Rent a Bus to Group's Guide to Bourbon Street & the French Quarter: The Complete Transportation Guide

Bourbon Street is exactly one block wide and barely a mile long — and on a Saturday night in New Orleans, it might be the hardest mile in America to navigate as a group. The cars are gone after 8 p.m., the crowds spill sidewalk-to-sidewalk, and if your party splits at the corner of St. Peter and Bourbon trying to decide between Pat O'Brien's or the next bar down, odds are you won't fully reassemble until 2 a.m. outside a daiquiri shop arguing about who has the rideshare app open. A New Orleans party bus rental solves the part everyone underestimates: getting the whole crew in, moving between neighborhoods, and getting everyone home at the same time without a caravan of confused cars circling blocks that are closed to traffic.

This guide covers what first-timers and even regulars miss — where a bus actually drops off near Bourbon Street (hint: it isn't on Bourbon Street), how the 8 p.m. vehicle closure works and what that means for your pickup, which neighborhoods the smart itineraries string together, and what the major event weekends do to every transportation option in the city. By the end, you'll know exactly how a New Orleans charter bus, party bus, or minibus fits into a French Quarter night and why it's the smarter call the moment your group grows past three or four cars' worth of people.

The French Quarter in Plain Terms: What the Map Actually Looks Like

Before you can plan a bus route in, it helps to understand what the French Quarter actually is — because the city doesn't explain it on arrival and the street grid surprises a lot of groups. The French Quarter, also called the Vieux Carré, sits in the bend of the Mississippi River between Canal Street to the northwest and Esplanade Avenue to the southeast. Rampart Street closes the inland side.

It's a grid of roughly 80 blocks, and most of the nightlife your group will care about runs along two parallel spines: Bourbon Street for the bars, clubs, and loud energy, and Royal Street one block over for galleries, cocktail lounges, and street performers.

Bourbon Street runs the full 13 blocks of the Quarter — from Canal Street at the tourist end all the way to Esplanade Avenue near Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar (941 Bourbon St.), one of the oldest bars in the country, lit entirely by candlelight. The first six blocks from Canal are where most of the nightlife concentrates: Pat O'Brien's (718 St. Peter St.), the Hand Grenade at Tropical Isle (721 Bourbon St.), Cat's Meow karaoke, and Razzoo Bar & Patio, which draws bachelorette groups specifically for its outdoor patio and live music. The blocks between St. Philip and Esplanade are quieter and residential — a detail worth knowing if someone in your group gives the bus a lower Bourbon address and wonders why it's so much calmer.

Just outside the Quarter's Esplanade edge, the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood begins — and that's where Frenchmen Street runs for about three blocks of dense live-music clubs: The Spotted Cat Music Club, d.b.a., Café Negril, and the Frenchmen Art Market. No cover charges, no velvet ropes, just brass bands and jazz spilling out of every door. The smartest New Orleans party bus itineraries start on Bourbon, then cross over to Frenchmen around midnight when the Quarter starts to feel crowded and Frenchmen comes alive.

That cross-neighborhood move is what a bus makes easy — and what a fleet of rideshares makes genuinely painful.

Where a Party Bus Drops Off Near Bourbon Street (The Part No One Explains)

Here is the piece that catches groups off guard: a charter bus, party bus, or minibus cannot drop passengers on Bourbon Street itself. The city closes Bourbon Street to all vehicles between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. every night — that's the standard nightly pedestrian closure. During major events like Mardi Gras weekends, French Quarter Fest, Southern Decadence, and New Year's Eve, the closure expands to cover surrounding blocks and extends to full-weekend enforcement with zero vehicle exceptions.

Any company that tells you they'll pull right up to Bourbon Street at 10 p.m. on a Saturday is going to leave your group sorting it out at a traffic barrier.

The right drop-off points are close, and the walk is genuinely short — this is not a hardship, just something to plan for. The two best options:

• Canal Street at Bourbon Street. Canal Street stays open to vehicles throughout the night and has a wide commercial curb lane. Your bus drops the group at the intersection of Canal and Bourbon — the exact top of Bourbon Street — and everyone walks directly in. It's a zero-block walk to the start of the nightlife strip. On event weekends when Canal is congested, Basin Street is a reliable alternate.
• Basin Street / Rampart Street side of the Quarter. For groups staying in the quarter or hitting the lower Bourbon blocks, the Rampart/Basin Street corridor on the inland side of the Quarter gives the bus a clean curbside drop and lets the group enter from the back side, avoiding the Canal Street tourist concentration at the top.

