List of festivals in Louisiana
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This is a partial list of festivals and celebrations in Louisiana.
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[edit] Arts and crafts festivals
- Angola Prison Rodeo & Arts and Crafts Festival — Angola
- Cultural Crossroads — Minden
- Fall Festival in Antique Village — Denham Springs
- Hot Air Balloon Festival Championship — Baton Rouge
- Louisiana Book Festival — Baton Rouge
- Louisiana Tournoi — Ville Platte
- Nicholls State University Jubilee — Thibodaux
- Shakespeare Festival — New Orleans
- Spring Arts Festival — Minden
- Tennessee Williams Literary Festival — New Orleans
- Three Rivers Art Festival — Covington
[edit] Community festivals and celebrations
- Baton Rouge Fest For All Festival — Baton Rouge
- ChristFest Community Festival - Deville, Louisiana
- Greater Baton Rouge State Fair — Baton Rouge
- Downtown on the Bayou Fest — Houma
- Contraband Days Festival — Lake Charles
- Fall FunFest — Covington
- French Quarter Festival — New Orleans
- Gretna Heritage Festival — Gretna
- Hemingbough Festival of Blues — Baton Rouge
- Louisiana Forest Festival — Winnfield
- Louisiana Highland Games — Jackson
- Jim Bowie Festival — Vidalia
- Marshland Festival — Lake Charles
- Red River Revel — Shreveport
- River Fest Festival — Alexandria-Pineville
- Sabine Free Ftate Festival — Florien
- Slidell Heritage Festival — Slidell
- Southern Decadence — New Orleans
- Terrebonne's Annual Cultural, Heritage & Industrial Festival — Houma
- Tri-Parish Fair and Festival — Eunice
- Holiday In Dixie — Shreveport
- KEIRSTON FEST — house
[edit] Food, harvest and wild game festivals
- 1.Alligator Festival — Luling, Louisiana
- 2.Andouille Festival — La Place
- 3.Bayou Lacombe Crab Festival — Lacombe
- 4.Blues and BBQ Challenge Festival — Hammond
- 5.Cajun Hot Sauce Festival — New Iberia
- 6.Catfish Festival — Des Allemands, Louisiana
- 7.Catfish Festival
- 8.Cochon de Lait Festival — Mansura
- 9.Cracklin Festival — Port Barre
- 10.Crawfish Festival — Breaux Bridge
- 11.Crawfish Étouffée Cook-off Festival — Eunice
- 12.Duck Festival — Gueydan
- 13.Franklin Parish Catfish Festival — Winnsboro
- 14.French Food Festival — Larose, Louisiana
- 15.Frog Festival — Rayne
- 16.Fur and Wildlife Festival — Cameron
- 17.International Rice Festival — Crowley, Louisiana
- 18.Jambalaya Festival — Gonzales
- 19.Lecompte Pie Festival — Lecompte
- 20.Louisiana Cattle Festival — Abbeville
- 21.Louisiana Cotton Festival — Ville Platte
- 22.Louisiana Gumbo Festival — Thibodaux
- 23.Louisiana Pecan Festival — Colfax
- 24.Louisiana PeppernFestival — St. Martinville
- 25.Louisiana Watermelon Festival — Farmerville
- 26Mirliton Festival — New Orleans
- 27.Mudbug Madness Festival — Shreveport
- 28.Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival — Natchitoches
- 29.Giant Omelette Celebration — Abbeville
- 30.Plaquemines Parish Fair & Orange Festival — Buras
- 31.Rabbit Festival — Iowa
- 32.Ruston Peach Festival — Ruston
- 33.Seafood Festival — Mandeville
- 34.Shrimp Festival — Delcambre
- 35.Shrimp and Petroleum Festival — Morgan City
- 36.Sorrento Boucherie Festival — Sorrento
- 37.Strawberry Festival — Ponchatoula
- 38.Sugarcane Festival — New Iberia
- 39.Swine Festival — Basile
- 40.Tamale Fiesta — Zwolle
- 41.Viande Boucannee Smoked Meat Festival — Ville Platte
- 42.Yambilee Festival — Opelousas
[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
- Swamp Festival at the Audubon Zoo — New Orleans
[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
[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 — Madisonville
- 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
- 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 — Baton Rouge
- Baton Rouge Festival of Lights — Baton Rouge
- Christmas Festival — Natchitoches
- Go 4th On The River — New Orleans
- Festival of the Bonfires on the Mississippi River — Gramercy, New Iberia and Paulina
- Holiday Trail of Lights — North Louisiana
- La Grande Boucherie des Cajuns — St. Martinville
- 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
- 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 Summer Fest — New Orleans
- South Louisiana Blackpot Festival and Cookoff — Lafayette
- Strawberry Jam'n Toast To The Arts Festival — Ponchatoula
- Swamp Pop Festival — Gonzales
- Voodoo Music Experience — New Orleans
- Zydeco Festival — Opelousas
[edit] See also
- List of festivals in the United States
- Acadian World Congress, occasionally held in Louisiana
[edit] External links
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