You might be interested to know that festival season is Year-Round in New Orleans
New Orleans is the Festival Capital of the World with dozens of festivals that celebrate our unique food, music and multicultural heritage all year-long.
Art Festivals
Culinary Festivals
LGBT Festivals
Literary/Film Festivals
Multicultural Festivals
Music Festivals
Theater Festivals
You’ll find great music at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, French Quarter Fest, ESSENCE Festival and Voodoo Music + Arts Experience or exotic food specialties at the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience, Po-Boy Festival, and exciting celebrations of our city’s diverse culture at Carnaval Latino, St. Patrick’s Day, Southern Decadence and many more!
We have writing and visual arts festivals commemorating our historic literary and film traditions like the annual Tennessee Williams Festival, Faux/Real Festival and the New Orleans Film Fest. And, of course, there’s the biggest festival of them all – Mardi Gras, which is celebrated here like there’s no tomorrow!
See the list below for the 2016 Festival Lineup in New Orleans:
January 2016
31 – King Cake Festival
February 2016
12-14 – Vietnamese New Year’s (Tet) Celebration
20 – Soul Fest
March 2016
5-6, 12-13 – Spring Fiesta
11-12 – Buku Music and Art Project
20 – Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday
11-17 – St. Patrick’s Day Parades
19 – St. Joseph’s Day
19-20 – Congo Square New Worlds Rhythm Festival
27 – Easter Parades
30-Apr 3 – Tennessee Williams Literary Festival
April 2016
1-2 – Hogs for the Cause
1-3 – Tennessee Williams Literary Festival
2 – Freret Street Fest
2 – FoodFest
7-10 – French Quarter Festival
22-24 & 28-May 1 – New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
May 2016
20-22 – Bayou Boogaloo
26-29 – New Orleans Wine and Food Experience
27-29 – Greek Fest
June 2016
4-5 – New Orleans Oyster Festival
18-19 – Louisiana Cajun Zydeco Festival
TBD – French Market Creole Tomato Festival
17-19 – New Orleans Pride
30-July 3 – ESSENCE Festival
July 2016
4 – Independence Day French Quarter Fireworks
1-3 – ESSENCE Festival
7-10 – San Fermin en Nueva Orleans
TBA – Bastille Day Fete
20-24 – Tales of the Cocktail
28-31 – Festigals
TBA – French Film Festival
August 2016
1-31 – COOLinary New Orleans
6 – Whitney White Linen Night
4-7 – Satchmo SummerFest
13 – Red Dress Run
13 – Dirty Linen Night
TBA – New Orleans Sushi Festival
TBA – NOLA Downtown Music and Arts Festival
31- September 5 – Southern Decadence
September 2016
1-5 – Southern Decadence
2-4 – Louisiana Seafood Festival
7 – Labor Day
12-18 – We Live to Eat Restaurant Week
15-18 – New Orleans Burlesque Festival
TBA – NOLA on Tap
October 2016
1 – Art for Arts’ Sake
TBA – Treme Fest
8 – Carnival Latino
TBA – Oktoberfest
TBA – New Orleans Film Festival
14-16 – Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival
TBA – Krewe of Boo Halloween Parade
TBA – Words and Music Festival
TBA – LGBT Halloween in New Orleans
28-30 – Voodoo Music + Arts Experience
31 – Halloween
November 2016
TBA – Mirliton Festival
TBA – Faux/Real Festival
TBA – Boudin, Bourbon & Beer
12-13 – Treme Creole Gumbo Festival
TBA – Oak Street Po-Boy Festival
December 2016
1-31 – Christmas New Orleans Style
31 – New Year’s Eve
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