For the pickup end of the night, the same logic applies in reverse. Bourbon Street will still be pedestrian-only when your group wants to leave — rideshare apps will show surge pricing because every rideshare knows they can't pull down Bourbon, and every other group at last call is trying to book the same three cars at the same moment. Your party bus is pre-arranged: it waits at the agreed Canal Street or Basin Street curb, your coordinator sends a text when the group is walking out, and the bus is right there.

No hunting, no $40 surge, no half the group getting separated waiting on two different cars.

Getting the Group to Frenchmen Street: The Drop-Off That Actually Works

Frenchmen Street sits in the Faubourg Marigny, just past the Esplanade Avenue edge of the French Quarter. The distance from the bottom of Bourbon Street to the start of Frenchmen Street is about four blocks on foot — walkable on a nice night, less appealing after midnight in heels or if someone in the group has had a few Hurricanes. Moving a party of 20 or 30 people those four blocks, across Esplanade, and down Frenchmen without losing anyone is where individual rideshares fail repeatedly and a bus earns its keep.

The cleanest drop-off for Frenchmen Street is on Elysian Fields Avenue near Royal Street — the same corridor the city designated for rideshare pickup and drop-off zones in 2024 when Frenchmen Street traffic got bad enough that the city had to restructure it. Zone 1 is at 700 Elysian Fields Avenue next to Washington Square Park; Zone 2 is at 500 Elysian Fields Avenue near the Premium Parking lot. Either puts your group a half-block from the Frenchmen Street music strip.

A large charter bus won't fit in the rideshare-sized zones, but it can drop curbside on Elysian Fields itself, which is a wide arterial that stays open to traffic.

The other reason to bring the bus for a Bourbon-to-Frenchmen hop: the walk between them requires crossing Esplanade Avenue, which is a wide multi-lane street that isn't always well-lit in the late-night hours. Moving the group by bus takes four minutes and keeps everyone together at both ends. For bachelorette parties, birthday groups, and pub crawls where the headcount exceeds a dozen, the move between neighborhoods is the single point in the night where groups most commonly fragment — one bus cuts that problem out entirely.

Bourbon Street Transportation: Every Option Compared

New Orleans has more ways to get around than most cities its size, and every option has honest trade-offs. Here's how they stack up for a group heading to the French Quarter.

The honest read: for a solo traveler or a couple heading straight to Bourbon for a few hours and back, a rideshare or the Canal Street streetcar gets the job done for a few dollars. The moment your party grows to ten or more people, the cost-per-head math of splitting a bus among the group often comes out ahead of paying surge pricing at 1 a.m. to summon four separate rideshares — and that's before factoring in the coordination headache of herding everyone to separate pickup spots inside a pedestrian zone. A New Orleans party bus rental is the move the moment everyone needs to travel as a unit and you want everyone back at the hotel at the same time.

What Size Bus Does Your French Quarter Group Need?

The right vehicle comes down to headcount and what kind of night you're planning. A pub crawl group that wants the party to start on the bus is a different booking than a wedding party that needs a clean, quiet transfer from the hotel to a private event in the Quarter.

For a classic Bourbon Street bar crawl night — the kind where the route goes from Canal to Jackson Square to Frenchmen and back — a party bus in the 25-to-50 passenger range is the natural fit. The built-in bar means the group can keep drinks in hand between stops without paying bar prices at every transition, the LED lighting and sound system keep the energy from dropping during the short rides between neighborhoods, and no one has to worry about who is sober enough to drive. ADA-accessible vehicles are always available — just let us know ahead of your date and we'll arrange the right vehicle.

