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Preservation Hall

726 St. Peter Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116
Description: This humble but legendary jazz performance venue is located at 726 Peter Street in the city’s historic French Quarter. Formed in the early 1960s to help aging New Orleans jazz musicians find work, the venue has become a ...Read More
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Preservation Hall

Quote: This has the best Dixieland Jazz in New Orleans, not to mention the cheapest. If you like good music, then this is the place to go. These guys have been playing jazz for a long time, but they still play it flawlessly. For $5 (although the price... Read the full Preservation Hall review

From journal Honeymoon in The Big Easy

Preservation Hall

  • 4 out of 5 stars by lgarcia45 from McAllen, Texas
  • December 22, 2025
Quote: The best deal in the Quarter is Preservation Hall. For a mere $8, you can hear as many sets of the music the Big Easy is known worldwide for - jazz. Do know that there are no beverages or food served at Preservation Hall? They only serve up one... Read the full Preservation Hall review

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Preservation Hall

  • 4 out of 5 stars by Travels4Fun from San Francisco, California
  • June 3, 2025
Quote: The one experience we agreed had to be repeated at least twice the next time we set foot in New Orleans was Preservation Hall. For the uninitiated, this will be your most thrilling Jazz Experience in the crescent city. The building itself is... Read the full Preservation Hall review

From journal A Jazzy Time In New Orleans

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Preservation Hall

  • 4 out of 5 stars by johngardner3 from New York, New York
  • February 25, 2025
Quote: Preservation Hall is literally little more than a hole in the wall--walk by too fast, and you'll miss it. But if you do happen to catch the sign over the tired old doorway, pay the tiny cover charge and make it into the small, crowded,... Read the full Preservation Hall review

From journal The Big Easy

Preservation Hall

  • 4 out of 5 stars by C_Wheel from Auckland, United Kingdom
  • January 3, 2026
Quote: As anyone will tell you, New Orleans is a jazz town and Preservation Hall is a great place to hear the old standards. It's literally just a hall--there is no bar, toilets, chairs, or even a stage. Get in early if you can, and sit down on the floor... Read the full Preservation Hall review

From journal Good Times in New Orleans

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Preservation Hall

  • 4 out of 5 stars by MarkR37 from Madison, Wisconsin
  • April 19, 2025
Quote: Not knowing what this place was we took our guide book's recommendation and jumped into line to see a little New Orleans old time jazz. The cover charge was about $5 and once inside we were suprised to see a dirty dusty ramshackle of a hall. My... Read the full Preservation Hall review

From journal New Orleans All That Jazz

Preservation Hall

  • 4 out of 5 stars by Steve S. from Kansas City, Missouri
  • January 15, 2025
Quote: I was a bit skeptical the first time I visited Preservation Hall. I was drug to this small-looking club with a reasonably long line coming out the door and didn't think that anything in this building could be worth this line. I was wrong! The... Read the full Preservation Hall review

From journal A weekend in New Orleans