French+Quarter+(including+Bourbon+Street+and+Preservation+Hall)


 * Bourbon Street** is a famous and historic street that runs the length of the [|French Quarter] in [|New Orleans, Louisiana].
 * Bourbon Street was named in honor of the [|House of Bourbon], the ruling French Royal Family, at the time of the city's founding.
 * Founded in 1718
 * The straight street continues downriver, southwest to northeast a few blocks from and roughly paralleling the [|Mississippi River], and comes to its terminus at Pauger.
 * The street is home to many bars, restaurants, [|strip clubs], as well as [|t-shirt] and souvenir shops.
 * The section of Bourbon Street from the intersection of St. Ann Street proceeding several blocks northeast caters to New Orleans' thriving [|gay community], featuring such clubs as New Orleans' largest gay nightclub,
 * The intersection of Bourbon Street and St. Ann Street is also the epicenter of [|Southern Decadence] [1], commonly referred to as the "Gay Mardi Gras"
 * The most popular festival is the annual [|Mardi Gras] celebration, when Bourbon Street teems with hundreds of thousands of tourists. Local [|open container laws] in the French Quarter allow drinking alcoholic beverages in the street in plastic containers
 * source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_Street**

**Preservation Hall** is a noted [|jazz] performance hall located at 726 St. Peter Street in the [|French Quarter] of [|New Orleans, Louisiana]. It hosts nightly concerts featuring a rotating roster of bands. The bands of Preservation Hall typically perform jazz in the [|New Orleans style]. The origins of musical performances at Preservation Hall go back to the start of the 1960s along with the opening of an art gallery run by local entrepreneur [|Larry Borenstein]. At that time, many older jazz musicians were employed only minimally. Borenstein arranged for some of them to play for tips there to help draw in potential customers to the gallery. More people began coming for the music than the art.

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This shows that New Orleans as an area was famous for its Jazz music as well as art. It has a rich and vibrant art and music scene since the beginning.

[1] **Southern Decadence** is a week-long, predominantly gay-male event held in New Orleans by the [|gay] community during Labor Day Weekend, climaxing with a parade through the [|French Quarter] on the Sunday before [|Labor Day].