WELCOME New Orleans is home to more than 130 festivals throughout the year, which guarantees there’s one for you. Looking for delicious food? Visit the Tremé Creole Gumbo Fest in March, Beignet Fest , National Fried Chicken Festival in September, or Oak Street Po-Boy Fest in November. Love music? The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest , ESSENCE Festival of Culture® , and NOLAxNOLA are calling you. Ballin’ on a budget? You won’t have to spend a dime on admission to free festivals like the French Quarter Fest and LUNA Fête . This lively calendar is just one reason why New Orleans welcomed 17.5 million visitors in 2022. We have it all: award-winning museums and restaurants, world-class meeting and event venues, more than 26,000 hotel rooms (most within a walkable 2-mile radius of Downtown and the French Quarter), and a promise that everyone’s welcome here. So sit back, turn the page, and soak it all in. Picture yourself tableside at a famed, century-old restaurant, enjoying the flambé of a Bananas Foster or joining a second line led by a brass band, handkerchief in hand. The trip of a lifetime awaits in Louisiana’s dynamic crown jewel. NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FEST ©Chris Granger FRENCH QUARTER FEST ©Zack Smith 6
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