Daze And Nights In The Big Easy Some cities entertain you. New Orleans takes over your life for a while. Okay, I didn't exactly PLAN on getting buzzed in the middle of the afternoon. On a Monday. But I was in New Orleans, and if there's any single thing to know about this town it's that a party can break out at any time, without warning, like a hurricane … [Read more...]
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Nightlife and party guide on Bourbon Street, the French Quarter and locals' top spots with reviews on fun bars, live music venues, restaurants, fun events (Jazzfest, NYE, Mardi Gars...), the singles scene and things to do in and around the Big Easy.
The Nightlife Blogger: Taking A New Orleans Pub Crawl On The St. Charles Streetcar
A Local Showed Me How To Bar-Hop Beyond Bourbon Street Most visitors ride the historic St. Charles Streetcar to see the Garden District and Uptown New Orleans. I learned from a local that there's another way to experience it — use the streetcar to bar-hop your way through some favorite neighborhood watering holes. So naturally, I had to try it, and I'm glad I did … [Read more...]
New Orleans Jazz Fest 2026 Headliners, Ticket Prices & Information
The Eagles, Stevie Nix, Rod Stewart, Kings of Leon, Lainey Wilson, Jon Batiste and Widespread Panic are part of the lineup for the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, more popularly known as Jazz Fest. The 2026 dates are April 23-26 and April 30-May 3. Of course, typical of Jazz Fest, there are hundreds more bands during this eight-day, two-weekend music and … [Read more...]
PubClub Survival Tips: New Orleans JazzFest — Essential Guide
This PubClub Survival Tips guide is based on firsthand experience attending JazzFest in New Orleans and navigating the festival over multiple days. Here is everything you need to know about attending this fun music, food and beer drinking festival known as New Orleans JazzFest. Think of it as your essential JazzFest survival guide. Things To Know Before Going To … [Read more...]
Mardi Gras New Orleans Tips: Your Ultimate Guide
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Mardi Gras in New Orelans is a big party in the Big Easy. But as with any big event, it is important to "know before you go" and here are five tips from someone who has been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Heck, I've even been in a few parades. 1.) The Parades Are Long Actually, it's not the pardes themselves that are … [Read more...]
Pardi Gras New Orleans Parrotheads Party Guide 2026 Dates & Events
A Pre-Mardi Gras Gathering For Jimmy Buffett Fans For those who just can't wait for Mardi Gras, there's Pardi Gras. A multi-day festival in January, it includes a pub crawl, Jimmy Buffett-style bands and a tropical-attired crowd that just can't seem to get enough bar time. The site: New Orleans. Of course. The 2026 event is Jan. 15-18. For those who miss Jimmy … [Read more...]
Full New Orleans Mardi Gras 2026 Parades Schedules & Locations
The prime party event in a prime party place takes place the last two weeks in February in the Big Easy. It's Mardi Gras, and in New Orleans the focal point of the celebrations are the parades. Primarily, they take place during two weekends, culminating with Fat Tuesday, which in 2026 is Feb. 17.. But there are other parades, as well, which started in January. It's … [Read more...]
New Orleans Top Singles Party Events: Spice up Your Nightlife!
New Years Eve, Mardi Gras, JazzFest, Pardi Gras & Festivals In The Big Easy New Orleans is a year-round party yet added to this like shrimp into gumbo are a number of fun events that add even more spice to the city. PubClub.com has compiled this list of our top events, along with a description and the dates for 2025. For you singles out there, these are the prime … [Read more...]
Remembering Hurricane Katrina 19 Years Later In New Orleans & The Rebuild
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on PubClub.com soon after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on Aug. 20, 2005. It focuses on how the city rebuilt itself from the devastation. The music still plays in the French Quarter. The bars are still buzzing (as are the patrons) on Bourbon Street. Mardi Gras beads are hanging from balconies and trees along St. Charles … [Read more...]
