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Frenchmen Street

Frenchmen Street, New Orleans, LA (Bywater)
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Ranked #6 of 151 attractions in New Orleans
Type: Landmarks/ Points of Interest
Activities: Nightlife
Fee: No
Recommended length of visit: 2-3 hours
Owner description: Get away from the tourists in the French Quarter, and go where the locals go to hear the best jazz in the city. In addition, the good food, cheap... more » Owner description: Get away from the tourists in the French Quarter, and go where the locals go to hear the best jazz in the city. In addition, the good food, cheap drinks and a vast array of local characters make Frenchmen Street an experience worth having. « less
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Billericay, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 22, 2013 NEW

Didnt go here until the last night, wish we had found it sooner, jazz and bars excellent. Was warned you have to be careful in the area though.

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 21, 2013 NEW

the place to go to hear good music at reasonable prices- Frenchmen Street- really enjoyed Spotted Cat

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Rockhampton, Australia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 21, 2013 NEW

This was where you could go and sit in a bar a listen to blue's and jazz. We found our way here late one night and sit and listened to music for hours and even got up for a dance. Enjoyed this very much.

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Langley City, Canada
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 21, 2013 NEW

Great food and music --- Love the Spotted Cat the music there was fantastic and very friendly staff.

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Bradenton, fl.
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 21, 2013 NEW

We loved this area so much, live jazz everywhere. This is the place to go after dinner (that's when we went) to top off your evening. Just walk from place to place with a short stop at each. They will even let you bring your drinks as you go, the best

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Rockledge, Florida
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 21, 2013 NEW

best to take cab to this area and be careful after midnight ... but great bars and restaurants every bar has some form of real new Orleans's style jazz bands (usually) no cover charges... wonderful evening here lots of fun. Not as crowded as bourbon st

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Ohio
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 19, 2013 NEW

You can walk on Frenchman Street and enjoy so much jazz music without even going into some of the jazz bars but you you do go in you on't have the cover charge or minimums that you have on Bourbon Street

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 19, 2013 NEW via mobile

You have to stop here! We decided pretty late in the evening to make our way over and it did not disappoint! The art market was a great surprise, the music was great, the food was yummy(try the deep fried pickles at ruthies bar!) and the prices were cheaper than in the French Quarter. Live music came from all directions... More

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Naches, Washington
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed May 18, 2013 NEW

This street is very small, with lots of little dive bars that were packed. The music was also more indy than jazzy. Most people were in there early 20's and seemed like they were there for the scene more than the music.

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chandler
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 18, 2013 NEW

We heard about this street from one of the restaurants - WOW what a great treat. It's a street filled with Jazz venues. We had dinner at Maison and listened to Jazz music there for 2 hours. It was so wonderful we had to buy their 2 CD's. We'd go back again.

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