4 lgbtq+ in New Orleans our editors have drunk at, sorted by score. All New Orleans nightlife.

Café Lafitte in Exile ★ 4.6

$$French Quarter

Café Lafitte in Exile at Bourbon and Dumaine has run continuously since 1933, the bar that opened after Café Lafitte was evicted from 941 Bourbon.

TipOpen 24 hours. The Sunday Napoleon House drag brunch carries on across the bar; Tea Dance Sunday afternoons are the institutional draw.

Bourbon Pub & Parade ★ 4.4

$$French Quarter

Bourbon Pub & Parade at Bourbon and St Ann is the corner gay bar with the open-balcony downstairs pub and the upstairs Parade dance floor, drag and DJ shows.

TipDownstairs open 12:00 onwards; the Parade dance floor opens at 21:00 weekends. Cover for some weekend nights, none for the pub.

Oz New Orleans ★ 4.4

$$French Quarter

Oz on Bourbon Street, opened in 1993 across from Bourbon Pub, runs the big-floor gay dance club with dancers on the platforms, a drag cast and a long balcony.

TipOpen seven nights, 12:00-04:00 Thursday to Sunday. Drag shows nightly; weekend cover charged at the door.

The Phoenix Bar ★ 4.3

$Marigny

The Phoenix on Elysian Fields opened in 1983 as the leather, bear and Levi command bar of the Marigny, with the upstairs Eagle running its own dress-coded.

TipOpen 24 hours, no cover. Upstairs Eagle closed Mondays. The Levi-Leather Lords of Leather host regular fetish nights.

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