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Your tour starts on the Mississippi River, where F. S. Armitage shot films for the Biograph Company as early as 1898, and which serves as the setting of unforgettable scenes from many movies, including Elia Kazan’s PANIC IN THE STREETS and Tony Scott’s DEJA VU, a film which was instrumental to New Orleans’ post-Hurricane Katrina rebirth.

Delve further into the roots of film at the site where movies found their earliest audience, Vitascope Hall, the world’s first permanent, purpose-built movie theater.

Visit the majestic old movie palaces along Canal Street such as the Saenger which hosted the premiers of THE BUCCANEER (1938) and THE CINCINNATI (1965), as well as The Orpheum which premiered Marlena Dietrich’s THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS (1941).

Proceed to St. Louis Cemetery #1, site of a notorious scene from EASY RIDER, and on to the French Quarter, home to multiple film sites, including JEZEBEL, KING CREOLE, THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED, LIVE AND LET DIE, WILD AT HEART, DOUBLE JEOPARDY, RUNAWAY JURY, THE PELICAN BRIEF, JFK, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, RAY, and TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE.

Learn about South Louisiana’s currently thriving film industry and which movies are in production at the moment.

Aside from being a published author and produced playwright, tour guide Rob Florence is also an award-winning filmmaker. His documentary ZACK AND ADDIE’s honors include: Best Documentary Feature / Amsterdam Film Festival (Van Gogh Award); Royal Reel Winner / Canada International Film Festival Documentary Feature Competition; Best Documentary Feature / U.K. Film Festival; Best Editing of a Documentary / Madrid International Film Festival; and Best Director of a Documentary Feature / St. Tropez International Film Festival. Rob is also an actor who, among other roles, had a speaking part in the Academy-Award nominated THE BIG SHORT, and shot two scenes with Sean Penn in ALL THE KINGS MEN. Rob is currently working on a documentary about Cosimo Matassa’s recording studios.

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Great Tour Jane was our tour guide and having majored in history in school, she was very knowledgeable and informative. Provided historical and current data on the French Quarter. Had a very nice time as a first timer to New Orleans. - Fred K

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Movie and TV Show Tour of New Orleans

• Licensed tour guide
• 2-hour walking tour of New Orleans movie and TV sites
• Entry/Admission - New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
• Entry/Admission - Old Ursuline Convent Museum
• Entry/Admission - Lalaurie Mansion
• Entry/Admission - Starling Magickal Occult Shop
• Entry/Admission - Madame John's Legacy
• Entry/Admission - Boutique du Vampyre
• 400 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA We meet on the steps of the Louisiana Supreme Court, across the street from Brennan's.
• Pirates Alley, Pirates Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA
• Wheelchair accessible
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• Confirmation will be received at time of booking
• Most travelers can participate
• Is this a walking tour? No.
• Not recommended for travelers who cannot walk long distances.
• This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
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• Jackson Square
• Old Ursuline Convent Museum
• New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
• Madame John's Legacy
• Lalaurie Mansion
• You'll start at 400 Royal St 400 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA We meet on the steps of the Louisiana Supreme Court, across the street from Brennan's. See address & details
• 1 New Orleans Pharmacy Museum Stop: 15 minutes - Admission excluded See details
• 2 Jackson Square Stop: 30 minutes See details
• 3 Voodoo Authentica Stop: 10 minutes See details
• 4 Old Ursuline Convent Museum Stop: 5 minutes - Admission excluded See details
• 5 Lalaurie Mansion Stop: 10 minutes - Admission excluded See details
• 6 Starling Magickal Occult Shop Stop: 5 minutes - Admission excluded See details
• 7 Madame John's Legacy Stop: 10 minutes - Admission excluded See details
• 8 Boutique du Vampyre Stop: 10 minutes - Admission excluded See details
• 9 Pirate's Alley Cafe Stop: 10 minutes See details
• You'll end at Pirates Alley Pirates Alley, Pirates Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA See address & details

