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NEW ORLEANS BARS & NIGHTLIFE
No American city places such a premium on pleas ure as New Orleans. From swank hotel lounges to
pumping dance clubs, refined jazz clubs and decadent Bourbon Street bars, this city is serious about frivolity. And famous for it. Partying is more than an occasional indulgence in New Orleans -- it's a lifestyle.
New Orleans is a city where many bars never closed, and most had happy hour from 4-9 p.m. Some of the French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny bars even had a second happy hour from 5-9 a.m. Anytime is a good time to sit on or above (look for balconies)
Bourbon Street and watch the colorful scene pass by. Drinking on the street is legal and prevalent, and carrying your drink from one bar to another in a plastic to-go cup is acceptable.
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BOURBON
PUB PARADE
801 Bourbon St., New Orleans, Louisiana
504-529-2107
Gay New Orleans' Largest Bar and Nightclub
Voted New Orleans' #1 Dance Club Year After Year |
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LAFITTE
901 Bourbon St., New Orleans, Louisiana
504-522-8397
The Daddy Of 'em All. Lafitte's is the oldest Gay bar in the country and has a long and interesting history.
Lafitte's features two floors of music and video. Downstairs you'll find the main bar. Upstairs you'll find a pool table and the balcony! During Carnival, because the Gay crowd dominates this part of Bourbon Street, people tend to be a little more "adventurous" in their pursuit of beads and the balcony at Lafitte's can be quite
"entertaining." Lafitte's is popular all year round and is open 24 hours a day. |
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OZ
NEW ORLEANS
800 Bourbon St., New Orleans, Louisiana
504-593-9491
The best place to dance, celebrate and party in New
Orleans. World-class DJ's keep you hopping on the dance
floor every night! Oz is party headquarters for Southern
Decadence (Labor Day Weekend); Halloween in New Orleans
(offical after-party location); New Year's Eve, Mardi
Gras, Jazz Fest, Memorial Day, Independence Day ...plus
a complete lineup of weekly events, special events and
parties ... just visit the website and sign up for our
e-mail newsletter for the latest details. |
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Big Daddy's
2513 Royal St., New Orleans, Louisiana
Open 24 hours,
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Columns Hotel
3811 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana
504-899-9308
Live traditional New Orleans music on weeknights and
jazz brunch on Sundays
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Cowpokes
2240 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana
504-947-0505
Country/western game in town.
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Friendly Bar
2301 Chartres St., New Orleans, Louisiana
504-943-8929
A local scene
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Good Friends
740 Dauphine St., New Orleans, Louisiana
504-566-7191
A welcoming place with an upstairs balcony area
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Napoleon's Itch
734 Bourbon St., New Orleans, Louisiana
504-371-5450
A friendly, smoke-free lounge popular with locals that
is perfect for whiling away an evening with conversation
and martinis.
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Phoenix
941 Elysian Fields, New Orleans, Louisiana
504-945-9264
A neighborhood leather/Levi's bar
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Rawhide 2010
740 Burgundy, New Orleans, Louisiana
504-525-8106
French Quarter leather/Levi's cruise bar for men
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Starlight by the Park
834 N. Rampart St., New Orleans, Louisiana
504-561-8939
Weekend drag shows
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