Experience a New Orleans festival, second only to the world-famous Mardi Gras celebration. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival offers two weekends of live music, food, art and more. Don't let the word "jazz" in the title fool you. The festival is a celebration of all genres, welcoming artists like Willie Nelson, Al Green, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bon Jovi, Lauryn Hill, Jimmy Buffet and many more.
Check out the Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro for some of the best jazz music and food in the city. The nightlife venue has a dining room, a bar and music room waiting to wine, dine and entertain you. Snug Harbor hosts live music seven days a week in their cabaret-style music room, be ready for a full night of fun.
Learn the origins of your favorite drink at the Museum of the Southern Food & Beverage Museum. Exhibits at the museum showcase rare liquors, Prohibition-era literature, vintage cocktail shakers and glassware, tools to make alcohol like a still, old photographs and much more. Attend a seminar to get the latest and greatest cocktail recipes from the world's best mixologists.
Forget what the history books have told you about Southern plantation homes and see the beauty of one for yourself. The Oak Alley Plantation has been standing since the late 1830s and its famous live oak trees have been around even longer.