Pool & garden
The Country Club
A historic Bywater social club: pool, garden, Creole plates, and a drag brunch that sells out. The crowd is local, the light in the garden is the point.
Bywater$$
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Shows
One search across restaurants, nightlife, parks, the season, and the accounts worth following. The menus above are the short version. Nothing here is a paid placement.
15 places
Jazz
Snug Harbor
Sit-down contemporary jazz. Tables, a real show, the place you go when you want to hear the band more than the street.
Frenchmen$$$
Live music
Tipitina's
The Uptown room. Funk, brass, indie, the occasional legend. A poster-covered hall that still feels like a neighborhood club.
Uptown$$
Venue
House of Blues
Touring acts and the big local DJ nights, including the hip-hop nights that raised a generation of New Orleans DJs.
French Quarter$$$
Venue
The Howlin' Wolf
A Warehouse District room for indie, brass blowouts, and late DJ nights. Easier in and out than a Quarter club.
Warehouse District$$
Shows
The Fillmore
The big standing-room theater by Champions Square. National tours, comedy, and the shows people plan a weekend around.
Downtown$$$
Shows
Saenger Theatre
The restored movie palace on Canal. Broadway, comedy, and the touring shows that sell the orchestra. Desi Banks and Mojo Brookzz play New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. The flyer says the first three shows sold out, and the January 1 late show was the one still listed.
Canal Street$$$
Shows
Orpheum Theater
Symphony, film, and touring artists next to the Roosevelt. A dressed room when you want a seat, not a pit.
CBD$$$
Shows
Joy Theater
A Canal Street theater for concerts and specials. Smaller than the Saenger, easier to feel close to the stage.
Canal Street$$$
Shows
Mahalia Jackson Theater
The city's theater in Armstrong Park. Dance, concerts, and cultural shows with Congo Square outside the doors.
Treme$$$
Drag & variety
AllWays Lounge & Theatre
Drag, variety, theater, and a late crowd that is more neighborhood than Bourbon. The St. Claude answer to a show night.
St. Claude$$
Dance
Bourbon Pub & Parade
The corner. Dance floor, balcony, video bar, the center of the Quarter's gay nightlife. Southern Decadence runs through here.
French Quarter$$
Sports & events
Caesars Superdome
Saints games, the Sugar Bowl, Essence's biggest nights, and the College Football Playoff semifinal booked for January 15, 2027 at 6:30pm. Wrestling lands here when it is booked. The building is the city's calendar.
CBD$$$
Sports & events
Smoothie King Center
Pelicans basketball and the arena shows that do not need a dome. Next door to the Superdome, same night-out logic.
CBD$$$
Venue
Morial Convention Center
Where the big expos and the Essence daytime program land. Nothing on this week's board is pinned to the hall. The calendar changes every week, so check the center before you walk the length of it.
Warehouse District$$