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Top Ten Can’t Miss Things To Do In New Orleans!

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Hello fellow NACCU attendees!

After a long day of learning and networking treat yourself

to some of New Orleans’ hidden gems.

Here are my top ten favorite things to do in NOLA that

you won’t necessarily find in your guidebook.

If you want more ‘Nawlins tips email or text me during the

conference. See you at NACCU!

– Brian Adoffbrian@swiftdata.works

215-821-7856

P.S. I left off the hands down best burger joint in NOLA so

if you want to find out what it is you’ll need to seek me out

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No one grows up in New Orleans without Voodoo. In the case of Charles Massicot Gandolfo, the museum’s founder, this fact was all the more intensified by the tales from his grandmother that her great-grandfather had been raised in New Orleans by a Voodoo Queen. An artist, with a passion for all the history and romance of New Orleans, he created the Voodoo Museum to share his fascination with the world.

724 Dumaine StreetNew Orleans, LA 70116

www.voodoomuseum.com

New Orleans HistoricVoodoo Museum

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Located in the Treme section, the oldest African-American neighborhood in the United States, is the Backstreet Cultural Museum where you’ll find an amazing assortment of memorabilia indigenous to Mardi Gras, jazz funerals and other traditions found only in New Orleans.

1116 St. Claude Ave.New Orleans, LA 70116

www.backstreetmuseum.org

BackstreetCultural Museum

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Rock 'n' Bowl is a New Orleans institution where you can rock 'n' roll while you bowl. Every night brings new live entertainment, ranging from funk to blues to zydeco. Get ready to dance the night away while sipping on some beers and knocking down a few pins.

3000 S. Carrollton Ave.New Orleans, LA 70118www.rockandbowl.com

Mid-City LanesRock 'n Bowl

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Great music and inexpensive drinks make this Frenchman St. spot a favorite of locals and travelers alike. On any given night catch two sets of blues, jazz, latin, or any of their various permutations. The space is small and the energy is contagious—it can get packed, but it's all part of the experience.

723 Frenchman StNew Orleans, LA 70116

www.voodoomuseum.com

Spotted Cat Music Club

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Grammy and Billboard Award-winning Jazz trumpeter Irvin and Royal Sonesta Hotel proudly present Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse. The best jazz club in New Orleans showcases New Orleans' greatest Jazz talent and serves your favorite cocktails and appetizers in a luxurious venue on the lobby level of the Royal Sonesta Hotel New Orleans.

300 Bourbon St.New Orleans, LA 70130

www.sonesta.com

Irvin Mayf ield’sJazz P layhouse

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The famous Carousel Bar & Lounge in Hotel Monteleone is a long-time favorite New Orleans hotspot. The classic New Orleans hotel bar is the city’s only revolving bar. For decades, it has lured guests in to take a spin on the 25-seat, bright, circus-clad Merry-Go-Round. This year, Vogue Living named the bar one of the Top 20 Bars in the World, due in equal parts to the whimsical revolving carousel and comprehensive list of cocktails.

214 Royal St.New Orleans, LA 70130

www.hotelmonteleone.com

Carousel Bar

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Reminiscent of some European markets, this open-air mall features shopping, dining and music in a tradition that is uniquely New Orleans. From Café du Monde near Jackson Square to the market at the end of Esplanade Avenue, there are five blocks of specialty retail shops and a community flea market with locally-made jewelry, clothing and art.

2 French Market Pl.New Orleans, LA 70116www.frenchmarket.org

French Market

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Wine Institute of New Orleans (W.I.N.O.) is an innovative wine bar with a unique experience of wine tasting, education, and discovery. Visitors of W.I.N.O. have the option of browsing and tasting the store’s eclectic, diverse selection of wines from around the world. W.I.N.O. customers can taste wines priced at 1 ounce, 2 ounce, or 4 ounce servings. A short walk from the Sheraton!

610 Tchoupitoulas St.New Orleans, LA 70001www.winoschool.com

W.I.N.O.

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St. Louis #1, ‘The City of the Dead’, is just blocks away from the French Quarter. Made famous by the 1969 movie Easy Rider, it is the oldest active cemetery in New Orleans. The cemetery contains a labyrinth of tombs, unique to most in the U.S., which hold the remains of some of the city’s important historical figures, including, as legend would have it, Voodoo Priestess Marie Laveau.

320 North Claiborne AveNew Orleans, LA 70112

www.saveourcemeteries.org

St. Louis Cemetery #1

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Faubourg Marigny developed as New Orleans’ second suburb in 1806 and was the first historic zoning since the Vieux Carre. Marigny is on the beaten path for New Orleaninas and visitors looking for great music, fine food, and an authentic, historic neighborhood. When you have seen and heard enough of Bourbon Street experience life in New Orleans the way the locals do.

Downriver from the French QuarterNew Orleans, LA

www.faubourgmarigny.org

Faubourg Marigny

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