I had heard from the bartender at the Hotel Monteleon that the good music has moved from the Quarter to Frenchman Street. Can anyone share more info as to what the names of some clubs, etc. are, and how one would get there if we are staying at the Monteleon again? BTW - we can really recommend the Hotel M! The live ';music'; was disappointing along Bourbon Street - very different from before the storm. So - where to go for the good music in New Orleans?
Frenchman Street jazz
I haven%26#39;t found the music to be different on Bourbon Street preK and post K. In Faubourg-Marigny try the Spotted Cat, Snug Harbor, Apple Barrel. Try a forum search for Frenchman Street or music.
Frenchman Street jazz
You can easily walk from the Monteleone to Frenchmen St. The distance is about 13 or 14 short blocks, and we%26#39;ve found Royal St. to be a safe route, regardless of the hour.
To get there, walk out the Royal St. entrance of the hotel and turn right. Walk until you cross Esplanade, and Frenchmen St. is another couple of blocks.
I agree with Cajunyank. The music on Bourbon St. is as it was and has always been. With very few exceptions, that%26#39;s not a good thing.
I%26#39;d agree with the two previous posts. I think Bourbon street is great, but the live music there is no better than any other town. It%26#39;s all classic rock cover-bands (very boring in my oppinion) or hip hop. Again, it%26#39;s still a great place, but not for the music.
On the other hand, ALL the music I%26#39;ve seen on Frenchman St was GREAT! In my oppinion, the music on Frenchman St would be good enough to justify a trip to New Orleans even if that was the ONLY attraction for the entire city! It%26#39;s real music-lover%26#39;s music there, as opposed to the ';c%26#39;mon in and get drunk'; music on Bourbon.
I%26#39;ve visited New Orleans 6 times and the only pre-K and post-K difference I detect is that I remember finding good music in the F.Q. NOT on Bourbon St pre-K, but not so much now/yet.
I think the musicians playing for tips in the daytime on Royal St are much better than those playing on Bourbon at night.
Whoops, of course I mean ';the only pre-K and post-K difference IN F.Q. MUSIC that I detect....';
';Cozy'; is certainly the correct term to describe the Apple Barrel. We were in there one night when Coco Robichaux was playing, and the place was so jammed with people you couldn%26#39;t move. I was curious, so I counted heads. There were 28 people in the place. By the way, the Spotted Cat is only a bit larger.
I%26#39;ve only wandered up Frenchman ST once, tho I intend to try it again. I must have been too early evening - nothing was happening yet, and I got the impression the places had cover charges. Now, I%26#39;m not that cheap, but I prefer to wander and listen from outside before committing myself to pay, enterm and sit for a time.
On Bourbon, there are still some nice jazz places, you just have to check them out different nights. Across from the Bourbon Orleans is Fritzels, a small bars with 4 or 5 piece groups, usually good. Listen fromt hesidewalk, and enter if you like. No cover, but at least buy a 4.75 cocktail (watered) and tip the band. Next go left, up river, and there is (I think it%26#39;s called Funky Pirate?) Poster on the wall shows its regular performer is... a BIIG man! Then further up river, another 2 blocks, is another .. ';Famous Door?'; A more traditional group playing. Again, listen from the walk, then go in and sit if you like to stay. All three places on the lakeside of Bourbon.
Agreed, most other Bourbon st places are rock or the post-college crowd of kareoke and jello shots.
Finally, there isa place close to Canal (maybe on the corner of Conti?) that briefly waspart of a small national chain, dueling pianos, etc. Connected to a bbq type restaurant. That changed to ine with mechanical bull rides and a DJ. Owell. It was another alternative for us, er, late middle-aged but still alive folk.
The ';dueling piano'; place was Howl at the Moon, which has since been replaced by ';Bourbon Cowboy.'; (ugh)
Ah yes, thanks. The ';Howl'; place,I gathered, was a small but national chain of places. A net search seems to show up some old locations, but they evidently have faded from existence. It was gimmicky, but a change from the grungy bands and kareoke on most of the rest of Bourbon St. But last trip, the bbq restaurant behind it was still operating. Not NO food, but filling and reasonable for the off days.
** bump** - just bumping this post up as a lot of questions similar to this are being asked lately.
