2 hours (approx.)
Daily Tour
15 people
English
Take a walk through 300 years of New Orleans’ musical history on this tour led by a local Louisiana record man. Discover how the city became the heart and soul of the American blues scene, and visit legendary music-making haunts including Preservation Jazz Hall, Place de Armes, the Royal Orleans Hotel and several recording studios. Stroll down iconic Bourbon and Frenchmen streets while hearing tales of local jazz and blues legends like Allen Toussaint, James Booker, Fats Domino, Louis Armstrong and more.
Meet your guide, Keith (a Louisiana record man with more than 20 years of record business experience), at the Louisiana Music Factory on Frenchmen Street – the most musical street in New Orleans. Spend approximately 2 hours and a dozen songs while we walk through historic New Orleans ‘faubourgs’ (neighborhoods) – the Marigny, French Quarter, and Treme – spanning space, time and genres we learn 300 years of New Orleans Music & Heritage. The aural-visual walking tour is accompanied by Bluetooth speaker capability to provide musical accompaniment of the artists and locations along the tour. This is Keith’s favorite record store – everything we talk about on the tour, you can get here!
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Cross Esplanade then turn on Chartres Street and pay a visit to the boyhood home of Danny Parker. Along with his rambunctious and bawdy-singing wife Blue Lu, we learn how a single man can save New Orleans Brass Band heritage. Next are stops in the Place de Armes, Preservation Jazz Hall, a stroll down Bourbon Street to Mister New Orleans, and J&M Studios – the ‘Home of Rock N’ Roll.’
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Sandra and Allan Jaffe visited on their honeymoon and found their life giving home at Pres Hall. Visit the gift shop and take a photo while here.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
At one-time Bourbon Street was the most musical street in the world! Cats like Louis Prima, Al Hirt and Pete Fountain blaring Jazz through the hot, wet night air. Saunter or sashay with us as we hear Basin Street Blues blowing on a Clarinet.
• Admission Ticket Free
Here you’ll see the Louis Armstrong statue. While in the Treme, America’s 1st African-American neighborhood, you’ll hear about their influence in New Orleans music and heritage.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Stops in Armstrong Park include Congo Square.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free