FRENCH QUARTER FEST ©Bryce Ell JAZZ FEST ©Bryce Ell LUNA FETE ©Bryce Ell TALES OF THE COCKTAIL July 20-25 Hotel Monteleone and various French Quarter locations talesofthecocktail.com SEPTEMBER NOLA X NOLA Throughout New Orleans NOVEMBER NOLA ZYDECO FEST November 1 Location TBD nolazydecofest.com September 25-October 5 AUGUST COOLINARY NEW ORLEANS August 1-31 Throughout New Orleans coolinaryneworleans.com OCTOBER FRIED CHICKEN FESTIVAL October 4-5 Lakefront, Lakeshore Drive friedchickenfestival.com TREMÉ CREOLE GUMBO FESTIVAL November 8-9 Armstrong Park tremegumbofest.com WHITNEY WHITE LINEN NIGHT PRESENTED BY THE NEW ORLEANS ART DISTRICT: A CAC FUND-RAISER August 2 CAC’S ART FOR ARTS’ SAKE October 5 Contemporary Arts Center cacno.org LUNA FETE November 13-16 Gallier Hall to Piazza d’Italia lunafete.org 300-700 blocks of Julia Street, throughout Arts District, and at Contemporary Arts Center cacno.org CRESCENT CITY BLUES & BBQ FESTIVAL October 10-12 Lafayette Square Park crescentcitybluesfest.com BAYOU CLASSIC November 28-30 Caesars Superdome mybayouclassic.com SATCHMO SUMMERFEST August 2-3 RED DRESS RUN August 9 French Quarter noh3.com MERRIMENT ON MAGAZINE November 28-December 24 Magazine Street magazinestreet.com French Quarter/New Orleans Jazz Museum fqfi.org OKTOBERFEST October 10-11, 17-18, 24-25 deutscheshaus.org NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL October 23-28 CELEBRATION IN THE OAKS November 28-January 3 New Orleans City Park celebrationintheoaks.com SOUTHERN DECADENCE August 28-September 1 Contemporary Arts Center, Prytania Theatre neworleansfilmsociety.org French Quarter, primarily near the corner of Bourbon and St. Ann streets southerndecadence.net HALLOWEEN IN NEW ORLEANS October 31 Throughout New Orleans neworleans.com DECEMBER HOLIDAYS NEW ORLEANS STYLE December 1-31 Throughout New Orleans holiday.neworleans.com Dates are subject to change. Please contact individual events to verify dates. Getting to Know New Orleans 17
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