Best of New Orleans 2022: Entertainment | Best of New Orleans

Finest Reside Venue (Giant)

1. Tipitina (501 Napoleon Avenue, 504-895-8477, tipitinas.com)

2. Home of Blues (225 Decatur St., 504-310-4999; houseofblues.com/neworleans)

3. Fillmore (6 Canal St., 504-881-1555; fillmorenola.com)

Finest Reside Music Venue (Small)

1. maple leaf bar (8316 Oak Road, 504-866-9359; mapleleafbar.com)

2. Gasagasa (4920 Freret St., 504-571-5522; fb.com/gasagasaonfreret)

3. dba (618 Frenchmen St., 504-942-3731; dbaneworleans.com)

one of the best on line casino

1. Harrah’s New Orleans (8 Canal Road, 800-427-7247; caesars.com/harrahs-new-orleans)

2. Boomtown On line casino (4132 Peters Highway, Harvey, 504-366-7711;boomtownneworleans.com)

3. Treasure Chest On line casino (5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 504-443-8000, treasurechest.com)

greatest escape room

1. Crew Carré (830 Union St.; 2712 Athania Pkwy., Metairie; 6930 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Kenner; 504-667-2583; Cluecarre.com)

2. Escape My Room (633 Constance Road, 504-475-7580, escapemyroom.com)

3. The Escape Recreation New Orleans (233 N. Peters St., 504-608-3499; theescapegame.com)

greatest pageant

1. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Competition (nojazzfest.com)

2. French Quarter Competition (frenchquarterfest.org)

3. Midcity Bayou Boogaloo (thebayouboogaloo.com)

Finest Mardi Gras Parade

1. muse (kreweofmuses.org)

2. Endymion (endymion.org)

3. Iris (kreweofiris.org) (TIE)

3. Tux (kreweoftucks.com) (TIE)

Finest regionally owned cinema

1. Prytania (5339 Prytania St., 504-891-2787, theprytania.com; 333 Canal St., third Flooring, 504-290-2658, prytaniacanalplace.com)

2. The Broad Theater (636 N. Broad St., 504-218-1008; thebroadtheater.com)

3. Zeitgeist Theater & Lounge (6621 St. Claude Ave., Arabi, 504-352-1150; zeitgeistnola.org)

Finest outside reside music venues

1. broadside (600 N. Broad St., 504-218-1008, broadsidenola.com)

2. Bacchanal (600 Poland Avenue, 504-948-9111; bacchanalwine.com)

3. Champions Sq. (504-587-3663; Champions-square.com)

Excellent spot to see burlesque

1. All the time Lounge & Cabaret (2240 ​​St. Claude Ave.; theallwayslounge.web)

2. Home of Blues (225 Decatur St., 504-310-4999; houseofblues.com/neworleans)

3. The Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Resort, 300 Bourbon St, 504-553-2299; sonesta.com/jazzplayhouse)

Excellent spot to see drag

1. Nation membership (634 Louisa St., 504-945-0742; thecountryclubneworleans.com)

2. All the time Lounge & Cabaret (2240 ​​St. Claude Ave.; theallwayslounge.web)

3. Home of Blues (225 Decatur St., 504-310-4999; houseofblues.com/neworleans)

greatest strip membership

1. penthouse membership (727 Iberville St., 504-524-4354; penthouseclubneworleans.com)

2. Rick’s Cabaret (315 Bourbon St., 504-524-4222; rickscabaretneworleans.com)

3. Larry Flynt’s Hustler Membership (225 Bourbon St., 504-524-0010; neworleanshustlerclub.com)

greatest tremendous sundae

1. uptown

2. Downtown

3. West Financial institution

the funniest politician

1. Latoya Cantrell

2. John Neely Kennedy

3. Billy Nungesser

Finest Native Music Artist/Band

1. revivalist (therevivalists.com)

2. Tank and Bangas (tankandthebangas.com)

3. Sweetcrude (sweetcrudeband.com)

Finest Native Theater Firm

1. Le Petit Theater (616 St. Peter St., 504-522-2081; lepetittheatre.com)

2. NOLA Challenge (nolaproject.com)

3. Tennessee Williams Theater Firm, New Orleans (twtheatrenola.com)

greatest marching group

1. 610 Stomper (610stompers.com)

2. St. Augustine Excessive College (2600 AP Tureaud Ave., 504-944-2424; staugnola.org)

3. Amelia Earhortes (aecabinkrewe.com)

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