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New Orleans Nightlife

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People come to eat, listen to live music, and party; and the city still delivers on all three counts. No American city places such a premium on pleasure as New Orleans. From swank hotel lounges to sweaty dance clubs, refined jazz clubs and raucous Bourbon Street bars, this city is serious about frivolity. And famous for it. Partying is more than an occasional indulgence in this city—it's a lifestyle. More »

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• Bars
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• Music Clubs
• Opera
• Theater

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• CBD
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