http://new.orleans.nightguide.com

http://www.satchmo.com/nolavl/concerts.html

http://www.offbeat.com/new-orleans-concert-listings/

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar

http://www.neworleansonline.com/calendar/

My daughter goes to school there; I've been there a few times. Copy of an email I recently sent to a friend if it helps

Live Music Venues (Inexpensive) that she has been to and are popular. Burbon street has tons of music bars but they are very amateurish

http://bluenilelive.com/

http://www.tipitinas.com/

and other stuff

Preservation Hall is either a music museum or musaleum depending on how you look at it - but obviously the last word on DIxieland

List of Jazz Brunches - "Court of Two Sisters" is highly touted; but you probably could do more youthful/less expensive

We've been to a lot of the Traditional/Fancy restaurants. If you are going to splurge Emeril's restaurant NOLA in the French Quarter had excelle nt food - more of a Soho feel than an old folks feel - and was funkier.

In the French Market is a little seafood stand (and an oyster bar right across from it) that has great food and is relatively inexpensive. Hopefully Crawfish in season but probably too early)

https://www.google.com/#q=French+Market+New+Orleans,+LA&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDQy0Hm5SQhZmBubmhhaWJhZGxkaG5oZmlEhYxC0YvttzEouzUkiDuvNRyhfyinNTEvOIoIYigApLYIUZVgwoLMyODRBNTkyQjQ0MLIzNTK4OKlCQDM9OkVAvTVCOjFOMkk6TZRxmnL5fVM2wMOZZ3ZKer0K8nswFI-_VkmgAAAA&rlst=n&tbs=lf:1

Everyone gets coffee/bignets in Cafe Dumond. If you like it fine - more of a must see/toursist trap if you don't

the next place i haven't eaten at but is on my to do list. A little bit less expensive/less fancy that the top tier of restaurants. supposedly excellent

http://www.cafeamelie.com/

and for Jazz in a fancier club (more expensive but just one drink is I believe all you need to get) for a nightcap in a more formal setting

http://www.sonesta.com/royalneworleans/?fa=restaurant2.home

hope that covers some bases