Jazz History

New Orleans Music Venues

New Orleans abounds with live music venues. Any night of the week you can check out one or more of the many jazz shows throughout the city. The following is a selected list of venues that feature live jazz. Check the local concert listings in the Times Picayune, and Offbeat or Gambit magazines, for more information.

Download a New Orleans music venue map and guide here (.pdf, 92kb)


Traditional Jazz Venues

Donna’s Bar & Grill
Brass Band/10pm & 12pm
800 N. Rampart St.
504-596-6914
Preservation Hall
Traditional Jazz/8pm
726 St. Peters St.
504-523-8939
Fritzel’s European Jazz Pub
Jazz on weekends, 9:30pm
733 Bourbon St.
504-561-0432
Storyville District Jazz
nightly, 6:30 p.m.
125 Bourbon St.
504-410-1000
Maison Bourbon
Traditional Jazz/nightly
641 Bourbon St.
504-522-8818
Sweet Lorraine’s
Jazz/nightly
1931 St. Claude Ave.
504-945-9654
Palm Court Jazz Cafe
Traditional Jazz/8pm
1204 Decatur St.
504-525-0200
 

More Music Venues

Cafe Brasil
2100 Chartres
504-949-0851
Le Bon Temps Roule
4801 Magazine
504-895-8117
Circle Bar
1032 St. Charles Ave
504-588-2616 eclectic
Maple Leaf Bar
8316 Oak
504-866-9359
Crescent City Brewhouse
Live jazz 4-7 p.m.
527 Decatur St.
504-522-0571

Old Point Bar - Algiers Point
545 Patterson
504-364-0950

El Matador
504 Esplanade
504-569-8361
Brass Band, Sun/Wed
Red Room
2040 St. Charles Ave.
504-528-9759

Funky Butt - Modern Jazz
10pm & 12pm
714 N. Rampart St. 504-558-0872
Ritz Carlton
921 Canal Street
504-524-1331
jazz nightly, 8:00 p.m. Sunday jazz brunch, 11:30 am
House of Blues
and The Parish

225 Decatur
504-529-2583
Snug Harbor
Modern Jazz/9pm & 11pm
626 Frenchmen St.
504-949-0696
  Tipitina’s Uptown
501 Napolean
504-897-3943

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