Another live music shutdown

Instead we'll just keep playing this broken record, I guess.

A lawsuit filed by Marigny residents in Orleans Parish civil district court on Friday challenges that the bar hosts music "illegally" and noise is "plainly audible" in neighborhood homes and businesses, causing "physical discomfort and annoyance." Judge Michael Bagneris told attorneys representing Mimi’s that the bar must cease its music unless it can present city permits that say it can do otherwise. The lawsuit alleges that the bar has hosted music without proper permits and is not zoned for entertainment.

We can talk all day about the plaintiffs' NIMBYism, but at some point the city is going to have to decide if it wants music to flourish organically or not anymore. Right now it looks like they'd prefer to control and license it as much as possible.