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Top 10 Remarkable Facts about Bourbon Street, New Orleans

New Orleans, one of the oldest cities in America houses a street with rich history and amazing culture. Bourbon Street embodies the life of a party image and boasts culture and traditions. Street lights up with neon lights and loud exciting music welcoming party goers.

The historic street lies in the heart of the French Quarter extending thirteen blocks from Canal Street to Esplanade Avenue. Bourbon Street has made a name for itself as a party hub. But that鈥檚 not all the street has to offer, here are 10 remarkable facts about Bourbon Street

1. Bourbon Street isn鈥檛 named after the whiskey

Engineer Adrien de Pauger founded New Orleans in 1718. The royal engineer Adrien de Pauger designed the city’s street layout and named the streets after French royal houses and Catholic saints. He named the street named Rue Bourbon after France鈥檚 ruling family, the House of Bourbon.

It is said to have led to the naming of the famous bourbon whiskey. The whiskey originated in Kentucky with a different name. However, when the whiskey started being sold in New Orleans it developed quite the reputation. Its popularity on Bourbon Street led to people asking for that whiskey sold there which then adopted the name bourbon whiskey

2. The street has been a victim of fires a number of times

On Good Friday 1788 a fire raged through half of Rue Bourbon and much of the French Quarter, touching most of the buildings leaving a devastating aftermath. It became one of the most destructive events in the street鈥檚 history. However, in 1890 Mardi Gras Bourbon Street was ravaged by flames.

In addition, on February 16, 1892, a fire started in a store on Canal at Bourbon. The flames burned through Bourbon Street and engulfed half the block. By the next morning, both sides of the 100 block of Bourbon were reduced to smoldering embers. The damages exceeded 2 million dollars destroying more than 16 businesses.

3. It鈥檚 a jazz lovers鈥� paradise

Nestled in between the strip clubs, neon signs, and bars lies New Orleans鈥檚 oldest operating jazz found on Bourbon Street. Bourbon鈥檚 Fritzel is a European Jazz Club where traditional jazz and French gypsy jazz music is played every night of the week.  There are a lot of live brass bands performing on the street sidewalk.

Every night bourbon lights up and jazzy tunes coupled up with happy people and colorful lights. The likes of King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton are famous for their jazz performances at the clubs on Bourbon Street.

4. Street used to be residential for the middle and upper class in the 1800s

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Back in the 1800s, the streets of Bourbon were home to the elite, rich, and middle class of New Orleans. There were opera houses such as the French house of opera with performances from performances of Rossini鈥檚 Guillaume.

When Bourbon gained popularity as a party street the residential part slowly turned into caf茅s, restaurants, clubs, and shops. There are still parts of bourbon street closed off as residential where it is quieter and toned down.

5. Bourbon鈥檚 the place for Cajun creole food

The Street is not all neon lights, gigantic drinks, strip clubs, and loud music. All 13 blocks are home to some of the most amazing restaurants in the French quarter. Most of the food served in restaurants and caf茅s is influenced by Cajun creole. This came about due to the French and Spanish influences from when they colonized the area.

Some of the most sought dishes by food tourists and locals of New Orleans are oyster dishes, soups, chicken delicacies, and sweet desserts. Many tourists visit restaurants like the Galatoire鈥檚 33 Bar & Steak, Desire Oyster Bar and Remoulade among others.

6. Chris Owens Club is found on Bourbon Street

Chris Owens known as the queen of Bourbon Street earned the name for herself dancing burlesque and amazing dancing and performances. She was a French Quarter fixture and celebrity opening her first club in the 1960s. Tourists visiting Bourbon Street could not miss huge posters of her wearing costumes as they walked by her nightclub.

The Chris Owens club has been a go-to destination on the must-visit list on Bourbon Street. Moreover, Owens has hosted a yearly Easter Parade that continues to roll throughout the French Quarter. This has become a tradition for Bourbon Street bringing in a lot of tourists.

7. Marie Laveau鈥檚 house of voodoo is found on the street

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When you think of bourbon street you think of parties and good food but the history of Voodoo is also a popular topic. Voodoo queens and kings were spiritual and political figures of power in 1800s New Orleans and the most famous was Marie Laveau.

 In 1974, a song titled “Marie Laveau,” by country singer Bobby made it to the top spot of the U.S. Billboard Hot Country singles making her famous. Nearly 40 years later, she was again popularized with the success of American Horror Story: Coven. This brought in a lot of tourism to Bourbon Street.

You can find the famous Marie Laveau’s House of Voodoo on 628 Bourbon St where a wide variety of items on voodoo are sold. In addition, the shop also offers learning and practicing the religion. Some of the things found in the shop are Tribal masks, statues, Talismans, and charms. This is one of the tourists鈥� favorite voodoo shops in the whole French quarter.

8. Bourbon is the street to be on for pride month

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Every June the pride month, the New Orleans Pride parade and celebrations take place in the French Quarter. This is to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. The festival began in February 1971, when the newly formed Gay Liberation Front of New Orleans and has continued ever since.

Celebrations include parties throughout the French Quarter, with special events at bars on Bourbon Street. Bourbon Pub & Parade on 801 has won accolades such as 鈥淢ost Welcoming City鈥� from Gay Cities. The Street also boasts the oldest gay bar caf茅 Lafitte exile opened in 1933.

Bourbon remains a nightlife epicenter for the LGBTQ scene with the 鈥淟avender Line鈥� and Ann Street marking one of the country鈥檚 most fabled gay nightlife blocks.

9. It was among the first places in New Orleans to have electricity

By the end of the 19th century, New Orleans converted to electric lighting by installing a huge electric substation at 311 Bourbon Street. This made Bourbon Street the pioneer of electricity in the French Quarter.

Bourbon had the first air conditioning and TV in bars making them among the first commercial spaces to do so in the 1930s.

10. Bourbon Street has brought some of the finest musicians in the world

The reputable street was once the musical cradle of musicians like Louis Prima, Clarence 鈥淔rogman鈥� Henry, Al Hirt, Pete Fountain, Dr. John, and The Meters, among others. Artists such as King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton provided musical entertainment at bars and brothels.

 There you have it! 10 remarkable facts about New Orleans鈥� colorful and exciting Bourbon Street.