New Orleans is the Festival Capital of the world! On any weekend you choose to come down, there is sure to be some kind of festival going on. Nowhere else on the planet is there a greater selection and wider diversity of fabulous special events than those you can experience in New Orleans. Whether you're into music, or art, or historic literature there is a New Orleans festival for you! Festival season kicks off this weekend and lasts throughout the entire year.
March 2018
3-4 – Congo Square New Worlds Rhythm Festival
3-11 – Spring Fiesta
9-10 – Buku Music and Art Project
8-11 – New Orleans: The Founding Era Symposium
8-September 2 – Salazar: A Portrait Painter in Spanish New Orleans 1782-1802 Exhibit
10 – Up From the Streets Tricentennial Concert (Saenger)
11 – YEP Fest
15 – Taco Fest
17 – St. Patrick’s Day Parades
18 – St. Joseph's Day
18 – Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday
18 - 23 – New Orleans Entrepreneur Week
21-25 – Tennessee Williams Literary Festival
23-25 – Saints and Sinners Literary Festival
23-24 – Hogs for the Cause
31– Crescent City Classic
TBA – New Orleans Film Society Gala
April 2018
1 – Easter Parades
7 – Freret Street Festival
12-15 – French Quarter Festival
17 – Tricentennial Inter-Faith Prayer Service at St. Louis Cathedral
TBA – Brunch Fest
26-29 – Zurich Classic
27-29 & May 3-6 – New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
May 2018
1-July 31 – Women of New Orleans: Builders and Rebuilders
3-6 – New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
4 – Whitney Zoo-To-Do
5 – Cinco de Mayo
6 – Riverfront Tricentennial Fireworks Show
12 – Crawfish Mambo
18-20 – Bayou Boogaloo
25-27 – New Orleans Wine and Food Experience
TBA – Treme 7th Ward Arts & Culture Festival
25-27 – Greek Fest
25-27 – Bayou Country Superfest
25-28 – Memorial Day Weekend
June 2018
1- 30 – The Church in the Crescent: 300 Years of Catholicism in New Orleans
1- July 31 – Women of New Orleans: Builders and Rebuilders
1-30 – Nola4Women Global Summit on Women and Girls
2-3 – New Orleans Oyster Festival
8-10– New Orleans Pride
TBA – French Market Creole Tomato Festival
TBA – Festigals
23-24 – Louisiana Cajun Zydeco Festival
July 2018
1- 31 – Women of New Orleans: Builders and Rebuilders
4 – Independence Day French Quarter Fireworks
5-8 – ESSENCE Festival
13-15 – San Fermin en Nueva Orleans
14 – Bastille Day Fete
17-22– Tales of the Cocktail
August 2018
1-31 – COOLinary New Orleans
1-31 – Museum Month
3-5 – Satchmo SummerFest
4 – Whitney White Linen Night
11 – Red Dress Run
12 – Dirty Linen Night
TBA – NOLA Downtown Music and Arts Festival
29-September 3 – Southern Decadence
September 2018
1-3 – Southern Decadence
1-3 – Labor Day Weekend
TBA – Louisiana Seafood Festival
TBA – Restaurant Week New Orleans
TBA – New Orleans Burlesque Festival
TBA – NOLA on Tap
TBA – Fried Chicken Festival
TBA – Treme Fall Fest
October 2018
TBA – Art for Arts' Sake
TBA – Treme Fall Fest
TBA – Beignet Festival
TBA – Gentilly Fest
TBA– Oktoberfest
TBA – New Orleans Film Festival
TBA – Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival
13-15 – Carnival Latino
TBA – Praise Fest
TBA – Krewe of Boo Halloween Parade
TBA – Mac n Cheese Fest
TBA – Oak Street Po-Boy Festival
25-January 27 – NOMA Duke of Orleans Exhibit
26-28 – Voodoo Music + Arts Experience
31 – Halloween
November 2018
1- Jan. 27 – NOMA Duke of Orleans Exhibit
3 – Archdiocese of New Orleans—Day of Catachesis
TBA – Boudin, Bourbon & Beer
TBA – National WWII Museum Airpower Expo
TBA – Mirliton Festival
TBA – Faux/Real Festival
TBA – Treme Creole Gumbo Festival
TBA – Algiers Folk Art Festival
22 – Thanksgiving Day
22 – Bayou Classic
23-January 1 – Celebration in the Oaks
December 2018
1-31 – Luna Fete Presented by Arts Council
1- Jan. 27 – NOMA Duke of Orleans Exhibit
1-31 – Christmas New Orleans Style
1-31 – Merriment on Magazine Street
TBA – Words and Music Festival
TBA – Algiers Bonfires on the Levee
2-10 – Chanukah
TBA – R + L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
TBA – Caroling in Jackson Square
22-31 – NOLA ChristmasFest
24 – Christmas Eve Bonfires on the Levee
25 – Christmas Day
31 – Rockin’ New Year’s Eve Fireworks and Concert
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