New Orleans Music and Heritage Walking Tour

Dig into the musical history of New Orleans with this 2-hour music and heritage tour. Listen to songs and the stories behind them as you learn more about the immortals of blues, jazz, gospel, and rock n'roll that have been a part of this city. Hear about Louis Armstrong, James Booker, Fats Domino, The Meters, Allen Toussaint, Professor Longhair, Buddy Bolden, Mahalia Jackson, and many others who are part of 300 years of musical heritage.

Meeting Point

Louisiana Music Factory

421 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA

Departure Point: Louisiana Music Factory
Address: 421 Frenchmen Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
Dates: Daily

What's included:

• 2-hour musical walking tour with an experienced guide

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours

Louisiana Music Factory

421 Frenchmen St, , New Orleans, 70116-2039, Louisiana

Meet your guide, Keith (a Louisiana record man with more than 20 years of record business experience), at the Louisiana Music Factory on Frenchmen Street - the most musical street in New Orleans. Spend approximately 2 hours and a dozen songs while we walk through historic New Orleans 'faubourgs' (neighborhoods) - the Marigny, French Quarter, and Treme - spanning space, time and genres we learn 300 years of New Orleans Music & Heritage. The aural-visual walking tour is accompanied by Bluetooth speaker capability to provide musical accompaniment of the artists and locations along the tour. This is Keith's favorite record store - everything we talk about on the tour, you can get here!

10 minutes

French Quarter

New Orleans, Louisiana

Cross Esplanade then turn on Chartres Street and pay a visit to the boyhood home of Danny Parker. Along with his rambunctious and bawdy-singing wife Blue Lu, we learn how a single man can save New Orleans Brass Band heritage. Next are stops in the Place de Armes, Preservation Jazz Hall, a stroll down Bourbon Street to Mister New Orleans, and J&M Studios - the 'Home of Rock N' Roll.'

1 hour, 30 minutes

Preservation Hall

726 St. Peter Street, , New Orleans, 70116-3182, Louisiana

Sandra and Allan Jaffe visited on their honeymoon and found their life giving home at Pres Hall. Visit the gift shop and take a photo while here.

5 minutes

Bourbon Street

, , New Orleans, 70130, Louisiana

At one-time Bourbon Street was the most musical street in the world! Cats like Louis Prima, Al Hirt and Pete Fountain blaring Jazz through the hot, wet night air. Saunter or sashay with us as we hear Basin Street Blues blowing on a Clarinet.

Pass by without stopping

Louis Armstrong Park

901 N Rampart St, , New Orleans, 70116-3086, Louisiana

Here you'll see the Louis Armstrong statue. While in the Treme, America's 1st African-American neighborhood, you'll hear about their influence in New Orleans music and heritage.

15 minutes

Congo Square

701 N Rampart St, Entrance at the Corner of N. Rampart and Saint Peter Streets, New Orleans, 70116-3085, Louisiana

Stops in Armstrong Park include Congo Square.

5 minutes