Downtown New Orleans
About Downtown New Orleans
To New Orleans locals, ?Downtown? has always meant the neighborhoods along the Mississippi River east of Canal Street, including the French Quarter and Ninth Ward. The Central Business District astride lower Canal Street is not considered downtown. In 1974, however, the Louisiana Legislature felt necessitated to redefine the term Downtown New Orleans to include the lower Garden District, as well as the area around the Superdome.
The heart of downtown New Orleans is the French Quarter. During the day the area is an eclectic mixture of Creole design, crowded narrow streets, quaint shops, restaurants, and a mixture of aromas. Around Jackson Square there are artists displaying their work, street performers and the line of weary-looking horses hitched to elaborate buggies awaiting their next sightseeing fare.
Along Decatur Street you can enjoy Creole French coffee and beignets at the French Market, or a great muffaletto from the Central Grocery Store, or wander through the flea market stalls, visit the Jackson Brewery, the site of a variety of stores and shops.
At night the scene changes like a Jekyll and Hyde. Automobile traffic ceases and the streets are filled with revelers, curb-to-curb. The walls of the clubs are folded, opening them to the streets, there are bright lights . . . and everywhere, the music, the jazz sound of The Big Easy. On balconies overlooking the streets of the Quarter are private parties and observers of the street scene. Seeing the regular evening crowds and riotous revelry, one can only imagine how it is here during the Marti Gras.
Events in Downtown New Orleans
Hot 8 Brass Band
at The Howlin Wolf
Get ready to see Hot 8 Brass Band in New Orleans at The Howlin Wolf. Secure your tickets now to Hot 8 Brass Band before this show sells out as this will be one of the biggest concerts all year long.
ROCK THE BOAT PT. 2 ANNUAL ALL WHITE BOAT RIDE PARTY | NEW ORLEANS ESSENCE FESTI
at Creole Queen
ROCK THE BOAT PT. 2 ANNUAL ALL WHITE BOAT RIDE PARTY | NEW ORLEANS ESSENCE FESTIVAL WEEKEND 2024
ROCK THE BOAT ANNUAL ALL WHITE BOAT RIDE PARTY | NEW ORLEANS BIG FESTIVAL WEEKEN
at Creole Queen
ROCK THE BOAT ANNUAL ALL WHITE BOAT RIDE PARTY | NEW ORLEANS BIG FESTIVAL WEEKEND 2024
Essence Festival All White Boat Party Saturday July 6, 2024
at Creole Queen
Essence Festival All White Boat Party 2024
ROCK THE BOAT NEW ORLEANS HALLOWEEN BOAT RIDE 2024
at Creole Queen
ROCK THE BOAT NEW ORLEANS HALLOWEEN BOAT RIDE 2024