A new room with old soul.

Venue Vapaille is three things at once: a private event space you can make your own, a listening room where this city's music lives on stage, and a cultural arts center keeping Creole heritage in motion.

It is a family affair. Don Vappie's children, Sean and Monique, spearhead every part of the venue, built as a home for their father's music and yours. Don plays here regularly, and the welcome is pure New Orleans: real culture, real hospitality, a room that feels like family.

Don Vappie, musician / composer / educator, is highly regarded as jazz banjoist and has received awards for his contributions to the preservation of New Orleans creole culture through music and film. He has produced 7 of his own albums, co-produced and starred in a PBS documentary, performed as a featured artist with orchestras and in movie and television soundtracks, as well as concerts and festivals around the world. Vappie’s highly regarded unique and original tenor banjo style is equal only to his love of his Creole heritage and tradition.