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Blue Moon Saloon
Lafayette · Acadiana
Cajun and zydeco on the back porch of a Lafayette guesthouse — dancing expected.
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Blue Nile
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Brass bands and funk on Frenchmen till late, upstairs and down.
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Chelsea's Live
Baton Rouge · Greater Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge's mid-size stage for touring bands and local heroes.
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Chickie Wah Wah
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Canal Street's listening room — songwriters and roots, played for people who came to hear.
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d.b.a. New Orleans
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Frenchmen Street listening bar with a deep tap list and better bookings.
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Hi-Ho Lounge
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
St. Claude's scrappy stage — punk, bounce, comedy, whatever the night calls for.
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Hideaway on Lee
Lafayette · Acadiana
Lafayette's listening bar — cocktails up front, songwriters in the room.
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House of Blues New Orleans
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
The Decatur Street stop for national tours, gospel brunch on Sundays.
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Mahalia Jackson Theater
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Armstrong Park's grand stage — opera, ballet, and touring headliners.
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Manship Theatre
Baton Rouge · Greater Baton Rouge
The Shaw Center's downtown stage — singer-songwriters, jazz, and film.
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Maple Leaf Bar
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Oak Street's low-ceilinged legend — the Rebirth Tuesday residency alone earns the trip.
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Mid City Ballroom
Baton Rouge · Greater Baton Rouge
A Government Street room for shows, markets, and the occasional wrestling match.
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Monroe Civic Center
Monroe · North Louisiana
Northeast Louisiana's big room — concerts, shows, and arena nights.
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Orpheum Theater
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
A restored vaudeville house by City Hall — the LPO's home and a concert room with bones.
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Palm Court Jazz Café
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
White tablecloths and traditional jazz on Decatur — dinner with the founders' music.
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Preservation Hall
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Traditional jazz, nightly, in a room older than the music's name.
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Rock 'n' Bowl
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Bowling lanes and a zydeco dance floor in one room — a New Orleans invention.
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Rock 'n' Bowl de Lafayette
Lafayette · Acadiana
The Lafayette outpost of the bowling-and-zydeco original.
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Ruby's Roadhouse
Mandeville · Northshore
A Northshore roadhouse pouring since 1928 — blues and rock most weekends.
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Saenger Theatre
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
The Canal Street palace — Broadway tours, big comedy, and a ceiling full of stars.
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Shreveport Municipal Auditorium
Shreveport · North Louisiana
Where the Louisiana Hayride launched Elvis — still staging shows under the same roof.
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Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Frenchmen's proper jazz room — two sets a night, dinner in front.
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The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
The Marigny's velvet room for cabaret, burlesque, and the beautifully odd.
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The Civic Theatre
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
An intimate 1906 theater downtown — standing-room shows under a proper proscenium.
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The Fillmore New Orleans
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
The big modern room above Harrah's — touring acts with production to match.
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The Howlin' Wolf
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Warehouse District rock and brass room — big floor, bigger sound.
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The Joy Theater
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
A restored Canal Street movie palace that now throws concerts and drag spectaculars.
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The Spotted Cat Music Club
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Shoulder-to-shoulder trad jazz and swing dancing, no stage to speak of.
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The Strand Theatre
Shreveport · North Louisiana
The official state theatre of Louisiana — a 1925 jewel box downtown.
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The Texas Club
Baton Rouge · Greater Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge's country music hall — forty years of boots on the floor.
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Tipitina's
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
The uptown temple of New Orleans funk — Professor Longhair's house.
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Toulouse Theatre
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
The Quarter's intimate theater for bands, burlesque, and late shows.
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Warehouse 535
Lafayette · Acadiana
A converted Lafayette warehouse for concerts, markets, and loud nights.
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