New Orleans Jazz Walking Tour
from $35.00
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
Overview
Our Jazz tour is guided by local musicians, choregraphers, producers, and directors who are apart of the New Orleans Artist community. They are also Natives, Oral Historians, Cultural Ambassadors, and Preservationist.
Join us and explore the evolution of music in the city known as “the birthplace of Jazz.” Home to Louis Armstrong, Buddy Bolden, Sidney Bechet, Louis Prima, and Sharkey Bonano just to name a few. . .You’ll be guided through the last remaining sites where Jazz, champagne, and romance reigned supreme. Learn about the people, the history, and the influences which contributed to the development of America’s only gift to world culture… Jazz!
2 hours
Meet at the start point (no pickup)
Tour starts at the Louis Armstrong Park Arch
Itinerary
- 1Louis Armstrong Park
The tour will start at Louis Armstrong Park. The travelers will visit the first pioneers of Jazz monuements and the first dance halls where Jazz reign supreme. They will hear the stories of Jazz pioneers such as; Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Charles "Buddy" Bolden and others Jazz icons.
- 2New Orleans Jazz Museum
The travels will visit the New Orleans Jazz Museum or the first Jazz museum at the St. Pierre Hotel where the GREAT Louis Armstrong stayed when he performed in New Orleans.
- 3Congo Square
The travelers will explore the sacred grounds of Congo Square where it has been said the origins of Jazz was discovered, in addition to witnessing the oldest African American neighborhood in the country, Treme.
- 4Frenchmen Street
The travelers will also experience live Jazz music on one of the most popular and muscial streets in New Orleans, "Frenchmen Street".
What's included
- Native of NOLA- Licenses Tour Guide
- Lagniappe-Means in French; something extra
- Guided Tour
- Cultual Ambassador
Not included
- Lunch & Dinner is NOT included
Good to know
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Tour operates with a minimum of 2 guest . We do not operate with 1 guest unless its a Private Tour, call for details.
- must be able to stand for a long period of time.
