735 Nightclub and Bar
735 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA 70116 [Map It]
(504) 581-6740
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Description: Dance music for the 2lst Century and beyond.

Ampersand Club
1100 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112 [Map It]
(504) 587-3737
Neighborhood: Central Business District/Downtown

Bourbon Pub/Parade
801 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA 70116 [Map It]
(504) 529-2107
Neighborhood: French Quarter

Bourbon Street Blues Company
441 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 566-1507
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Description: Live music (presumably blues) every night plus a three-for-one Happy Hour from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m., as well as karaoke and a balcony overlooking Bourbon Street.

Cafe Banquette
3445 Prytania St. , New Orleans, LA 70115 [Map It]
(504) 891-5773
Neighborhood: Uptown/Garden District
Description: Neighbors love this cheerful cafe, for its food and its extended happy hour (4 p.m.-8 p.m.). Seafood staples include the barbecue shrimp po-boy, the fried oyster salad, blackened catfish and a sweet corn and crab bisque. Thre is also ribeye steak and hamburgers.

Café Brasil
2100 Chartres St., New Orleans, LA 70116 [Map It]
(504) 949-0851
Neighborhood: Faubourg Marigny/Bywater
Description: The musical home of cultural diversity - reggae, Latin, jazz, Klezmer - in New Orleans. Located in the Faubourg Marigny, just outside the French Quarter, between Esplanade Ave. and Elysian Fields at the corner of Frenchmen Street. Open late.

Cat's Meow
701 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA 70116 [Map It]
(504) 523-2788
Neighborhood: French Quarter

Chris Owens Club
500 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 523-6400
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Description: The eternally glamorous Ms. Owens delivers an elegant dose of Las Vegas to Bourbon Street with her Latin Rhythms band commencing at 8:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday with the star herself taking the stage at 10 p.m. Reservations recommended. This is the way floor shows used to be back in the days when women wouldn't leave home without their white gloves and men indulged in the three-martini lunch.

Dungeon Club (The)
738 Toulouse St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 523-5530
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Description: To give you the general idea, the Dungeon, also known as Ye Olde Original Dungeon, opens for business at midnight and your visiting great-aunt from Peoria would probably not feel that comfortable on the premises. But, in case your great-aunt is a lush, she'd probably enjoy the Dungeon's Friday morning (1 a.m. until 4 a.m.) three-for-the-price-of-one mixed drinks.

Famous Door (The)
339 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 598-4334
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Description: Long-time Bourbon St. impresario John Wehner presents R&B and show dance bands seven nights a week.

Gold Mine (The)
705 Dauphine St., New Orleans, LA 70116 [Map It]
(504) 586-0745
Neighborhood: French Quarter

Grit's Bar and Pool Hall
530 Lyons St., New Orleans, LA 70116 [Map It]
(504) 899-9211
Neighborhood: Uptown/Garden District

Handsome Willy's
218 S. Robertson St., New Orleans, LA 70112 [Map It]
(504) 525-0377
Neighborhood: Treme

House Of Blues
225 Decatur St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 529-2583
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Description: New Orleans' premiere restaurant and live music venue. Located in the French Quarter, the club has hosted world class musicians from Fats Domino to Eric Clapton. Sunday morning the House rocks with a rousing Gospel Brunch.

Krazy Korner
640 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 524-3157
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Description: A good place to go nuts: R&B seven nights a week.

Maple Leaf Bar
8316 Oak St., New Orleans, LA 70118 [Map It]
(504) 866-9359
Neighborhood: Uptown/Garden District
Description: Originally a chess and music club (a couple of chess tables are still on the premises) and later famed as the site of respectively, poetry readings and some of pianist James Booker's most incendiary recitals, the Maple Leaf is still the place to go if you're craving funky New Orleans music (brass bands, blues and funk, usually) that sometimes doesn't cease until sunrise. A patio provides somewhat fresh air.

Metropolitan (The)
310 Andrew Higgins Dr., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 568-1700
Neighborhood: Arts/Warehouse District

Old Opera House
601 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 522-3265
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Description: No opera but plenty of other live, local music seven nights a week.

Oz (The)
800 Bourbon St., , New Orleans, LA 70116 [Map It]
(504) 593-9491
Neighborhood: French Quarter

Palm Tavern (The)
606 Frenchmen St., New Orleans, LA 70116 [Map It]
(504) 944-4744
Neighborhood: Faubourg Marigny/Bywater

Parish Room (The)
229 Decatur St. , New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 529-2583
Neighborhood: French Quarter

Parkway Bakery and Tavern
538 Hagan Ave., New Orleans, LA 70119 [Map It]
(504) 482-3047
Neighborhood: Mid-City
Description: Traditional New Orleans sandwiches and po-boys.

Razzoo Bar & Patio
511 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 522-5100
Neighborhood: French Quarter
Description: The delights include karaoke, three-for-one Happy Hours (4 p.m. until 9 p.m.), live music and a patio with natural humidity.

Republic
828 S. Peters St., New Orleans, LA 70130 [Map It]
(504) 528-8282
Neighborhood: Arts/Warehouse District

Tipitina's
501 Napoleon Ave., New Orleans, LA 70115 [Map It]
(504) 895-8477
Neighborhood: Uptown/Garden District
Description: Formerly the 501 Club, Tip's was founded as a clubhouse for Professor Longhair in his declining years and is a known musically historic spot. Tipitina's is the city's funkiest joint with music most nights and a famous Fais Do Do (usually with Bruce Daigrepont and his band) every Sunday between 5 and 9 p.m.