• NicoleL5309 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles 2 hour tour with Trevor was EXCEPTIONAL! My best friend and I participated in a tv/film location tour with Trevor yesterday, and it was absolutely PHENOMENAL! Trevor was a wealth of knowledge, super personable and exceeded all expectations. It was a great way to see the French Quarter, and also get some neat info on where to see different locations in tv and film. Highly suggest to anyone thinking of booking!! Read more Written October 24, 2023
• terryfR5653OD 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Great unique tour! Included a lot of French quarter history, knows his stuff. Definitely recommend! Great unique tour! Included a lot of French quarter history, knows his stuff. Loved the break in between with a local bar stop over. Age and family appropriate! Read more Written September 17, 2022

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New Orleans Movie & TV Site Tour

Many movies and shows have been filmed here. Visit the actual sites and hear the documented stories from licensed and knowledgeable tour guides.

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You will visit the actual locations of many things filmed here in New Orleans.

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Movie and TV Site Tour!

Not all walking tours are Ghost Tours!  Countless movies, commercials, TV shows and more have been filmed here over the years. This 2 hour walking tour will take you to those places and hear stories from behind the scenes.  If you have a particular story you wonder about be sure to ask your knowledgeable Tour Guide!

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New Orleans Film, TV, + Book Locations Tour

This blog post offers a route for exploring French Quarter locations that were key to films, TV shows, and books set in New Orleans.

It’s a companion to our video tour (click the image below to watch) on the same subject, but you can also use this page during an in-person visit to discover these sites on your own.

The route covers several parts of the French Quarter and a small portion of the Marigny, an adjoining neighborhood.

The walk begins in Jackson Square in the center of the French Quarter. Begin by standing in front of St. Louis Cathedral, looking away from the church and toward the Andrew Jackson statue.

Jackson Square itself is home to many shoots, including moments from NCIS: New Orleans and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Turn left and walk to the corner of the Square; you’ll be at the intersection of St. Ann and Chartres Streets.

The block of Chartres straight ahead of you was the location of a memorable moment from James Bond: Live and Let Die.

It featured a jazz funeral, one of New Orleans’s traditional processions with a marching band leading the way from the church to the gravesite with dirge music.

The film also featured less traditional Louisiana moments, like crossing a body of water by using alligators as stepping stones. (We Louisianians leave such feats to the British.)

Turn left onto St. Ann and proceed straight ahead. Cross Royal Street; on the next block, watch on the right for an innocuous archway in a brick wall.

This gateway is one of the most frequently shot locations in NCIS: New Orleans, where it serves as the entryway to the NCIS headquarters.

(The interior of the HQ is shot on a sound stage in another part of town.) NCIS uses locations all over the city, and we’ll pass another in the course of the walk.

Turn around and return to the intersection of St. Ann and Royal Streets and turn left onto Royal Street. At the end of the block, at the intersection with Dumaine, you’ll see a large brick building on the left.

This building is a major element of the show The Originals – the main characters spend a season fighting for control of it.

Like NCIS, The Originals shoots its interiors elsewhere, but unlike NCIS, that elsewhere is much further away – in Atlanta.

Even exteriors are mostly shot there, on sets built to look like French Quarter streets.

Turn right onto Dumaine Street. On the right, you’ll see a wide building with a ground floor of white brick and an upper of green-painted wood. 

This is one of many sites featured in Interview with the Vampire, the coffin scene .

This film and the novel it was based on, written by Anne Rice, introduced the world to the idea that New Orleans was crawling with vampires and set the stage for other locally-set vampire sagas like The Originals and True Blood.

The house is called Madame John’s Legacy, a name it gets from a short story by 19 th -century writer George Washington Cable.

Cable played an early role in defining perceptions of New Orleans among readers from other parts of the United States.

His works were influential enough that this house was named for one of them – not because it had anything directly to do with Cable’s work, but because it looked like a house featured in one of his stories and provided a visual reference for tourists.

The building was also used in 12 Years a Slave , a film we’ll revisit further along the walk.