Party Bus Rental Prices for a French Quarter Night in New Orleans

New Orleans party bus rental prices run between $150 and $400 per hour depending on vehicle type, date, and how many hours you book. Smaller vehicles like a 14-passenger Sprinter limo come in at the lower end of that range; a 40-to-56 passenger charter bus for a convention group transfer books differently than a 30-passenger party bus for a five-hour bachelorette crawl. The factors that move your quote:

• Vehicle size and type. A party bus with onboard bar and LED package prices higher than a minibus of the same capacity.
• Total hours booked. Most French Quarter nights run four to six hours; a three-hour minimum is typical for party bus rentals.
• Date. Mardi Gras weekend, Jazz Fest, French Quarter Fest, and New Year's Eve all trigger peak demand — prices move, and availability goes fast.
• Number of stops. A single transfer from hotel to Bourbon Street prices differently than a five-stop bar crawl itinerary.

Here is the per-head math that settles it for most organizers. A party bus for 30 people running four hours might come to $1,000–$1,600 total. Split 30 ways, that's $33–$53 per person for the entire night's transportation — less than a single surge-priced rideshare home at 2 a.m. during Mardi Gras weekend, and it covers every move between neighborhoods on your itinerary.

The more people you have, the more decisive that math becomes.

Call 504-459-0899 any time for a free, all-inclusive price quote with no obligation. Our team can build a quote around your exact headcount, your itinerary, and your date in under 30 seconds — you'll know the price before you ever book.

Sample French Quarter Itineraries for Your Group

The best French Quarter itineraries are specific about timing because the neighborhood changes character block by block and hour by hour. A few frameworks groups use most often:

The Classic Bourbon-to-Frenchmen Night (4–5 hours)

Pickup at your hotel or short-term rental at 8 p.m. — right as Bourbon Street closes to vehicles, which means you're arriving just as the night starts. Drop at Canal Street and Bourbon for the top-of-the-strip entry. Work south down Bourbon through the core nightlife blocks: drinks at Tropical Isle for a Hand Grenade (721 Bourbon St.), Pat O'Brien's courtyard for a Hurricane (718 St. Peter St.), or Razzoo's patio if the group wants a bigger scene with live music.

Around midnight, the bus repositions and picks everyone up at the Canal/Bourbon corner for the short five-minute ride to Elysian Fields Avenue. The Frenchmen Street clubs — The Spotted Cat, d.b.a., Café Negril — run live sets until 2–3 a.m. and charge no cover. Return pickup on Elysian Fields at your agreed window.

Everyone back at the hotel together.

The Bachelorette Crawl Circuit (5–6 hours)

Start with dinner in the Garden District or Warehouse District, then let the bus run the group into the Quarter. Add a carriage tour stop at Jackson Square (the carriages board at 700 Decatur St. in front of the square) for photos before the bars get crowded. Then Bourbon Street for the core hours, followed by a late-night Frenchmen stop.

The bus means the bride's group travels as a unit the entire night — no waiting at intersections, no one getting separated, no drawing straws for who stays sober. The onboard bar means the party doesn't stop during the transitions.

The Convention Transfer (1–2 hours, repeated)

For corporate groups at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (900 Convention Center Blvd), the bus handles the Convention Center-to-Quarter loop cleanly. Drop at Canal Street and the group disperses into the Quarter; pickup at an agreed Canal Street curb at an agreed time. For convention groups of 50 or more, a full charter bus moves the entire delegation in a single trip — no renting a fleet of vans, no expense reimbursements, no stragglers missing the group pickup.

Major Events That Change Everything About Getting to the French Quarter

New Orleans runs on its event calendar, and a handful of dates every year turn the Quarter's transportation situation from "manageable" to "you should have planned months ago." These are the events where bus inventory sells out, rideshare surge pricing peaks, and street closures extend far beyond the normal 8 p.m. Bourbon barrier.

Mardi Gras — Fat Tuesday 2026: February 17

Mardi Gras is New Orleans' signature event and its most complex transportation weekend. Parade floats roll nearly every day from February 6 through February 17, 2026, and street closures follow every route — which means roads around the Quarter, the Central Business District, and Uptown shift daily. During the two busiest Carnival weekends, the city closes Bourbon Street from Canal to Dumaine around the clock (not just after 8 p.m.), and extends closures to the surrounding cross-streets: the 700–800 blocks of St. Ann, Orleans Avenue, St. Peter, Toulouse, St. Louis, Conti, Bienville, and Iberville are all vehicle-free from 5 p.m.

