Dew Drop Inn

Once known as “the South’s swankiest spot”, the Dew Drop Inn is a legendary New Orleans landmark and one of the most culturally significant music venues in the United States. Host to iconic Black musicians of the 50’s and 60’s like Ray Charles, Little Richard, Irma Thomas, and Fats Domino, the venue served as an incubator for the birth of a new sound, Rock ‘n Roll.

But the Dew Drop Inn was more than just a music venue. It was a place where artists played, lived, and recorded, operating as a hotel, a restaurant, nightclub, and a barbershop as well. The diverse business was a testament to the enterprising spirit of Black entrepreneurs amid Jim Crow segregation and was featured in the “Negro Motorist Green Book”, which listed safe ports of call for Black travelers.

Today, the Dew Drop Inn is poised for an exciting revival, reimagined as a destination that blends a historic music venue, a stylish hotel, and a vibrant pool club, inviting visitors to experience the magic that happens when the past and the present harmonize.