The Spotted Cat Music Club

A row of colorful, narrow wooden buildings lines this stretch of Frenchmen Street, but the Spotted Cat Music Club stands out by its front door. The entrance is almost always wide open, spilling the sounds of a brass band or a jazz quartet directly onto the sidewalk. What started as a local neighborhood grocery store transitioned into a music venue in the nineties. It remains a room where musicians perform inches away from the audience, keeping the intimacy of a living room concert.