Best French Quarter Bars In New Orleans Beyond Bourbon Street
Where To Drink In The French Quarter Away From Bourbon Street Bourbon Street gets most of the attention, but some of the French Quarter's most interesting bars are found on Decatur, Chartres, Toulouse and the streets in between. I've spent plenty of time exploring them over the years, and this is my firsthand guide to drinking in the French Quarter beyond Bourbon Street. … [Read more...]
New Orleans Local Bars: Nightlife Beyond Bourbon Street
Getting Off Bourbon Street And Into The Real New Orleans Bourbon Street gets the attention but New Orleans locals have plenty of other places to party. A Louisiana friend took me out to several of her favorite bars beyond Bourbon Street, and I've explored plenty more on other visits. Here's my firsthand guide to local nightlife from Frenchmen Street and the Warehouse … [Read more...]
New Orleans Jazz Fest Links To Tickets, Tips & Information
In a city full of big-time events, one of the biggest is a huge multi-day music festival that is a true experience of the flavor, sounds and culture of New Orleans. Around since 1970, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival takes place over two weeks, the last weekend of April and the first weekend of May, with way too many bands to count (it's in the hundreds) spread … [Read more...]
New Orleans Jazz Fest Is Now A Cashless Music Festival Event
Joining other music festivals and events, New Orleans Jazz Fest is a cashless event. As a result, ticket, food, beverage, craft, and merchandise booths no longer accept cash payments. The two-weekend music festival has been around since 1970 and is a celebration of everything that is New Orleans – live bands, Louisiana food and beer drinking – is taking … [Read more...]
New Orleans Visitor’s Guide: French Quarter, Nightlife & Travel Tips
Everything You Need To Know Before Visiting The Big Easy New Orleans is one of America's most distinctive cities, with a culture, cuisine, music and nightlife all its own. I've visited the Big Easy many times over the years, and this guide combines practical visitor information with firsthand observations I've learned along the way — from getting around and exploring the … [Read more...]
New Orleans Nightlife & Travel Guide: Bars, Food, Events & Things To Do
Your Starting Point For Letting The Good Times Roll In The Big Easy New Orleans is one of the world's great nightlife cities, and PubClub has been covering the Big Easy for years. This guide brings together our firsthand reports on Bourbon Street bars, local nightlife, restaurants, sightseeing, Mardi Gras, JazzFest, New Year's Eve and more. Consider this your starting … [Read more...]
New Orleans Nightlife: The Best Bars On Bourbon Street
A Firsthand Guide To NOLA Nightlife On Bourbon Street Bourbon Street is the epicenter of New Orleans nightlife, with live bands, karaoke, balconies, Hurricanes, Hand Grenades and bars packed together for block after block. I've partied here on ordinary weeknights and during some of the city's biggest events, and this is my firsthand guide to the bars and nightlife of … [Read more...]
New Orleans Food Guide: Restaurants, Po-Boys, Gumbo & Local Favorites
Where To Eat And What To Eat In The Big Easy New Orleans is as much a food town as it is a party town. I've eaten my way through the French Quarter and beyond over several visits, from po-boys and gumbo to muffulettas, oysters and some of the city's legendary restaurants. Here's my firsthand guide to where to eat — and what to eat — in the Big Easy. By Kevin Wilkerson, … [Read more...]
Top Things To Do In New Orleans: Sightseeing, Tours & Activities
What To Do In The Big Easy When You're Not On Bourbon Street There's considerably more to New Orleans than Bourbon Street and nightlife. I've explored the Big Easy on foot, ridden its historic streetcars, toured Mardi Gras World and ventured into the Louisiana swamps, and these are some of my favorite sightseeing activities and things to do during the day. This article was … [Read more...]
Attention Texas & Washington Fans: Here’s Your Complete Sugar Bowl New Orleans Guide
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football & Nightlife Blogger This ain't the Alamo Bowl, folks. This is the Sugar Bowl. New Orelans. College Football Playoffs. Texas and Washington, who met in last year's Alamo Bowl, are playing this year in the CFP national semifinal in the Sugar Bowl. The winner advances to play the Alabama-Michigan winner for the college … [Read more...]
