A year after a four-alarm fire ripped through the building, the Tropical Isle at the corner of Toulouse and Bourbon re-opened last month with a renewed commitment to live music on Bourbon Street. Equipped with new state-of-the-art sound systems, the Tropical Isle and Tropical Isle Bayou Club (formerly Beach Club) will continue the tradition of live music seven nights a week.

“We are dedicated to live music, and not just tired cover bands,” co-owner Earl Bernhardt says. “We want to bring in...