Indoor Activities for Adults in New Orleans, LA

Traditional jazz in a room that hasn't changed since 1961. No drinks, no food, no talking. Just the music.

726 St Peter St, New Orleans, LA 70116 · Shows at 5pm, 6:15pm, 7:30pm, 8:45pm daily; Sat-Sun add 2:30pm & 3:45pm

No cover. Best dance floor on Frenchmen. Cash only. This is the one everyone talks about.

623 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116 · Daily 2pm-2am

The best beer list on Frenchmen, solid whiskey shelf, and live music every night. No cover most nights.

618 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116 · Mon-Thu 5:30pm-1am, Fri 5:30pm-3am, Sat 2pm-3am, Sun 5:30pm-1am

Named after Professor Longhair's song. The room where New Orleans funk was born. Brass bands shake the floor.

501 Napoleon Ave, New Orleans, LA 70115 · Show nights, doors vary — check calendar

The sit-down jazz club on Frenchmen. Proper stage, proper sound, proper dinner. Two sets nightly.

626 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116 · Dining 5-10pm (11pm Fri-Sat), shows at 7:30pm & 9:30pm nightly

Tiny Frenchmen Street restaurant with nightly live music and some of the best small plates in the Marigny.

536 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116 · Mon-Fri 7pm-11pm, Sat 6pm-12am, Sun 4:30pm-12am

Rebirth Brass Band every Tuesday since 1991. George Porter Jr. on Mondays. The Uptown essential.

8316 Oak St, New Orleans, LA 70118 · Mon-Thu 5pm-1am, Fri-Sat 5pm-2am, Sun 4pm-1am

Pick your wine and cheese inside, then sit in the courtyard and listen to live jazz under the lights. The Bywater's backyard.

600 Poland Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117 · Mon-Thu 4pm-10pm, Fri-Sun 12pm-11pm

Kermit Ruffins' bar in the oldest African American neighborhood in America. He cooks BBQ in the parking lot.

1500 N Claiborne Ave, New Orleans, LA 70116 · Wed-Sun, hours vary — check social media

Intimate Mid-City listening room where the cover goes straight to the musicians. A streetcar ride from the Quarter.

2828 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70119 · Daily 5pm-2am, shows start around 8pm

1,300-capacity Warehouse District room. The big-show venue when Tipitina's is too far uptown.

907 S Peters St, New Orleans, LA 70130 · Show nights, doors vary

The one good reason to be on Bourbon Street. Real jazz in the middle of the chaos since the 1960s.

733 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70116 · Tue-Sat 11am-2am, Sun-Mon 11am-12am

Free Thursdays for Louisiana residents. The best collection of Southern art anywhere, and it's not close.

925 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130 · Daily 10am-5pm

The real Bourbon Street. A dozen clubs in three blocks, most with no cover. Walk the strip and follow your ears.

Frenchmen St between Decatur and Royal, New Orleans, LA 70116 · Music starts around 5pm, peaks 9pm-2am

Oldest bar structure in America. Built in the 1720s. Lit by candles. The one Bourbon Street bar worth visiting.

941 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70116 · Daily 10am-3am (Wed until 2am)

Community theater in the French Quarter since 1916. Oldest continuously operating theater in the country.

616 St Peter St, New Orleans, LA 70116 · Show times vary — check season calendar

Six miles of boutiques, galleries, restaurants, and oak-lined sidewalks. Free to walk. Takes a full half-day.

Magazine St, from Canal St to Audubon Park, New Orleans, LA · Shops generally 10am-6pm, restaurants and bars later

Every Sunday, a brass band leads a parade through the neighborhood. Free. No schedule — you just find them.

Various routes, typically Tremé, Central City, and Uptown, New Orleans, LA · Typically 1pm-4pm Sundays

Three floors, three stages, no cover. The biggest club on Frenchmen Street. Brass band upstairs, jazz downstairs.

508 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116 · Daily 4pm-late

$1.25 for a ride through the Garden District on the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world.

St. Charles Ave, from Canal St to S Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA · 24 hours (reduced frequency late night)