New Orleans Bars In Bourbon Street Topics, Questions & Answers
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Bourbon Street is one of America's great party streets, a mecca of nightlife with its many bars from live music venues to dive bars to cut-it-loose destinations. It is the quintessential representation of the New Orleans lifestyle, which is best summed up on one popular phrase: "laissez les bons temps rouler," or "let the … [Read more...]
New Orleans Bar Offering The J&J Vaccination – Along With A Shot
NOLA's Dragon's Den Providing Two Kinds Of Shots In A Party Celebration Setting They do let the good times roll in New Orleans. To help the partying get going once again in the Big Easy, one bar is offering a free shot. As well as a vaccination. Dragon's Den on Esplanade Ave., is giving out a Johnson & Johnson vaccine shot followed by a the kind of shot … [Read more...]
What To Do If You Only Have One Day In New Orleans – A Complete Itinerary
How To Get A Real 'Taste' Of NOLA In Less Than 24 Hours By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger It happens sometimes. You're in the area and want to check it out, are at a convention or trade show and have decided to stay over an extra day, or it's all the time you have at the moment. While to some it may seem cruel mental punishment to spend so … [Read more...]
New Orleans Is THE Place To Party In January With These Two Events
The Roaring 2020s Start With LSU vs. Clemson & Pardi Gras By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The Big Easy goes big to open the Roaring 2020s with two major party events in January that may have some calling for their own Prohibition for a few days afterward. The College Football Playoffs are Monday, Jan 13 – with LSU playing in it, no less – … [Read more...]
Hurricane Barry Washes Out Weekend Party Scene On Bourbon Street
New Orleans Nightlife On Hold In The Bars & Nightclubs; Rolling Stones Postpone Concert By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger There is a famous drink at Pat O'Brien's called The Hurricane, but it's a real hurricane that has New Orleans staggering this weekend. Hurricane Barry may be the first storm of hurricane season in the Gulf of Mexico and … [Read more...]
Come Rain Or Shine, New Orleans Parties For The Mardi Gras Parades
Lay-Say Le Bon Tom Roo-Lay Through Fat Tuesday By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The rain falls as fast as the beer and Hurricanes are go down, but when one is in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, the good times are still rolling despite what Mother Nature adds to the scene. The 2019 Mardi Gras parades are a soaked affair, with New Orleans getting … [Read more...]
Rolling Stones Headline Blockbuster New Orleans JazzFest 2019 Lineup
Jimmy Buffett, Santana, Tom Jones, Ziggy Marley & More On State As The Big Easy Goes Big For 50th Anniversary By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Music Blogger If you can't get no satisfaction out of this lineup of bands, then you should just stay at home and never go to a music festival again. The 50th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival features … [Read more...]
Sugar Bowl 2025 New Orleans Fans Party Guide Fan Fest Georgia-Notre Dame
The 2025 Sugar Bowl features Georgia and Notre Dame in the second round of the College Football Playoffs. The game is being played on New Year's Day at 7:45 p.m., local (Central) time. Here is when and where to find the party and Sugar Bowl events. SUGAR BOWL EVENTS • Fan Fest. Normally, this NFL-experience type of corporate happening, though it involves a pep rally … [Read more...]
Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler While In New Orleans
NOLA Is A Unique USA Destination Where The Good Times Roll By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Laissez les bons temps rouler. Let the good time roll. That's the way I roll when I'm in New Orleans and you should, too. And how can you not? New Orleans is unlike any other city in America. Instead of having signature landmarks – such as the Golden Gate Bridge or … [Read more...]
