# The best jazz clubs in New Orleans

From Frenchmen Street to Preservation Hall: where to hear live jazz in New Orleans according to Time Out, the tourism board and musicians.

- 24 votes · 12 items
- Sep 23, 2026 · Rachel D.
- https://even.best/en/l/2271/the-best-jazz-clubs-in-new-orleans

## Top 12

1. **Preservation Hall** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Traditional New Orleans jazz in a bare French Quarter room.
2. **The Spotted Cat Music Club** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Tiny, packed Frenchmen Street club with no cover.
3. **Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Seated listening room for modern jazz.
4. **d.b.a.** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Big names and brass bands with craft beer.
5. **Blue Nile** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The club that kick-started Frenchmen Street's music scene.
6. **Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Lounge jazz inside the Royal Sonesta on Bourbon.
7. **Fritzel's European Jazz Pub** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Old Bourbon Street pub for trad jazz.
8. **The Maison** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Three floors of jazz, brass and funk on Frenchmen.
9. **Maple Leaf Bar** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Uptown bar famous for Rebirth Brass Band Tuesdays.
10. **Three Muses** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Small plates, cocktails and jazz on Frenchmen.
11. **Bacchanal Wine** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Backyard wine bar with live jazz in the Bywater.
12. **Tipitina's** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Legendary music hall dedicated to Professor Longhair.

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