February 9 through 5 a.m. February 14. The RTA suspends the Canal Street and St. Charles streetcar lines starting February 12 and substitutes buses on those routes.

For charter bus and party bus groups, the approach routes to the Quarter shift daily during Carnival based on which parades are rolling. A group that books a bus for Mardi Gras week and assumes the normal Canal Street drop will work is going to encounter a closed street with no warning. Our team tracks the daily closure advisories and confirms the current approach route for your event date — because the closures are published in advance and we stay current on them.

Book Mardi Gras transportation by October or November at the latest. The right-size vehicles are claimed quickly once the parade schedule publishes, and last-minute bookings on Fat Tuesday itself face both premium pricing and near-zero availability across the entire New Orleans fleet.

French Quarter Festival — April 16–19, 2026

French Quarter Fest is the largest free music festival in the South — 302 performances across 20 stages spread through the Vieux Carré, with over 70 local food vendors and attendance that packs every block. For the 2025 festival, road closures ran Wednesday through Monday: Bourbon Street from Canal to Dumaine, Royal Street from Conti to St. Peter, and Decatur Street from Conti to St. Peter were all closed to vehicles, with no-parking zones enforced from Thursday noon through Monday 1 a.m. The 2026 festival runs the same pattern.

St. Peter Street serves as the main vehicle access corridor for residential and essential traffic during the event, and the RTA ferry runs from Algiers Point directly to the festival area on the riverfront.

For groups attending French Quarter Fest, a charter bus drop at Canal Street before the closure zone is the cleanest entry. There is no practical driving solution that gets a group curbside on Bourbon or Royal during this event — the closures are enforced and the parking zones around the festival are empty by design. Review the City of New Orleans traffic advisory for the 2025 event to understand how the closure pattern works; expect 2026 to follow the same model.

Book group transportation for French Quarter Fest by January — spring festival season in New Orleans fills charter inventory across the city.

Jazz Fest — April 23–May 3, 2026

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival runs two weekends at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots (1751 Gentilly Blvd.), about 2.5 miles from the Quarter. Charter buses and oversized vehicles cannot park or unload at the Fair Grounds itself — there is no on-site drop-off for oversized vehicles at the venue. The official Jazz Fest Express shuttle picks up from the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (500 Canal St.), the Steamboat NATCHEZ Dock (400 Toulouse St.) in the French Quarter, and the Hyatt Regency (601 Loyola Ave.), with round-trip tickets at $29 per person per day.

A charter bus can bring your group to any of those pickup locations and drop them at the shuttle hub — combining a private group transfer to the Quarter or CBD with the official shuttle for the final leg to the Fair Grounds.

For groups wanting door-to-door service to Jazz Fest without the shuttle transfer, a minibus or charter bus that drops near the Fair Grounds' outer perimeter and arranges a timed return pickup is the practical private alternative. The surrounding neighborhood parking near the Fair Grounds is entirely resident-permit-only — there is no street parking available for visitors. Jazz Fest weekend transportation books 3–4 months in advance.

The combination of Jazz Fest at the Fair Grounds and the ongoing French Quarter nightlife scene means New Orleans vehicle supply gets thin across both April weekends.

Southern Decadence — Late August / Labor Day Weekend

Southern Decadence draws an estimated 200,000 attendees to the French Quarter over Labor Day weekend, concentrated heavily in the lower Bourbon Street blocks between St. Philip and Esplanade. The parade route runs through the Quarter on Sunday and Monday. Vehicle access follows the same pedestrian-closure pattern as other major events, with NOPD-enforced restrictions.

For groups attending, a party bus with a fixed Canal Street drop and pre-arranged pickup window is the only transportation plan that actually works — rideshare wait times after the parade on Sunday can stretch to 45 minutes or longer as every Uber and Lyft in the city is working the same pickup zone.

New Year's Eve and Sugar Bowl — December 31 / January 1

New Year's Eve turns all of Bourbon Street from Canal to Dumaine into a pedestrian-only corridor from sunset through sunrise — zero vehicle exceptions. The Allstate Sugar Bowl at Caesars Superdome (1500 Sugar Bowl Drive) falls on January 1 every year. Charter bus drop-off at the Superdome uses the designated curbside zone on Poydras Street under the ramp, with rideshare zones on Poydras between Clara and Loyola.

