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Enjoy Drinks & Music in New Orleans: From Cocktails to Jazz Experience

Enjoy Drinks & Music in New Orleans: From Cocktails to Jazz Experience

Overview

Explore New Orleans’ jazz and cocktail scenes on fun and far-reaching afternoon tour. With a local guide leading the way, learn about jazz’s origins and explore musical landmarks like Marginy and Louis Armstrong Park. Escape the beaten path in the French Quarter and visit a legendary 18th-century haunt. Enjoy a beer and five cocktail samples.

City: New Orleans

Sun 23 Feb

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Starting at $156.05

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Sun 23 Feb

Starting at $156.05

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What's Included

Walk through the picturesque French Quarter

Discover New Orleans's unique cocktail and jazz culture

Live Music on famous Frenchmen Street with a Beer

4-5 Drink stops with 5 different cocktails samples

Tips on what else to see, do and eat during your stay

Friendly Local English-speaking cocktail expert, music lover and a guide

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This tour features a couple of cocktails that include dairy ingredients such as eggs and/or milk. Discounts are available for vegans or people with a lactose-intolerance. Your guide can also assist you with alternative drink recommendations to purchase separately during the tour.
Travelers under 21 years of age are not permitted to join this tour.
Small group of a maximum of 12 people.
Guides required to regularly wash hands
All tours follow the latest local health authority advice. Intrepid Urban Adventures has received the World Travel and Tourism Council’s Safe Travels stamp, which recognises companies that have adopted health and hygiene global standardised protocols.

What To Expect

Jackson Square

Your cocktails and jazz tour begins in Jackson Square where you’ll find many of the best bars of the French Quarter are only a stone’s throw away. Don’t expect to spend much time on Bourbon Street though. While it has its place in New Orleans nightlife, we will be going beyond the tourist trail to show you what really makes New Orleans’ cocktail culture unique.

French Quarter

For our first cocktail stop we will travel back to the 1700s and visit a bar which used to entertain some of the most eccentric characters in New Orleans history. Here, we will taste a famous drink of the city and learn how it has influenced New Orleans drinking culture today. We will then visit one of your guide’s favorite bars and taste a drink so good you’ll forget there’s alcohol in it. Next up, we will sample the ‘official cocktail of New Orleans’: the Sazerac. One of the first cocktails ever invented, it’s definitely tasty enough to stand the test of time. Our final cocktail stop will be at one of the classiest establishments in town to try one of the city’s most esteemed drinks, the Ramos Gin Fizz. After your first sip, you’ll truly understand why New Orleans has been called, “the cradle of civilized drinking.”

Louis Armstrong Park

There will be an opportunity to rest your feet or grab a bite to eat before the jazz portion of the tour begins. Your guide can recommend some good eats, depending on your preferences. Then we’ll head over to the historic and beautiful Louis Armstrong Park in the Tremé neighborhood. Within the park, we will talk about the historical origins of jazz and discuss one of the jazz greats, Armstrong himself.

Frenchmen Street

We'll begin to make our way to the popular Marigny neighborhood, named after the nobleman and good-time guy of the same name. Updated for modern thirsts, Marigny is a hip nightlife area that appeals to New Orleanians and visitors alike. Your guide will lead the way, making sure to point out a few popular local music and nightlife haunts along the way. Soon we will arrive at the famous Frenchmen Street, the largest concentration of live music venues in the city. Your guide will take you inside one of his/her favorites for a beer on us (you’re very welcome to purchase additional beverages if you want them). In New Orleans, there’s always the opportunity for an element of surprise. We’ll be on the lookout for impromptu street performances, which always make the night special. And if the timing and mood is right, we’ll get behind the scenes with one of the bands in between sets.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (31)

Hannah_T

Jul 2022

Absolutely fascinating. Loved learning about the culture, evolution, and people of the city through the lens cocktails and music. I’ve been to New Orleans a dozen times and still learned new things. Highly recommend! Thanks to Scott and Holley.

mtgoode

Jul 2021

We booked a private food and cocktail tour of New Orleans last minute. Butch was great about getting back to me quickly and organized a meet up with Lauren. It was a great combo of good food and drinks all within the French Quarter. My husband and I could barely move afterward - so be prepared to EAT! and drink. Lots of interesting information and cool tips. Thanks Butch and Lauren for an excellent experience.

C230FXdaisyc

Mar 2020

It was our first time to New Orleans and we surely kicked it off right with a cocktails to jazz tour! Sophie, our tour guide was not only full of historical knowledge, she was also fun, full of life and warm. She took the time to get to know everyone which made the tour seem more like a night out with a bunch of friends. She brought us out to several bars that locals frequent and gave us some historical background on each stop. Thank you Sophie for a memorable evening and making our first day in New Orleans that much more special.

Response from Host

Mar 2020

Hi. Thanks so much for taking a tour with us and for leaving a review about your experience. It was a pleasure meeting you and we are happy to here that you enjoyed yourself. We hope you enjoyed the rest of your stay