Port Of Call New Orleans A Great Burger Joint And Dive Tiki Bar
Big Hamburgers And Polynesian Drinks Like Neptune's Monsoon In The French Quarter By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Foodie Blogger Port Of Call In New Orleans is more than a good burger joint. It's also a dive bar with tiki touches. And Polynesian drinks. With this combination, I could have stayed all day. Or night. But I did like just about everyone who … [Read more...]
Johnny’s Po-Boy New Orleans Restaurant Worth A Second Visit: A Review
Killer Po-Boy Sandwich & Seafood Gumbo Brings Back PubClub's Foodie Blogger By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Foodie Blogger New Orleans is full of long-standing traditional restaurants, places that have that great NOLA food like gumbo and muffalettas and a long list of "best" and "original." So it's often hard to know where to go to eat, especially in the … [Read more...]
Top 5 Do’s and Don’ts Of Bourbon Street Bars
Firsthand Tips For Drinking & Partying On Bourbon Street Bourbon Street can be one of America's great nightlife experiences if you know how to approach it. After partying here countless times — from afternoon drink specials to late-night live music and packed bars — I've learned a few things about what to do, what not to do and how to get the most out of New Orleans' … [Read more...]
Halloween In New Orleans A Fun Bourbon Street Bars Party Scene
The Good Times Roll, Especially With These WAACOs By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The Elvis-Playboy-pimp daddy walked down Bourbon Street, grabbed a "Big Ass Beer" and got a Hurricane to go from legendary Pat O'Brien's bar. Everywhere he went, he was approached by women who wanted pictures with him and men laughed. "I've never been so … [Read more...]
New Orleans Hosts Reverse Mardi Gras Parade & Party
The Big Easy Shows It Is 'Always Open' When the good times roll in New Orleans, they roll for all, and in 2017 the city that hosts an incredible series of parades leading to Fat Tuesday held a reverse Mardi Gras parade. New Orleans tourism and people from all over the community came together at New Orleans’ famous Bourbon and St. Ann streets to march together in its … [Read more...]
New Orleans Bourbon Street Bars May Close Doors At 3 AM
Big Easy Mayor Mitch Landrieu Wants Looks To Curb Street Crowds Can you imagine begin locked in a Bourbon Street bar!? It could happen if you're in one after 3 a.m., and a proposal from New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu passes City Council. Landrieu wants to find a solution to a couple of early-morning shootings that have occurred fairly recently on and around Bourbon … [Read more...]
New Orleans To Host 2022 NCAA Men’s Final Four
Basketball Championship Returns To The Site Of Michael Jordan's Game-Winning Shot The Big Easy is getting the big game. Again. In 2022, for the first time since 2012, the NCAA Men's Final Four will be held in New Orleans, The last game in the Big Easy was when Kentucky beat Kansas to win the title. The 2022 game will be the 40th anniversary of when true freshman Michael … [Read more...]
New Orleans Jazzfest 2016: Where I Want To Be This Weekend
Blogger's Party Bucket List Destination For April 28-May 1 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger Let's party! Here's where I want to do it the weekend of April 28-May 1: New Orleans for the Jazz & Heritage Festival. Otherwise known to partiers simply as New Orleans Jazzfest, this is a perfect combination of an outdoor beer-drinking event, a potential singles … [Read more...]
New Orleans Nightlife: The Best Bars On Bourbon Street
A Guide To The Balconies, Beads & Bands In The Big Easy Bourbon Street is the heart of New Orleans nightlife, where bars, balconies, live bands, karaoke, Hurricanes and Hand Grenades create a party scene unlike any other in America. I've experienced it from afternoon Happy Hours until deep into the night, and this is my guide to the best Bourbon Street bars and the Big … [Read more...]
New Orleans Nightlife Is A Party Down South
The Big Easy and Bourbon Street Party Scene Starts Early For People From the South Because it's in Their Blood When a baby is born in the South – and I know this to be true because I was one of them – before it is given over to the mother and the near passed-out father, the doctor and nurse do something very sneaky. But very good for the kid later in life. They … [Read more...]