Groups combining a French Quarter New Year's Eve with a Sugar Bowl game the next morning are the reason hotel and transportation blocks for this period sell out by September. A charter bus handles both events on one booking — French Quarter drop on New Year's Eve and Superdome transfer the next morning — which is significantly simpler than rebooking separate vehicles for back-to-back days of citywide events.

A Real Group Night Example

To put the logistics in concrete terms, here's how a typical bachelorette party night runs with a party bus in New Orleans. A group of 22 friends books a 25-passenger party bus for six hours. Pickup at 7:45 p.m. from a vacation rental in the Garden District.

Bus arrives with the bar stocked, the LED lights running, and the playlist the bride sent over already going. Fifteen-minute ride to Canal Street and Bourbon — bus drops the group at the corner at 8:00 p.m., right as the pedestrian closure goes into effect, putting the entire group at the absolute start of Bourbon Street with zero walk. The group works through the core Bourbon blocks for two hours.

At 10:15 p.m., the coordinator calls the bus back to the Canal Street drop corner. Five-minute ride to Elysian Fields Avenue and the group walks into the Frenchmen Street music clubs. Two hours of live jazz and brass bands with no cover charge.

At 12:45 a.m., the bus picks everyone up on Elysian Fields and runs back to the Garden District vacation rental. Total six-hour rental: one flat quote, one vehicle, zero surge pricing, zero lost members of the party.

Tips for Getting Around the French Quarter With a Group

A few things every group coordinator should know before the night starts:

• Bourbon Street is closed to vehicles by 8 p.m. every night — confirm the current hours before your date. The French Quarter Management District and NOPD publish event-specific closure expansions. During French Quarter Fest, Mardi Gras, Southern Decadence, and New Year's Eve, the closures extend to surrounding streets and run around the clock. Your bus coordinator confirms the current approach route for your specific date.
• Parking in the French Quarter is aggressively restricted. Most non-metered spots are two-hour limited from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and the City of New Orleans uses 29 different types of parking signs in the Quarter — often stacked in combinations that confuse even locals. Only about two-thirds of all spaces in the Quarter are available for public use. None of this matters to your group if the bus drops and picks you up at the curb.
• Frenchmen Street got rideshare pickup zones in 2024 for a reason. The street was getting so congested with cars trying to pick up and drop off that the city formalized zones on Elysian Fields Avenue. A bus using the same Elysian Fields approach is working with that infrastructure, not against it.
• The Canal Street streetcar stops running during Mardi Gras weekends and is replaced by a bus substitute — but that substitute runs on city transit timing, not your group's timing. It cannot move 30 people from the Marigny to the Garden District at 1 a.m. in a single vehicle. A private bus can.
• Jackson Square and the Moonwalk riverfront area are open to pedestrians only along the riverfront side — buses drop on Decatur Street (the closest vehicle access) and the group walks the half-block to the square. Royal Carriages boards at 700 Decatur St. for carriage tours if your group wants that addition to the itinerary.

How to Book Your New Orleans French Quarter Party Bus

Booking is straightforward when you have the right information ready:

1. Know your headcount and your date. These two numbers determine which vehicles in our network are available and what your quote will be. For Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, and French Quarter Fest dates, book the moment you know you're going — not after you've confirmed your hotel.
2. Have a rough itinerary. You don't need a minute-by-minute plan, but knowing whether you're doing a two-stop night or a five-neighborhood crawl helps match the right vehicle and block the right number of hours.
3. Tell us the event context. Mardi Gras weekend, French Quarter Fest, New Year's Eve — these dates change the approach route and the pickup logistics. We confirm the current closure plan for your date when you book so you're not discovering a closed street on the night.

Call 504-459-0899 any time — our team is available 24/7/365 and will give you a free, all-inclusive price quote in under 30 seconds. Or use our online quote tool for instant availability. We'll match you with the right vehicle for your group size and lock in the date so you're not scrambling for a bus two weeks before Mardi Gras.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can a party bus or charter bus drive on Bourbon Street?

