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

Best Live Venue (Large)

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

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

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

Best Live Music Venue (Small)

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

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

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

the best casino

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

2. Boomtown Casino (4132 Peters Road, Harvey, 504-366-7711;boomtownneworleans.com)

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

best 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 Street, 504-475-7580, escapemyroom.com)

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

best festival

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

2. French Quarter Festival (frenchquarterfest.org)

3. Midcity Bayou Boogaloo (thebayouboogaloo.com)

Best Mardi Gras Parade

1. muse (kreweofmuses.org)

2. Endymion (endymion.org)

3. Iris (kreweofiris.org) (TIE)

3. Tux (kreweoftucks.com) (TIE)

Best locally owned cinema

1. Prytania (5339 Prytania St., 504-891-2787, theprytania.com; 333 Canal St., 3rd Floor, 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)

Best outdoor live 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 Square (504-587-3663; Champions-square.com)

Great place to see burlesque

1. Always Lounge & Cabaret (2240 ​​St. Claude Ave.; theallwayslounge.net)

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

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

Great place to see drag

1. Country club (634 Louisa St., 504-945-0742; thecountryclubneworleans.com)

2. Always Lounge & Cabaret (2240 ​​St. Claude Ave.; theallwayslounge.net)

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

best strip club

1. penthouse club (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 Club (225 Bourbon St., 504-524-0010; neworleanshustlerclub.com)

best super sundae

1. uptown

2. Downtown

3. West Bank

the funniest politician

1. Latoya Cantrell

2. John Neely Kennedy

3. Billy Nungesser

Best Local Music Artist/Band

1. revivalist (therevivalists.com)

2. Tank and Bangas (tankandthebangas.com)

3. Sweetcrude (sweetcrudeband.com)

Best Local Theater Company

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

2. NOLA Project (nolaproject.com)

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

best marching group

1. 610 Stomper (610stompers.com)

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

3. Amelia Earhortes (aecabinkrewe.com)

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