4 lgbtq+ in New Orleans, editor-picked by TableJourney. All New Orleans nightlife.
Café Lafitte in Exile ★ 4.6
French Quarter · 901 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
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, claimed as America's oldest gay bar.
Tip: Open 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 · 801 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
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 running through Southern Decadence.
Tip: Downstairs 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 · 800 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
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 over the street.
Tip: Open seven nights, 12:00 to 04:00 Thursday to Sunday. Drag shows nightly; weekend cover charged at the door.
The Phoenix Bar ★ 4.3
Marigny · 941 Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117
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 fetish nights Wednesday to Sunday.
Tip: Open 24 hours, no cover. Upstairs Eagle closed Mondays. The Levi-Leather Lords of Leather host regular fetish nights.