Snug Harbor is a jazz club, bar, and restaurant on

Frenchmen Street Frenchmen Street is in the 7th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is best known for the three-block section in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood which since the 1980s has developed as the center of many popular live-music venues, including C ...

in the

Faubourg Marigny The Faubourg Marigny ( ; sometimes called The Marigny) is a Neighborhoods in New Orleans, neighborhood of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Its boundaries, as defined by the City Planning Commission, are Rampart Street, North R ...

section of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Overview

It has been described as "the classiest jazz club in New Orleans" by ''

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''Kinzer, Stephen.
Keeping the Beat in New Orleans
, ''

,'' published January 14, 2001, accessed January 3, 2008. and as a "musical landmark" by ''

Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. The magazine was first known fo ...

.''Mar, Alex.
New Orleans Artists Speak
,

, published September 2, 2005, accessed January 3, 2007. It features live performances by both noted local and touring national jazz performers. Regulars include

Charmaine Neville Charmaine Neville (born March 31, 1956) is a New Orleans-based jazz singer. Biography Raised Catholic, she is the daughter of Charles Neville of The Neville Brothers. She is the lead singer of the Charmaine Neville Band, a jazz and funk ba ...

, Ellis Marsalis, and

Irvin Mayfield Irvin Mayfield Jr. (born December 23, 1977) is an American trumpeter, composer, bandleader and educator. On November 3, 2021, Mayfield was sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding the New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans public librar ...

.Marcus, Frances Frank.
New Orleans: It's Nonstop Music
,

, published January 14, 1990, accessed January 3, 2008. The club was started by Glenn Menish in 1983 and later sold to George Brumat. Brumat owned the club until 2007, when he died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 63.Wiltz, Teresa.
Still Singing Those Post-Katrina Blues
,

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, published August 26, 2007, accessed January 3, 2008. Although the club was not flooded,

Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a powerful, devastating and historic tropical cyclone that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $125 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. ...

forced a temporary closing, which was noted as a significant blow to the jazz heritage of New Orleans.Reich, Howard.
New Orleans' jazz heritage threatened by Katrina
, ''

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,'' published September 2, 2005, accessed January 3, 2008. The club reopened October 14, 2005.Spera, Keith. "Not missing a beat - Diehard New Orleans music fans and the bands they love are making their way back onto the scene", ''

The Times-Picayune ''The Times-Picayune , The New Orleans Advocate'' (commonly called ''The Times-Picayune'' or the ''T-P'') is an American newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ancestral publications of other names date back to January 25, 1837. The cu ...

,'' published October 21, 2005.

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External links

Official site
Music venues in Louisiana Restaurants in New Orleans Faubourg Marigny Jazz clubs in the United States Jazz in Louisiana 1983 establishments in Louisiana {{louisiana-stub

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