Day tour from New Orleans, Louisiana
A New Orleans jazz day tour: one long, easy day through the story of jazz, on foot in the oldest neighborhoods of New Orleans. A working musician leads it, with lunch, the museum, a break at your hotel and the night on Frenchmen Street.
From $189per adult ticket, lunch and entries included
A day with a local musician: Tremé and Congo Square in the morning, the Jazz Museum after lunch, and three clubs on Frenchmen Street at night.
Categories: Jazz & New Orleans, Live Music Nights. Destinations: New Orleans. Getting around: tour van. Tour leader: Celeste Arceneaux or a colleague from our team.
Where the rhythms began, with the story told on the spot.
Mardi Gras Indian suits and second line regalia.
Louis Armstrong's first cornet at the Old Mint.
Red beans or gumbo at a Tremé favorite.
Three clubs with your guide.
After dark
The day ends on Frenchmen Street, where the bands play until two or later.
Your tour leader
Celeste Arceneaux, based in New Orleans. Grew up in the Seventh Ward of New Orleans and has gone to Jazz Fest every year since she was six.
3 live shows in the price
Times shift a little with traffic and studio schedules; your guide keeps the day on track.
Meet the guide at Louis Armstrong Park. A walk through Congo Square and Tremé, past the churches and corner bars, and into the Backstreet Cultural Museum.
Lunch at a local Creole restaurant, included, with the guide's stories of the neighborhood bands.
The New Orleans Jazz Museum, with a free concert in the third-floor hall when one is on.
Back to your hotel to rest. The guide meets the group again at seven.
Three clubs on Frenchmen Street, from trad jazz to brass, with the cover charges paid. The day ends around ten thirty; the guide points out where to go next.
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Lunch2 studio and museum entries3 live shows in the price
Pace. Moderate. Two to three hours on foot on city days, standing at some shows, and late nights.
Good to know. About three miles on foot with a break at your hotel. Clubs are standing room on busy nights. Free concerts at the Jazz Museum depend on its calendar.
Weather and changes. Shows and studio visits run in all weather; if a venue cancels, we replace it with one of the same kind and tell you in writing.
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| Deal, save $20 | Guaranteed | $169 |
| Deal, save $20 | Few seats left | $169 |
| Guaranteed | $189 | |
| Guaranteed | $209 | |
| Available | $209 | |
| Available | $209 | |
| Guaranteed | $189 | |
| Available | $209 |
Day tours are paid in full when you book; free cancellation up to 7 days before. Other dates for private groups on request. All dates, booking terms.
Yes, about three miles across the day, on flat streets. The afternoon break is at your hotel.
No; the guide suggests places on Frenchmen Street before the clubs.
No. The meeting point is Louis Armstrong Park, a short ride from anywhere central.
Sundays are best: there may be a second line, which we join when one passes.
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