New Orleans' Preservation Hall was established in 1961 to honor one of America's truest art forms - Traditional New Orleans Jazz. Operating as a music …
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Apr 22, 2025
Highly highly recommend planning ahead to book tickets for a show at Preservation Hall. The venue is tiny with just a few seats, in addition to space for those with standing tickets, contributing to …Full review by Bbambini
Apr 11, 2025
While New Orleans is full of great live jazz music, this place really delivers. Small venue, but honestly it really helped with the vibe. This truly was the highlight of my trip. Highly recommend. Wo…Full review by Marina V
Mar 30, 2025
We had a blast! Cool, albeit very small, historic venue located near to Bourbon Street. Front row tickets were $50, while just “seated” tix were $40. Not sure what the price was for standing in th…Full review by sharrongeg
Hi, how is seating arrangement in this Covid time? Roughly how many people are in the audience? Do they required the audience to wear masks?
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They do require masks currently. And the seats are just old wooden benches without backs. They limit the number of people that can attend each concert but you are literally sitting …
They do require masks currently. And the seats are just old wooden benches without backs. They limit the number of people that can attend each concert but you are literally sitting right beside someone on a bench.
What is the difference when you get tickets when it says preservation all star or something like legacy band? Does anyone have an opinion on which is better to see?
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It looks like the all stars is the one I’ve seen both times. It is an authentic listen to jazz evening you won’t soon forget. Totally worth the $20 and more. I haven’t seen the walls talk but …
It looks like the all stars is the one I’ve seen both times. It is an authentic listen to jazz evening you won’t soon forget. Totally worth the $20 and more. I haven’t seen the walls talk but sounds like you get to hear the musicians talk about the music and their life some. That’s pretty cool but, my opinion is that it’s only 45 min so would rather hear the music.