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Once again there were more fun events than I could possibly attend but I sure had a ball trying to make most of them. The week of October 24-30 was just fabulous. Ask nicely, and they will let you know if there are any second line parades coming up in their community.The Social Scene in New Orleans by Margarita (Darling) Bergen In the daylight hours, spend some time at TremeвЂ™s Backstreet Cultural Museum to understand the unique history and wonder of New OrleansвЂ™ parade culture, which culminates in Mardi Gras each February. The Treme Brass Band, born out of the iconic suburb of the same name just north of the Quarter, are another must-see if your paths collide.

Founded by the Frazier brothers in 1983, when theyвЂ™re not touring, theyвЂ™re playing at the Maple Leaf in the west of the city every Tuesday night, accessible by the historic St Charles streetcar (which runs 24 hours a day). Rebirth Brass Band is one of the cityвЂ™s most famous exports, but they still call New Orleans home. READ MORE ABOUT NORTH AMERICAвЂ™S FESTIVALS The institutions Satchmo Summerfest each August is a tribute to Louis Armstrong, and the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience, timed around Halloween each year, is a three-day festival fast becoming a mecca for young people from across the South who are ready to let their hair down. The world-famous Mardi Gras parades usually run throughout February, while in early May, NOLA Jazz Fest brings musicians from around the world to their spiritual home for a week-long celebration. FestivalsДЄlmost every weekend, the city hosts a festival of some sort, usually centred around food and music, and featuring a live stage playing local bands throughout the day.

Intimate venues BJвЂ™s and VaughnвЂ™s Lounge host great bands in intimate venues, perfect for enthusiasts who want to get away from the tourist crowds. ItвЂ™s hard to turn more than a few corners in Bywater without finding a dive bar with a kicking jukebox, complete with a group of old-timers who will adopt you until tomorrowвЂ™s hangover. A music museum of sorts, you could spend hours here scratching through the LPs and posters they also have a notice board out the front advertising the best gigs around town.

Some of the cityвЂ™s most beautiful shotgun houses are here, so make an afternoon of wandering around, and head down towards the Mississippi, where Euclid Records on Chartres Street is open until 7pm each night. Over the last few years, the old working class suburb of Bywater, east of Marigny, has become the artistsвЂ™ quarter of New Orleans. The quality doesnвЂ™t make it much of an ask, but if you see a hat going round, a dollar goes a long way for your pleasure.ДЄ brass band getting the crowd involved.

There may be many tourists here, but itвЂ™s no trap: professional musicians, as well as visual and theatrical artists, make their living here on tips alone. Bands jostle to play at the corner of Royal and St Peter streets just off the central Jackson Square, visible from most points of the city by its gorgeous cathedral. New OrleansвЂ™ street music scene is perhaps unrivalled anywhere in the world.

Most of the best music has now moved away from here with the exception of FritzelвЂ™s Jazz, which has been going strong since 1969 playing NOLAвЂ™s finest jazz in an intimate setting every night of the week.Д®XPLORE OUR FULL RANGE OF SMALL GROUP ADVENTURES IN THE USA NOW Open container laws mean you can enjoy the city with a drink in hand, so pop into a bar, grab a вЂto goвЂ™ cup of your favourite poison, and stroll down New OrleansвЂ™ best known party street, where there is always something going at any time of the day or night. Photo by Ryan Bolton.Д«ourbon Street: youвЂ™ll have to do it at some point, so you might as well start here.

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