Go back to Royal Street and turn right. Continue a block and cross St. Philip Street.  On the next block, look on the right for a two-story townhouse with iron railings, 1018 Royal Street.

This building played the part of Elvis Presley’s home in King Creole, his favorite of the films he made.

The neighborhood had an effect on him – he was one of many rock musicians whose style paid tribute to early recordings by Fats Domino, recorded on the edge of the French Quarter.

And he and the film had an effect on the neighborhood, too – while Bourbon Street used to be a jazz corridor, Elvis and King Creole helped set an expectation for rock and roll that the street fulfills to this day.

Continue along Royal Street, crossing Ursulines Street. On the block that follows, watch on the right for the Gallier House at 1132 Royal.

You may see a sign with the name of the house hanging at 1128 Royal, next door; this building houses the box office for touring this historic home.

The property was featured in American Horror Story: Coven as the home of Delphine LaLaurie, one of the French Quarter’s most infamous 19 th -century residents.

Today, ghost tours regularly tell her story, congregating around the last house on this block, still called the LaLaurie Mansion.

But that house is a replacement, built on the site of Madame LaLaurie’s 19 th -century home.

The Gallier House looks more the part. AHS: Coven shot all over town, as did the subsequent season of the show, AHS: Freakshow .

From here, our next stop is several blocks away. Continue along Royal Street across Governor Nicholls Street, then Barracks Street, and finally to Esplanade Avenue.

Turn right on Esplanade and walk one block to the intersection with Chartres Street.

In the median on Esplanade is a historical plaque explaining that this intersection was once the home of the slave market where Solomon Northup, the writer, and protagonist of the book 12 Years a Slave, was sold into slavery.

The building no longer stands. The film of 12 Years a Slave used New Orleans both as itself and as Saratoga, New York – the town where Northup lived before his abduction.

Turn left onto Chartres, walk a block, and turn left onto Kerlerec Street. (By crossing Esplanade, you’ve left the French Quarter for the Marigny, home of Frenchmen Street, a music strip located just beyond our route.)

At the end of the block, at the intersection of Kerlerec and Royal Streets, is the R Bar.

The exterior of this building is used in NCIS: New Orleans as the Tru-Tone Bar, the main characters’ go-to hangout. In reality, it’s a working bar with a guesthouse upstairs.

Our next stops are back near where we began, around Jackson Square.

To get there, turn left on Royal Street, cross Esplanade Avenue back into the French Quarter, and continue for seven blocks to the intersection with Orleans Street.

Orleans St. is on the right; on the left, you’ll see the back of St. Louis Cathedral. Just past the Cathedral, turn left onto Pirates Alley , a narrow, pedestrian-only path. 

A few doors down on the right is Faulkner House Books.

William Faulkner is a former resident of this building; he lived here and in another cheap apartment right around the corner in Cabildo Alley during the little more than a year he spent living in the French Quarter.

It was a brief but formative time; he wrote short fiction that was published in local newspapers and magazines, befriended the then-renowned novelist Sherwood Anderson, and, with the older writer’s help, published his first two novels, Soldier’s Pay and Mosquitoes .

He was just one of many bohemian characters in the French Quarter of the 1920s, living cheaply and colorfully in a neighborhood that was home to thousands of immigrant Sicilians, dozens of artists, countless bars (during Prohibition), and only two tour guides.

The bookstore is small, but it holds historic copies of Faulkner’s works and sells an excellent selection of New Orleans-related fiction and nonfiction, and the staff has the knowledge to make recommendations.

Just past Faulkner House Books, turn right into Cabildo Alley. The alley ends when it meets St. Peter Street. There, look right and you’ll see, across the street, a tall building painted red, with an exposed-brick top floor.

That top floor was one of several homes of Tennessee Williams, who took inspiration from the French Quarter and came and went several times in his life. He lived in this building while writing A Streetcar Named Desire.

At that time in the 1940s, streetcars still ran through the French Quarter, including one with the word “Desire” across the front, named for Desire Street, its destination.

Iconic as it is, A Streetcar Named Desire has less connection with the French Quarter than viewers often expect.

