New Orleans Literary, Art & Music Tours

We got the chance to learn about the amazing music NOLA has and where it all started. Our tour guide David did an amazing job!

Davis was knowledgeable and very enthusiastic about how different cultures influenced music in New Orleans, all the way back to the days of slavery and into the days of Louie Armstrong and beyond.

We had such a lovely time at Beanlandia! We loved learning about the history and community behind this space, and would definitely say it's a must-see when you go to NOLA.

Wow!! David has such a wealth of knowledge about music and history. He wove a wonderful account of how historical forces forged the evolution of American music. We highly recommend this tour!!!

This was such a magnificent and incredible experience! Our guide was so informed so knowledgeable has done so much research and provided so much information. It was overwhelming and beyond fascinating! He knew the history of the culture, the music, the people, the places everywhere we went and everything we engaged with was so interesting and he Provided so much knowledge about the history and center of New Orleans being a cultural beacon in the United States. this was one of the best tours I’ve ever been on. My friend and I were talking for days after the tour about how much fun it was and how special we felt just being the two of us getting to go on this amazing tour with this guy who knows so much. He’s working on a book. I can’t wait to read that when it is done and again I cannot thank him for the exceptional job he did and how wonderful he made our experience on this trip. I highly highly highly recommend this tour if you’re in New Orleans it’s a must do and want to thank you again for a magnificent job.

Fantastic tour covered so much music history of jazz and gospel and r and b Excellent information on how unique New Orleans is in America for its culture

David was an extremely knowledgeable tour guide! We were lucky enough to experience it one on one with him and he was charming and hilarious.

Our guide, David, was extremely knowledgeable, personable and engaging. Worth more than every penny.

Our tour guide, Mr David Higgins, was wonderful! Full of energy, very knowledgeable, and a musician himself with music in his family lineage. I learned so much in one hour! I 100% recommend.A few things I didn't expect: there was quite a bit of standing for long periods, although there were benches to sit nearby and we could have asked him to move. It began to rain one hour into the tour, we took cover in a nearby bar and he ended the tour there. I wish he would have stayed to chat until the rain ended and we continued on.

This tour was great!! David was very knowledgeable and a lot of fun! Would definitely recommend this tour to others!!

Great Tour, David was amazing and full of knowledge and History. We fully enjoyed even through the parade that was going on David kept us on track and never missed a beat. It's a must so much history in this tour.

Amazing guide and really informative, learnt a lot about New Orleans and the music scene from the 18th century until the 20th

Listening to the history of jazz and how music is integrated with food, culture, and dancing. Loved that my son was able to play piano with our wonderful tour guide.

David is very passionate about music. And a wealth of knowledge. He is very animated and fun to listen to.

Our tour guide was a fount of musical knowledge on New Orleans. He was engaging, personal, and had a wicked sense of humor. The only reason I gave my rating four stars instead of five was that we didn’t cover much physical territory. The tour mostly centered around Congo Square and Louis Armstrong Park.

Very informative, interesting, well presented. David Highins is a weakth of knowledge regarding New orleans music as well as all things New Orleans