![]() ![]() It may be celebrated in other cities, but there is no Mardi Gras like New Orleans Mardi Gras. The Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans is loud, proud and colorful ©GTS Productions/Shutterstock 2. To find it, WWOZ’s Livewire puts together an exhaustive list of local live gigs which is painstakingly updated daily. Planning tip: There’s a lot of music on tap in New Orleans. The Saturn Bar is the place to go for an R&B dance party. On St Claude Avenue, you might catch a DJ spinning bounce music – The Big Easy’s native twerking dance genre – or burlesque at the Hi Ho Lounge. These include the Spotted Cat and d.b.a., where shows kick off regularly, usually around 6pm and 9pm.Īnd jazz isn’t the only game in town. There are several clubs here, each within a few city blocks of one another. This was the music of New Orleans' seedy underbelly, and while the music has evolved, the city has never lost touch with its muddy roots.Īlthough New Orleans is getting more expensive, working musicians still live by their gigs here, and the most accessible way to see them is on Frenchmen Street, in Faubourg Marigny. Jazz is often thought of as prestige music, but it largely grew out of Storyville, the city's infamous Red Light District, which was destroyed in 1917. The granddaddy of modern pop music was a synthesis of African rhythms kept alive by slaves and free people of color, European harmonies, and brass instruments introduced by marching bands. ![]() New Orleans produces a plethora of art, but none of the creative output has left such a palpable imprint on the world as music. You can't move for live music in the New Orleans French Quarter ©GTS Productions/Shutterstock 1. ![]()
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