The action is located on Elysian Fields Avenue in the Marigny, not far from the R Bar. And the film was mostly shot in California.

But for the French Quarter atmosphere from the same era, Elia Kazan, the director of Streetcar , shot another film shortly before called Panic in the Streets , which uses the French Quarter as the setting for a detective-flavored story about a public health official tracking down a man carrying a deadly plague.

Our last stop is on the edge of the French Quarter, on Canal Street.

To get there, turn right onto St. Peter Street, then left onto Royal Street, and walk six blocks to Canal Street. Turn right and walk a block, crossing the intersection with Bourbon Street.

On the next block of Canal, watch on the right for a statue. It depicts Ignatius J. Reilly, the main character of the novel A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.

Among people who know New Orleans well, the book is famous for capturing local personalities and dialects. Circumstances around the book are also infamous.

Toole committed suicide before it was published, and it only ever reached the public through years of effort by his mother Thelma Toole with the help of novelist Walker Percy.

And efforts to adapt the story for the screen have been notoriously doomed, with several actors dying while committed to the role.

The statue is modeled on local actor Spud McConnell, who has successfully played the role on stage. The building it stands before is the former home of the D.H. Holmes department store, where Ignatius is waiting for his mother as the book begins.

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From A Streetcar Named Desire to NCIS: New Orleans, our tours experience movie magic, step into beloved stories, and walk in the footsteps of

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We all have our favorite movies and shows. Let us guide you to yours.

Small groups allow intimacy and personalization. Are you a fan of The Originals? We can make sure you see the final scene. Loved American Horror Story? We will show you the LaLaurie Mansion. Having small groups allows us to focus on what this tour is really about: you!

Movie and TV Show Tour

This French Quarter walking tour visits filming locations of popular movies and TV shows. History and culture are included.

Frights, Camera, Action!

Half-ghost tour, half-film tour. Vampires, Voodoo, ghost stories, serial killers, and witches alongside horror genre movies and TV shows.

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• Map Marker Departs From: 723 St Peter St., New Orleans, LA 70119

Go behind the scenes of your favorite New Orleans based movie or television set. On this New Orleans Movie Site Tour you will see homes of the Hollywood stars along with all your favorite movies and television show locations. Get the actual insider’s stories behind the film locations.  Movie tours led by professional film location managers. This 2 hour tour site locations from films such as American Story, Angel Heart, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Cat People, NCIS New Orleans, James Bond Live and Let Die, Interview with the Vampire, Vampire Diaries, Twelve Years A Slave, and much more!

Hear the onset stories of actors such Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Nicholas Cage, Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Dinero, Keanu Reeves, Sylvester Stallone, Ashley Judd, Marlon Brando, Robert Redford, Mickey Rourke, Elvis Presley, Roger Moore, Angelina Jolie, Antonio Banderas, and others!

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This walking tour includes a multitude of filming locations including: The Originals, NCIS New Orleans, American Horror Story, King Creole, The Princess and the Frog, Interview with the Vampire, Runaway Jury, Your Honor, Renfield, Angel Heart, The Simpsons, Chef, Now You See Me, Lolita, and many more.

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Stop At: New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, 514 Chartres St, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

We start at the LA Supreme Court building, then walk to Napoleon House. The Pharmacy Museum is our third stop, and it is the first licensed pharmacy in the United States. In just two blocks, we have true crime, a circus, and vampires!

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Jackson Square, 701 Decatur St, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

Movie and TV shows galore! Jackson Square is arguably the most historic area in the French Quarter. Well over a dozen film projects have worked in the area as well.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Voodoo Authentica, 612 Dumaine St, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

Around this area we have several more film projects, followed by the truth about Voodoo. After this, we head to a halfway stop.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Old Ursuline Convent Museum, 1100 Chartres St, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

The only pre-fire building left in New Orleans. Our "horror loop" begins here, as we will begin talking about witches and vampires.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Lalaurie Mansion, 1140 Royal St, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

The LaLaurie Mansion is considered to be the most haunted house in New Orleans. Nicholas Cage once owned the building.

