Experience New Orleans History, Music & Culture with 2nd Line Tours
Guided plantation, museum, and music tours departing from New Orleans, Louisiana — Whitney Plantation, Oak Alley, Laura Plantation, Soul of New Orleans, and celebrity music routes.
Featured Tours & Experiences
Plantation visits, cultural city tours, celebrity & music routes across New Orleans and the Historic River Road.
About 2nd Line Tours
2nd Line Tours is a New Orleans, Louisiana–based tour operator that offers guided experiences focused on the region's plantation history, Black heritage, music, and popular culture. The company presents a range of tours that visit historic sites and museums, including Laura Plantation, Oak Alley Plantation, and the Whitney Plantation, and pairs those visits with urban cultural and music-focused itineraries such as The Soul of New Orleans, Celebrity tours, and the Nola Celebrity & Music Tour.
Tours vary from short city outings to extended day trips; offerings include 2.5-hour, 3.5-hour, 4.5-hour, and 8.5-hour itineraries that combine plantation visits with urban tours. Several combo tours link plantation sites with New Orleans culture to illuminate the lasting impact of slavery, the origins of jazz and Voodoo, and the city’s civil rights history. The Whitney Plantation option highlights the only Louisiana museum dedicated specifically to the voices of the enslaved, while Oak Alley and Laura Plantations present preserved grounds and historic narratives.
Descriptions emphasize education and reflection alongside cultural celebration, connecting rural history to contemporary music and film locations, including notable sites tied to Cash Money Records. 2nd Line Tours’ curated itineraries offer factual, site-based exploration across the Historical River Road and within New Orleans neighborhoods. Based in New Orleans, the operator provides easily reachable departures for visitors seeking historically grounded, culturally rich tours.
Many itineraries include museum visits, plantation grounds, urban neighborhoods, film locations and music sites across greater New Orleans and the Historical River Road corridor, providing layered context for visitors from afar.
Reserve a Tour with 2nd Line Tours Today
Check availability for Oak Alley, Whitney, Laura Plantation, Soul of New Orleans, and celebrity music tours — secure a spot on curated cultural and music itineraries departing New Orleans.