List of festivals in Louisiana
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This is a list of festivals in Louisiana, grouped by theme.
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[edit] Arts and crafts festivals
- Angola Prison Rodeo & Arts and Crafts Festival — Angola
- Antique Festival — Denham Springs
- Cultural Crossroads — Minden
- Dirty Linen Night — New Orleans
- Fall Festival in Antique Village — Denham Springs
- Hot air balloon festival Championship — Baton Rouge
- Louisiana Book Festival — Baton Rouge
- Louisiana Tournoi — Ville Platte
- Melrose Arts & Crafts Festival — Natchitoches
- NCLAC Holiday Arts Tour — Ruston
- Nicholls State University Jubilee — Thibodaux
- Red River Revel — Shreveport
- Shakespeare Festival — New Orleans
- Sippin' in Seer Sucker — New Orleans
- Spring Arts Festival — Minden
- Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival — New Orleans
- Three Rivers Art Festival — Covington
- White Linen Night — New Orleans
- Gumbo Gala: Food, Art & Music — Shreveport, Louisiana
[edit] Community festivals and celebrations
- Baker Buffalo Festival — Baker, Louisiana
- Baton Rouge Fest For All Festival — Baton Rouge
- ChristFest Community Festival — Deville, Louisiana
[edit] Food, harvest and wild game festivals
- Alligator Festival — Luling, Louisiana
- Andouille Festival — Laplace
- Bayou Lacombe Crab Festival — Lacombe
- Blues and BBQ Challenge Festival — Hammond
- Boudin Cook-Off — Lafayette[1]
- Bucktown Seafood Festival — Bucktown, Louisiana [2]
- Cajun Hot Sauce Festival — New Iberia
- Catfish Festival — Des Allemands, Louisiana
- Catfish Festival
- Cattle Festival (Abbeville)
- Chef Soiree — Covington[3]
- Cochon de Lait Festival — Mansura
- Cracklin Festival — Port Barre
- Crawfish Festival — Breaux Bridge
- Crawfish Étouffée Cook-off Festival — Eunice
- Duck Festival — Gueydan
- Etouffee Festival — Arnaudville [4]
- Franklin Parish Catfish Festival — Winnsboro
- French Food Festival — Larose, Louisiana
- Frog Festival — Rayne
- Fur and Wildlife Festival — Cameron
- Great Gator Race — New Iberia LA
- International Rice Festival — Crowley, Louisiana
- Jambalaya Festival — Gonzales
- Lecompte Pie Festival — Lecompte
- Louisiana Cattle Festival — Abbeville
- Louisiana Cotton Festival — Ville Platte
- Louisiana Gumbo Festival — Thibodaux
- The Louisiana Swamp Stomp Festival — Thibodaux, Nicholls State University, Louisiana
- Louisiana Pecan Festival — Colfax
- Louisiana PeppernFestival — St. Martinville
- Louisiana Watermelon Festival — Farmerville
- Mirliton Festival — New Orleans
- Mudbug Madness Festival — Shreveport
- Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival — Natchitoches
- New Orleans Food & Wine Experience — New Orleans
- New Orleans Seafood Festival — New Orleans[5]
- Giant Omelette Celebration — Abbeville
- Amite Oyster Festival — Amite, Louisiana
- Ponchatoula Strawberry Festibal — Ponchatoula[6]
- Plaquemines Parish Fair & Orange Festival — Buras
- Rabbit Festival — Iowa
- Ruston Peach Festival — Ruston
- Seafood Festival — Mandeville
- Shrimp Festival — Delcambre
- Shrimp and Petroleum Festival — Morgan City
- Sorrento Boucherie Festival — Sorrento[7]
- Strawberry Festival — Ponchatoula
- Sugarcane Festival — New Iberia
- Swine Festival — Basile
- Tales of the Cocktail — New Orleans
- Tamale Fiesta — Zwolle
- Tomato Festival — Chalmette, Louisiana
- Viande Boucannee (Smoked Meat Festival) — Ville Platte
- Yambilee Festival — Opelousas
- The Taste of Louisiana Festival — Lake Charles , Louisiana
[edit] Earth and nature festivals