Stop At: Starling Magickal Occult Shop, 1022 Royal St, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

More film projects took place here. Plus, Homer Plessy Community School is across the street! This is a good chance to learn about early Civil Rights in New Orleans.

Stop At: Madame John's Legacy, 632 Dumaine St, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

The second oldest building in the French Quarter was featured in several film projects. It burned down during the Great Fire, but was rebuilt in 1788.

Stop At: Boutique du Vampyre, 709 1/2 Saint Ann St, New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

Another big vampire stop! with incredible histories

Stop At: Pirate's Alley Cafe, 622 Pirates Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA

The last stop on our tour, but it has no shortage of film projects.

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Pirates Alley, Pirates Alley, Pirates Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA

What's Included

• Licensed tour guide
• 2-hour walking tour of New Orleans movie and TV sites
• Gratuities (Optional)

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• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Is this a walking tour? No.
• Not recommended for travelers who cannot walk long distances.

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Classic film lovers: See James Dean’s apartment and more on new TCM tour at Warner Bros.

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In 2021, the Warner Bros. Studio Tour created new interactive exhibits focused on the company’s recent history, unveiling areas dedicated to the DC Comics universe and the “Harry Potter” franchise.

This week, the popular Studio Tour in Burbank is doubling down on its more distant past.

Warner Bros. is now offering a Turner Classic Movies-branded version of its studio tour that will bring guests to previously off-limit areas of the lot, including vintage animation buildings, a mini rose garden and an apartment that once housed James Dean. The 90-minute tram portion of the jaunt — about 30 minutes longer than the studio’s standard tram excursion — will allow guides to go deeper into the history of the studio’s catalog to deliver factoids related to such films as “Casablanca,” “My Fair Lady,” “Rebel Without a Cause,” “Auntie Mame” and many more.

“We’re off the leash,” says Brad Taylor, a 15-year tour guide veteran with Warner Bros., noting that the TCM excursion will include time for guides to chat with visitors about their favorite films.

“We get to talk to the guests and really hang out with people who have the same passion that we do,” Taylor says. “I find that ‘classics’ guests are less about behind-the-scenes and more, ‘I can’t believe this is where we are.’ It’s just the look on their faces when they realize ‘Casablanca’ filmed here, or James Dean stood right here.”

The launch of the TCM tour arrives during the network’s 30th anniversary and close to 12 months after classic film fans were given a scare. In June, Warner Bros. announced that layoffs would hit TCM, including some of the network’s top executives, prompting concern from prestige directors such as Steven Spielberg, Paul Thomas Anderson and Martin Scorsese. After garnering national attention, key cuts were reversed and Warner Bros. sought to assure fans that TCM would continue to be handled with care.

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TCM network hosts — Eddie Muller, Jacqueline Stewart, Ben Mankiewicz, Alicia Malone and Dave Karger — recorded new video segments for the outing. The tour will take guests into the lot’s Property House, an area not visited by the standard tour. Here, visitors can get glimpses of materials for a full set, including items for a complete Oval Office setting, but expect guides to highlight vintage items, such as a throne from the Errol Flynn pirate film “Captain Blood.”

Danny Kahn, vice president-general manager of the studio tour, says there have been numerous requests over the years from guests to delve a little deeper into the studio’s animation history. That’s why the TCM tour will for the first time take visitors to an area of the lot once known as “Termite Terrace,” which from 1955 to 1964, says Taylor, housed the animation department, a building with a sloped roof designed to capture sunlight. Animation legend Chuck Jones, says Kahn, had an office in the Termite Terrace area in the 1990s despite Warner’s moving animation production elsewhere.

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Another unique tour locale is the exterior of the Dean apartment. When Dean resided there during filming of “East of Eden,” it was actually across the street from the lot, the apartment nesting above a pharmacy. But gradual studio expansion has led to the area now being on Warner Bros. property.

“That was an actual drugstore with apartments, and the studio rented it for him,” Kahn says. “I think it was to keep an eye on him and keep him on a short leash.”

