List of festivals in Louisiana
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This is a list of festivals in Louisiana, grouped by theme. This is also a list of Louisiana's cultural events.
Festivals by type
[edit]Arts and crafts festivals
[edit]- Hot air balloon festival championship - Baton Rouge
- Red River Revel - Shreveport
- Shakespeare Festival - New Orleans
- Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival - New Orleans
- Wooden Boat Festival - Madison Ville - Baton Rouge
Film and media festivals
[edit]- Red Stick International Animation Festival - Baton Rouge
Food, harvest and wild game festivals
[edit]- La Fete Des Vieux Temps - Raceland[1]
- Alligator Festival - Luling
- Andouille Festival - LaPlace
- Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival - Breaux Bridge
- Catfish Festival - Des Allemands
- The Cochon de Lait - Mansura
- Oyster Festival - Amite
- International Rice Festival - Crowley
- Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival - Cameron
- Louisiana Peach Festival - Ruston[2]
- Strawberry Festival - Pontchatoula
- Washington Parish Watermelon Festival - Franklinton
- Yambilee Festival - Opelousas
- Boudin Festival - Scott
- Sugar Cane Festival - New Iberia
- Frog Festival - Rayne
- Jambalaya Festival - Gonzales
Heritage and folk festivals
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French Quarter Street performers - Italian Festival - Tickfaw
- Louisiana Renaissance Festival - Hammond
- Contraband Days - Lake Charles
- Adai Caddo Powwow - Robeline, Louisiana
Holiday festivals
[edit]- Courir de Mardi Gras - Acadiana
- Día de Muertos - New Orleans
- Festival of the Bonfires - Reserve, Garyville, Gramercy, and Lutcher Louisiana
- Fèt Gede New Orleans
- Holiday Trail of Lights - North Louisiana
- Natchitoches Christmas Festival - Natchitoches
- New Orleans Mardi Gras - New Orleans
Garden and botanical festivals
[edit]- Pollination Celebration - Tangipahoa Parish
- Herb and Garden Festival - Sunset[3]
- Louisiana Forest Festival - Winnfield[4]
- Daylily Festival - Abbeville
Music festivals
[edit]- Baton Rouge Blues Festival - Baton Rouge
- Bayou Country Superfest - New Orleans
- DeltaFest - Monroe
- Essence Music Festival - New Orleans
- Festival International - Lafayette
- French Quarter Festival - New Orleans
- Highland Jazz & Blues Festival - Shreveport, New Orleans
- New Orleans Burlesque Festival - New Orleans
- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - New Orleans
- Strawberry Jam'n Toast To The Arts Festival - Ponchatoula
- Voodoo Experience - New Orleans
Gallery
[edit]-
Jackson Square in the French Quarter Fest -
Black Men of Labor Parade 2009 -
2002 parade attendees -
Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras participant -
Lafayette Mardi Gras King
See also
[edit]- List of festivals in the United States
- Acadian World Congress - occasionally held in Louisiana
References
[edit]- ^ La fete Des Vieuw Temps
- ^ Louisiana Peach Festival
- ^ "Sunset Herb and Garden Festival".
- ^ "Home". laforestfestival.com.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Festivals in Louisiana.
- 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
- Lafayette's Own Boudin Cook-Off
