New Orleans, 5 days
Our New Orleans jazz tour gives you four nights and four kinds of New Orleans music: traditional jazz at Preservation Hall, the clubs of Frenchmen Street, brass bands uptown, and a riverboat with a jazz band on the Mississippi. Days go to Tremé, the Jazz Museum and the food.
From $2,390per person in a double room
Five days in the city that invented jazz, staying in the Marigny a block from Frenchmen Street, with Preservation Hall, a brass band night uptown and the Natchez on the river.
Categories: Jazz & New Orleans, Live Music Nights. Destinations: New Orleans. Getting around: riverboat, tour van. Tour leader: Celeste Arceneaux or a colleague from our team.
A reserved set of traditional jazz in the plainest room in town.
Three clubs in one night, with a guide who knows the bands.
Congo Square and the Backstreet Cultural Museum.
An evening on the river with a jazz band on board.
Rebirth or another band at the Maple Leaf or Tipitina's.
After dark
Every night has music, and Frenchmen Street is a five-minute walk from the hotel for anyone who wants more.
Traveling solo
New Orleans is easy to enjoy alone, and Frenchmen Street is friendly. We pair roommates on request.
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.
4 live shows in the price
Show nights follow the club and theater calendars; your tour leader confirms each evening the day before.
Pickup at the airport and check-in in the Marigny. The welcome dinner is Creole, and then the tour leader walks the group through three clubs on Frenchmen Street.
A morning walk through the Quarter with a historian, from Jackson Square to the edge of old Storyville. Afternoon free. In the evening, seats on the benches at Preservation Hall.
Tremé and Congo Square with a local musician, then the Jazz Museum at the Old Mint. In the evening the steamboat Natchez leaves from the foot of Toulouse Street for a jazz dinner cruise.
The St. Charles streetcar uptown under the oaks, lunch on Magazine Street and a free afternoon. In the evening the farewell dinner, then a brass band at Tipitina's or the Maple Leaf, depending on the night.
Beignets at the Café du Monde or a quieter place, then the transfer to the airport.
Hotels within walking distance of the clubs, or a short ride away, or similar of the same class. Breakfast is included every day.
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4 breakfasts and 3 dinners3 studio and museum entries4 live shows in the price
Pace. Easy. Short walks and plenty of sitting: shows, studio tours and the van.
Good to know. Mostly on foot in the French Quarter, Marigny and Treme, about three hours a day on uneven sidewalks. Clubs run late and some are standing room. Second lines happen on chosen Sundays from August to May, never on a fixed schedule.
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.
Most of our guests fly in on their own, drive, or use miles, and the tour price does not include flights. If you would rather we handle it, we book round-trip economy flights on scheduled airlines to New Orleans and back, and the airport pickup on the tour dates is already included.
| Fly from | Airport | Add-on from |
|---|---|---|
| New York | JFK, LaGuardia and Newark | $390 |
| Chicago | O'Hare and Midway | $390 |
| Atlanta | Hartsfield-Jackson | $390 |
| Dallas | DFW and Love Field | $390 |
| Washington DC | Reagan National and Dulles | $430 |
| Boston | Logan | $450 |
| Philadelphia | PHL | $430 |
| Denver | DEN | $450 |
| Los Angeles | LAX | $500 |
| San Francisco | SFO | $500 |
Fares change daily; the add-on is confirmed when you book. Other US airports on request.
7 dates from to . "Guaranteed" means the group has reached its minimum and will run.
| Dates | Status | Tour price | With flights from New York |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deal, save $150 | Few seats left | $2,240 | $2,630 |
| Available | $2,390 | $2,780 | |
| Few seats left | $2,540 | $2,930 | |
| Guaranteed | $2,540 | $2,930 | |
| Available | $2,540 | $2,930 | |
| Guaranteed | $2,540 | $2,930 | |
| Guaranteed | $2,540 | $2,930 |
Single room supplement $790. Deposit $300 per person; the balance is due 60 days before departure. All dates, booking terms.
In the Faubourg Marigny, in a converted church and school, a five-minute walk from Frenchmen Street and ten from the French Quarter.
When a social club parades that weekend, yes, we join it for a few blocks with a guide. They run mostly from August to May.
Our festival trips cover Jazz Fest, French Quarter Fest and Satchmo SummerFest with tickets included.
We do not run this tour from June to August. October to May is warm and comfortable.
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