{"id":2043581,"date":"2025-09-23T12:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2043581"},"modified":"2025-09-23T12:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:26:07","slug":"2025-best-of-new-orleans-entertainment-best-of-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/2025-best-of-new-orleans-entertainment-best-of-new-orleans\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Best of New Orleans: Entertainment | Best Of New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Best Bounce Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Big Freedia (Instagram: @bigfreedia)<\/p>\n

2. Ha Sizzle (Instagram: @hasizzlethevoice)<\/p>\n

3. Sissy Nobby (Instagram: @sissynobbyy)<\/p>\n

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Best Burlesque Performer<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Trixie Minx (Instagram: @trixienola)<\/p>\n

2. Bella Blue (Instagram: @bellablueforever)<\/p>\n

3. Queen Vampya<\/p>\n

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Best Casino<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Caesars New Orleans (8 Canal St., 800-427-7247; caesars.com\/caesars-new-orleans<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2. Treasure Chest Casino\u202f(4550 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 504-443-8000; treasurechest.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3. Boomtown Casino (4132 Peters Road., Harvey, 504-366-7711; boomtownneworleans.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Best Drag Performer<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Debbie with a D (Instagram: @debbiewithad)<\/p>\n

2. Laveau Contraire (Instagram: @laveaucontraire)<\/p>\n

3. Katrina Waters (Instagram: @katrinawaters504)<\/p>\n

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Best Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (nojazzfest.com)<\/p>\n

2. French Quarter Festival (frenchquarterfest.org)<\/p>\n

3. Oak Street Po-Boy Festival (poboyfest.com)<\/p>\n

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Best Food Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. New Orleans Fried Chicken Festival (friedchickenfestival.com)<\/p>\n

2. Oak Street Po-Boy Festival (poboyfest.com)<\/p>\n

3. Hogs for the Cause (hogsfest.org)<\/p>\n

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Best Live Music Venue (large)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Tipitina\u2019s (501 Napoleon Ave., 504-895-8477; tipitinas.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2. The Fillmore (6 Canal St., 504-881-1555; thefillmorenola.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3. House of Blues (225 Decatur St., 504-310-4999; houseofblues.com\/neworleans<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Best Live Music Venue (small)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Maple Leaf Bar (8316 Oak St., 504-866-9359; mapleleafbar.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2. Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal St., 504-541-2050; chickiewahwah.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3. Apple Barrel Bar (Adolfo\u2019s Restaurant, 609 Frenchmen St., adolfosneworleans.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Best Local Blues Artist\/Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Andre Lovett Band (Instagram: @alovettmusic)<\/p>\n

2. Little Freddie King (littlefreddieking.com)<\/p>\n

3. Eric Johnson (Instagram: @officialericjohnson)<\/p>\n

3. Tab Benoit (tabbenoit.com)<\/p>\n

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Best Local Brass Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Rebirth Brass Band (rebirthbrassband.com)<\/p>\n

2. Blue Tang People (@bluetangpeople)<\/p>\n

3. Hot 8 Brass Band (hot8brassband.com)<\/p>\n

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Best Local DJ<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. DJ Soul Sister (instagram.com\/djsoulsister)<\/p>\n

2. Paul Lakeway (instagram.com\/paul_lakeway)<\/p>\n

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Best Local Funk Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Dumpstaphunk (dumpstaphunk.com)<\/p>\n

2. Galactic (galacticfunk.com)<\/p>\n

3. Josh Benitez (facebook.com\/babyjoshbenitez)<\/p>\n

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Best Local Hip-hop Group\/Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Sailem from Hell (@sailemfromhell)<\/p>\n

2. Kaye the Beast (instagram.com\/kayethebeast)<\/p>\n

3. Big Freedia (instagram.com\/bigfreedia)<\/p>\n

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Best Local Movie Theater<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Broad Theater (636 N. Broad St., 504-218-1008; thebroadtheater.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2. The Prytania (5339 Prytania St., 504-891-2787; theprytania.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3. The Prytania Theatre at Canal Place (333 Canal St., 3 Rd Floor, 504-290-2658; theprytania.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Best Local Music Artist\/Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Robin Barnes & The Fiya Birds (robinbarnesmusic.com)<\/p>\n

2. Alizah Starr (alizahmusic.com)<\/p>\n

3. Sailem from Hell (Instagram: @sailemfromhell)<\/p>\n

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Best Local Rock Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. STGMA (Instagram: @stgma_nola)<\/p>\n

2. The Radiators<\/p>\n

3. The Revivalists (therevivalists.com)<\/p>\n

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Best Local Street Performer<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Doreen Ketchens (doreensjazz.org)<\/p>\n

2. Jourdan Blue (Instagram: @jourblue)<\/p>\n

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Best Local Theater Company<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans (504-264-2580; twtheatrenola.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2. Le Petit Theatre (616 St. Peter St., 504-522-2081; lepetittheatre.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3. The NOLA Project (504-302-9117; nolaproject.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Best Local Traditional Jazz Group\/Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Preservation Hall Jazz Band (preservationhalljazzband.com)<\/p>\n

2. Jeremy Davenport (jeremydavenport.com)<\/p>\n

2. Rebirth Brass Band (rebirthbrassband.com)<\/p>\n

3. Trombone Shorty (tromboneshorty.com)<\/p>\n

3. Wendell Brunious (Instagram: @wendell_brunious_project)<\/p>\n

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Best Marching Group<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Amelia EarHawts (aecabinkrewe.com)<\/p>\n

2. St. Augustine High School Marching 100 (Instagram: @staugmarching100)<\/p>\n

3. The Jamettes (Instagram: @thejametteskrewe)<\/p>\n

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Best Mardi Gras Parade<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Muses (kreweofmuses.org)<\/p>\n

2. Iris (kreweofiris.org)<\/p>\n

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Best Place to See Burlesque<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret (2240 St. Claude Ave., 504-218-5778; theallwayslounge.net<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2. The Original Nite Cap (1300 St. Bernard Ave., 2nd floor, 504-224-2854; Instagram: @originalnitecap)<\/p>\n

3. Her Haus (herhausevents.com)<\/p>\n

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Best Place to See Comedy<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Sports Drink (1042 Toledano St.; sportsdrink.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2. The Howlin’ Wolf (907 S. Peters St., 504-529-5844; thehowlinwolf.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3. Big Couch New Orleans (1045 Desire St.; bigcouchnola.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Best Place to See Drag<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The AllWays Lounge & Cabaret (2240 St. Claude Ave., 504-218-5778; theallwayslounge.net<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2. The Country Club (634 Louisa St., 504-945-0742; thecountryclubneworleans.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3. Oz (800 Bourbon St., 504-519-9396; ozneworleans.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Best Strip Club<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Penthouse Club (727 Iberville St., 504-524-4354; penthouseclubneworleans.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2. Rick\u2019s\u202fCabaret\u202f(315 Bourbon St., 504-524-4222;\u202frickscabaretneworleans.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3. Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club (225 Bourbon St., 504-524-0010; neworleanshustlerclub.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n