- Bayou Teche Bear Festival — Franklin
- Earth Fest at Audubon Zoo — New Orleans
- Earth Day Festival — Baton Rouge
- Forest Festival — Winnfield
- Louisiana Nursery Festival — Forest Hill
[edit] Film and media festivals
- Contraband Film Festival — Lake Charles
- New Orleans Media Experience Festival — New Orleans
- Outhouse Film Festival — Baton Rouge
- Ozone Film Festival — Covington
- Red Stick International Animation Festival — Baton Rouge
Sawmill festival - Patterson
[edit] Heritage and folk festivals
- Annual Germantown Festival — Minden
- Black Heritage Festival — Lake Charles
- Balfa Cajun/Creole Heritage Week — Ville Platte
- Buggy Festival — Church Point
- Baton Rouge Cajun Day Festival — Port Allen
- Celtic Nations Heritage Festival — Lake Charles
- Festivals Acadiens — Lafayette
- French Settlement Creole Festival — Baton Rouge
- Greek Festival — New Orleans
- International Acadian Festival — Plaquemine
- International Heritage Celebration Festival — Baton Rouge
- Independence Italian Festival — Independence, Louisiana
- Italian Festival — Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Los Islenos Festival — St. Bernard
- Louisiana Folklife Festival — Monroe
- Louisiana Renaissance Festival — Hammond
- Mensaje Spanish Festival — New Orleans
- Northwestern State University Folk Festival — Natchitoches
- Oktoberfest Festival — Gonzales
- Wooden Boat Festival — Madisonville
[edit] Holiday festivals
- Baton Rouge Bonfire — Bathehe
- Baton Rouge Festival of Lights — Baton Rouge
- Christmas Under the Oaks — Sulphur
- Courir de Mardi Gras — Acadiana
- Festival of the Bonfires on the Mississippi River — Gramercy, Lutcher and Paulina
- Go 4th On The River — New Orleans
- Holiday Trail of Lights — North Louisiana
- La Grande Boucherie des Cajuns — St. Martinville
- Natchitoches Christmas Festival — Natchitoches
- NCLAC Holiday Arts Tour — Ruston
- New Orleans Mardi Gras — New Orleans
- Port Allen Bonfires on the Mississippi River — Port Allen
- Pow Wow and Trade Days Festival
[edit] Music festivals
- Ark-La-Tex Jazz & Gumbo Music Festival — Shreveport
- Bluegrass on the Bayou Festival — Baton Rouge
- Blues Week Festival — Baton Rouge
- Cajun French Music Association Festival — Lake Charles
- Cajun Music Festival — Mamou
- Cane River Zydeco Festival and Poker Run — Natchitoches
- Creole Zydeco Festival — St. Martinville
- DeltaFest — Monroe, Louisiana
- Essence Music Festival — New Orleans
- Festival International — Lafayette
- French Quarter Festival — New Orleans
- Highland Jazz & Blues Festival — Shreveport
- Gas, Food and Lodging Music Festival — Baton Rouge
- Lagniappe Dulcimer Fete Festival — Port Allen
- Le Cajun Festival Music Awards — Lafayette
- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — New Orleans
- Satchmo Fest — New Orleans
- South Louisiana Blackpot Festival and Cookoff — Lafayette
- Strawberry Jam'n Toast To The Arts Festival — Ponchatoula
- Swamp Pop Festival — Gonzales
- Tomato Festival — Chalmette, Louisiana
- Voice of the Wetlands Festival — Houma, Louisiana
- Voodoo Experience — New Orleans
- Zydeco Festival — Opelousas
[edit] See also
- FestiGals - New Orleans
- Acadian World Congress, occasionally held in Louisiana
[edit] External links
- ARNB.ORG, Cajun and Zydeco Music Event Schedules for the World
- Louisiana festivals calendar at nola.com
- Clarence's Louisiana festivals guide at cajunradio.org
- New Orleans and Louisiana festivals
- Huli's LA Festival Calendar
- Lafayette's Own Boudin Cook-Off
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