The tour will also give tram riders a look at executive life at the studio, allowing them to briefly walk around a rose garden. The manicured spaces once held a tennis court as well as offices and personal screening rooms for the likes of studio mogul Jack Warner, with many of the structures dating to the 1920s. “It’s a really historic area of the lot that hasn’t really changed a lot in all these years,” says Kahn, noting the area is still in use by studio principals. “Jack Warner, when he ran the studio, privatized the first floor. That was a massage parlor that he had beneath his office.”

TCM Classic Films Tour

Where: The Warner Bros. Studio, 3400 Warner Blvd., Burbank 91505

When: Most days, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Cost: $95 for adults; $82 for children. A SoCal resident discount is available for $75

Info: (818) 977-8687 or wbstudiotour.com

Staples of the tour, such as a journey around the backlot city streets, a visit to the “Friends” set and cafe and recent additions highlighting the studio’s modern franchise films are included in the TCM trek, as is a pre-tour reception with beverages and pastries. All told, expect the tour to last about 3½ hours. A tour spokesperson says the first TCM-branded outing is scheduled for Wednesday, with trams expected to depart daily after that date. Adult tickets are $95, but there is a Southern California resident discount available for $75.

“It feels so good to have TCM here,” Kahn says. “People understand that the TCM brand is synonymous with classic film.”

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Taylor Swift Eras Tour: How to find cheapest tickets for remaining U.S. dates

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The answer to the question on the mind of every Swiftie is, yes, tickets can still be found to the remaining U.S. dates on the Eras Tour in 2024. But with her new album “The Tortured Poets Department” dropping April 19, tickets will be going fast.

If traveling to Europe to see a show was beyond your means, you can still choose from Miami, Fla.; New Orleans, La.; and Indianapolis, Ind. North American fans might also want to try heading to her show in Vancouver, Canada, where tickets are a bit cheaper than those for shows in the U.S. Tickets to Vancouver shows are about $850 on Vivid Seats and SeatGeek .

The Eras Tour, Swift’s sixth tour, began March 17, 2023, and will end Dec. 8, 2024, in Vancouver.

With months still to go, it is already the highest-grossing tour of all time, with more than $1 billion in revenue.

How to find the cheapest tickets to Taylor Swift

Swift will perform in Miami, Fla. on Oct. 18, 19 and 20 , in New Orleans, La. on Oct. 25, 26 and 27 , and in Indianapolis, Ind. on Nov. 1, 2 and 3 .

With the new album dropping, we did some research for you to find the most budget-friendly ticket options.

At the time of this writing, these were the best prices:

Taylor Swift in Miami, Fla.

Friday, Oct. 18: Cheapest tickets: $1,665 StubHub | $1,616 Vivid Seats | $1,518 SeatGeek

Saturday, Oct. 19: Cheapest tickets: $1,582 StubHub | $1,995 Vivid Seats | $1,835 SeatGeek

Sunday, Oct. 20: Cheapest tickets: $1,574 StubHub | $1,809 Vivid Seats | $1,752 SeatGeek

Taylor Swift in New Orleans, La.

Friday, Oct. 25: Cheapest tickets: $1,581 StubHub | $1,722 Vivid Seats | $1,668 SeatGeek

Saturday, Oct. 26: Cheapest tickets: $1,684 StubHub | $1,905 Vivid Seats | $1,646 SeatGeek

Sunday, Oct. 27: Cheapest tickets: $1,665 StubHub | $1,621 Vivid Seats | $1,543 SeatGeek

Taylor Swift in Indianapolis, Ind.

Friday, Nov. 1: Cheapest tickets: $1,656 StubHub | $1,714 Vivid Seats | $1,643 SeatGeek

Saturday, Nov. 2: Cheapest tickets: $2,081 StubHub | $2,023 Vivid Seats | $2,017 SeatGeek

Sunday, Nov. 3: Cheapest tickets: $1,665 StubHub | $1,635 Vivid Seats | $1,583 SeatGeek

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