New Orleans and Louisiana Venues
New Orleans |
Baton Rouge |
Lafayette |
Slidell |
West Monroe |
Shreveport |
Mandeville/Covington |
Lake Charles |
Thibodaux |
Houma |
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New Orleans Venues
Babylon
2917 Harvard Avenue | 70006
Bar in Metairie.
Backyard Ballroom
3519 St. Claude Avenue | 70117 | All Ages | 504 473 6819 |
otter@backyardballroom.com
Financial arrangements vary but are always reasonable. For theatrical/music/performance, strong preference is given to new, locally created work.
For community events, the Backyard Ballroom will consider just about anything, including classes, meetings, and benefits. Catering is available.
Lastly, the space is available for private rental: birthdays, weddings, and the like.
Badabing's
3515 Hessmer | 70002 | 504 454 1120
18+ bar.
Cafe Brasil
2100 Chartres St. | 70116 | All Ages
Bar on Frenchman.
Cutter's Bar
706 Franklin Avenue | 70117 | 504 948 4200
In the Marigny.
Der Rathskeller (Tulane Campus)
McAlister Dr. | 70118 | All Ages |
http://wtul.fm
Aka "The Rat." The summertime venue for shows on Tulane's campus in the LBC (the Lavin Bernick Center) on McAlister Drive, across from Tulane's business school, between Freret and Willow. It is an industrial looking big glass windowed building on the left hand side of the street (McAlister is one way, so it's left based on the way you can drive down the street). The Rat is on the "gardenlevel" (in the basement).
Hammerhead's
1300 N Causeway Blvd | 70001 | 504.834.6474
Metairie bar.
Kim's 940
940 Elysian Fields | 70117 | 504.944.4888
18+ bar.
The Kingpin
1307 Lyons St. | 70115 | 504.891.2373
21+, bar.
Lyon's Club
2920 Arlington St. | 70121 | All Ages
All Ages. $700 to rent out.
Melvin's
2112 Saint Claude Ave. | 70117
Bar in the Marigny/French Quarter.
The Mint
400 Esplanade Avenue | 70116 | 504 568 2022 |
http://musicatthemint.org/
"The New Orleans Mint Performing Arts Center located on the 3rd floor of the Louisiana State Museum’s Old US Mint facility incorporates full capabilities for the production, recording and web broadcasting of live music and theatrical performances, lectures, symposia, oral histories, video interviews, and curatorial panels."
Moises Haus
2801 Calhoun Street | 70118 | All Ages
House space uptowne.
No House
1420 St. Ferdinand | 70117 | All Ages
Backyard "house space" near Holy Cross.
Nowe Miasto
223 Jane Pl. | 70119 | All Ages | 504 451 3693 |
nowemiastonola@yahoo.com |
http://nowemiastonola.wordpress.com/
All ages. Middle-city punk house. They only do one show a month with bands they're into. All Ages All The Time!
If your parents are worried about dropping you off, call me and I'll talk to them.
Near Canal and Broad Sts. in Mid-City - Park on Broad or Canal and walk in from Broad for safety and for easier parking. Questions comments or concerns please call!
Sound Cafe
2700 Chartres Street | 70117 | All Ages | 504 947 4477
Coffee shop in the bywater.
St. Roch Taverne
1200 Saint Roch Ave | 70117 | 504 945 0194
Bar in the Marigny-Bywater two blocks from St. Claude Ave.
Tipitina's
501 Napoleon Avenue | 70115 | 504.895.8477 |
http://www.tipitinas.com
Uptown club. Concentrates mostly on the "New Orleans-style" music, but occasionally comes through with an good show.
Baton Rouge Venues
Carlotta Street
3270 Carlotta St. | 0 | All Ages |
starsandlemonade@hotmail.com
Apartment/house in Baton Rouge. If you're mapquesting and you're having trouble, try 3270 Carlotta and that gets you close. You'll see whats going on from there.
Dragonfly's
124 West Chimes (College Town) | 70802
Bar.
House of Screamo
416 E. State St. | 70802 | All Ages
BR house containing Q, Fats, and Robot.
Junkyard House
3299 Ivanhoe St. | 70802 | All Ages
Miguel WNTT's house in Baton Rouge.
Rotolo's
1125 Bob Pettit Blvd | 70820 | 225.761.1999
Baton Rouge Bar. 18+
SoGo Live
150 Mayflower Street | 70802 | 225.387.0321
Lafayette Venues
Artmosphere
902 Johnston St. | 70501 | All Ages | 337.233.3331
A coffee house/bar. There are shows here pretty often, no set style of music.
Bizbanno's
1540 Johnston St. | 0
Space in Lafayette.
Changes
200 McKinley St. | 70501 | 337.269.0809
18+ bar on the strip.
Shakers
222 Jefferson Street | 70501
Sometimes it's called Shakers Martini Bar, and sometimes it's called Shakers Live.
Toys Music Center
1019 E Saint Mary Blvd | 70503 | All Ages | 337.232.7625
All ages club.
Slidell Venues
Skater's Paradise
200 W Gause Blvd. | 70460 | All Ages | 985.643.0839
Skater's Paradise
West Monroe Venues
Paraground
111 N. 2nd St | 71291 | All Ages
This venue is in St. Monroe.
Shreveport Venues
The Dalzell House
246 Dalzell | 71104 | All Ages |
nathantreme@gmail.com |
http://dalzellhouse.blogspot.com/
We host all ages shows and let bands crash if they need a place to rest when passing through. We can't charge a cover for shows but we take up donations for touring bands and bands can sell merch and our typical crowd is very generous. We host a lot of last minute shows for bands on tour.
Soundstage
516 Texas St. | 71101
http://www.516soundstage.com | booking_516soundstage@hotmail.com
The Warehouse
630 Commerce Street | 71101
Show space in Shreveport.
Mandeville/Covington Venues
Fun Land
1225 W. Causeway Approach in Mandeville | 0 | All Ages
Formerly known as Putt Putt Games
Houma Venues
Mainstream
7709 Main St | 70360 | All Ages
All ages space in Houma.