LGBTQ+ Bars in New Orleans, Louisiana

Explore New Orleans’ LGBTQ+ Bar Scene

The line between gay and straight bars is a blurry one in New Orleans, a place where diversity is a given and differences of perspective are celebrated in festivals like Pride. There are lively dance clubs, as well as neighborhood Cheers-style watering holes. There are gay and gay-friendly bars all over town, but the most famous are in the French Quarter on a stretch of St. Ann Street that bisects Bourbon – including Café Lafitte’s in Exile, legendary as the oldest continuously operating gay bar in the United States.

Though New Orleans has no lesbian bars, all of the gay bars below will welcome you. There are a few lesbian pop-ups, like Her Haus and Grrl Spot, which operate loosely on a monthly basis. At Palm&Pine, check out The Soiled Dove: PopUp Lesbian Bar every third Thursday at 10 p.m. See our Queer Woman's Guide to New Orleans here.

For a more sit-down experience, enjoy dining at queer-owned restaurants. For a list of queer-owned businesses, see here.