations – vaudeville stage, movie house etc – and is now…
New Orleans
Republic showcases some pretty awesome live acts, but on any given night the crowd could range from a bunch of music-obsessed fanatics to some aggro…
Faubourg Marigny & Bywater
Hip-hop, reggae, jazz, soul and funk are the live-music staples in the downstairs section of the Nile. Things get pretty sweaty and sensual in the…
Tremé-Lafitte
Don’t be put off by the name; Bullets is just a sports bar. Well, sort of – this is New Orleans, so it's a sports bar, but a sports bar where live music…