No. Bourbon Street closes to all vehicles between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. nightly, with closures expanding to surrounding blocks and running around the clock during major events like Mardi Gras weekend, French Quarter Fest, Southern Decadence, and New Year's Eve. The standard drop-off is at Canal Street and Bourbon — the top of the pedestrian strip — which puts your group at a zero-block walk from the start of the nightlife. Your bus coordinates the exact approach route based on your date and any event-specific closures that are in effect.

Where does the bus pick everyone up after a night on Bourbon Street?

Same place it dropped everyone off — Canal Street and Bourbon, or Basin Street on the Quarter's inland side, depending on which approach your bus used and what event conditions are in effect. You confirm the pickup window with your bus coordinator before the group enters the Quarter, so the bus is waiting at the curb at the right time. This is especially important during major events when rideshare surge pricing spikes at last call — your pre-arranged bus is already there, for the flat price you were quoted.

How far is Frenchmen Street from Bourbon Street, and can the bus take us between the two?

Frenchmen Street is about four blocks past the Esplanade Avenue end of Bourbon Street — a walkable distance, but not one that's pleasant for a large group after midnight. A party bus moves the whole group from Bourbon to Frenchmen in about five minutes, dropping on Elysian Fields Avenue near Royal Street, which is steps from the live-music clubs. That move between neighborhoods is one of the most common multi-stop patterns a New Orleans party bus rental handles, and it's the part that consistently breaks down when groups try to do it with separate rideshares.

How much does a party bus rental in New Orleans cost?

New Orleans party bus rental prices typically run $150 to $400 per hour depending on vehicle size, amenities, and the date. A 25-passenger party bus for a five-hour bachelorette crawl and a 40-passenger charter bus for a single convention transfer price differently. The best way to get an accurate quote is to call 504-459-0899 with your headcount, date, and rough itinerary — we give you a transparent, all-inclusive number in under 30 seconds with no hidden costs.

When should I book for Mardi Gras?

By October or November at the latest for Fat Tuesday (February 17, 2026) and the two preceding Carnival weekends. The New Orleans vehicle supply for Mardi Gras weekend is genuinely finite, and the right-size party buses and charter buses for large groups are the first to book out. Waiting until January means premium pricing and near-zero availability in the vehicle categories most groups want for a Carnival night.

Can the bus wait for us while we're in the bars?

Yes — the bus is reserved as a block of hours, so it can wait nearby during your time in the Quarter and come back to the drop point at the agreed time. For bar crawl nights, most groups agree on a window pickup time in advance (say, 1 a.m. at Canal and Bourbon) and the bus is there when the coordinator calls. This is significantly more reliable than trying to summon a rideshare from inside a pedestrian-closed zone at 1 a.m. on a Saturday.

Does the bus work for a convention group at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center?

Absolutely. The Convention Center (900 Convention Center Blvd) sits on the riverfront in the Warehouse District, about a mile from the bottom of Bourbon Street — a five-to-ten minute bus ride. A charter bus handles the Convention Center-to-Quarter transfer cleanly, dropping at Canal Street.

For convention groups of 50 or more, a full 56-passenger charter bus moves the entire delegation in one vehicle. Our team coordinates the timing so the bus is waiting at the Convention Center curb when your session ends.

Is there parking near the French Quarter if we drive ourselves?

Very limited, and aggressively enforced. The French Quarter has complex parking restrictions — 29 different sign types according to a city study — and most non-metered spaces within the Quarter are limited to two hours between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Night parking near the Quarter is available in paid garages near Canal Street and on the outskirts of the neighborhood, but rates spike during events and there's no driving on Bourbon itself after 8 p.m.

For any group of ten or more, the combination of parking costs, restricted access, and the who-stays-sober problem makes a party bus the cleaner financial and logistical answer.

Book Your New Orleans French Quarter Party Bus Today

The French Quarter runs on its own schedule, and the groups that have the best nights are the ones with a vehicle — and a plan — that matches it. Whether it's a bachelorette bar crawl from Bourbon to Frenchmen Street, a convention transfer from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to the Quarter, a Mardi Gras weekend trip that needs a pre-confirmed approach route, or a Jazz Fest group that wants one coordinated ride in and out, New Orleans Party Bus has the right vehicle and the logistics knowledge to make it work. Call 504-459-0899 any time for a free, all-inclusive price quote — or use our online tool for instant availability.

Let's get your group moving through the Crescent City together.