The buzzing and vibrant Frenchmen is the most consistently musical stretch of asphalt in NOLA. Its venues offer an array of live performances ranging from jazz to blues to reggae and rock. Recommendations for music clubs can be found on the New Orleans tourism website.

Ornate and historic, funky and other worldly, New Orleans cemeteries are home to everyone from music hit makers to Voodoo queens. Tour companies will show you who’s who and explain the history. Learn more here.

Located within Hotel Peter and Paul in New Orleans’ Marigny neighborhood, The Elysian Bar is an experience driven restaurant, bar and café from the team at James-Beard-nominated, Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits.

Cure has been named one of “America’s Best Bars” by Esquire, listed as one of the “Best Cocktail Bars in the U.S.” by Food & Wine, and hailed among New Orleans’ best cocktail bars. In 2018, Cure received the coveted award for “Outstanding Bar Program,” from the James Beard Foundation.

This Freret Street trailblazer has been at the forefront of New Orleans’s new school of craft cocktail bars since opening in a beautifully renovated former fire station in 2009. A good spot for those placing a premium on ambiance, it still turns out some of the most innovative drinks in town. Cure also does a great classic cocktail happy hour.

The Carousel Bar opened inside the historic Hotel Monteleone in 1949, becoming New Orleans’ first and only rotating bar. Its carousel theme and unique design is a treat you won’t find anywhere else, offering guests a pleasant, subtle rotation around a world-class cocktail bar every 15 minutes.